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So today one of my six month old red sex-links laid us a duck-sized egg. When I cracked it I found it had three yolks! That got me to wondering what's the most yolks you've found in your eggs? Does anyone know what the record is?

How do you "train" chicks to separate? Most of mine pile up on the floor in the corner of the coop. A few of them use the roost.

We will be breeding standard type birds for Type, temperament, vigor, egg production and finally color. One has to study type and cull, hopefully with some help from those who know. When it comes to temperament cull nasty birds, period. Vigor, cull those birds who do not display vigor. Period...

I'm building a new brooder in a few weeks and I want to put the heat lamb inside. I'm thinking of hard wiring the heat lamb to a dimmer switch! Traditionally people just move the light further away according to what temp they need. They're still paying for the same amount of heat. Just wasting...

I'm looking at purchasing a 1550 hatcher next winter. I don't like some things about it and have debated making my own. I think it'd be much easier to just modify the 1550. I figure I'll eventually be hatching out about 90 or so chicks at a time. Let me start by saying what I don't like about...

Rather than buy a small incubator now than a larger one latter etc. I figure next year (2015) I'll buy a cabinet incubator and hatcher. I was looking at the sportsman GQF products. Recently I came across the Ova easy Brinsnea incuabators. The Ova easy is more expensive even after one adds a...

Our [hatchery] Black Jersey Giant Rooster attacked my 18 month old son. My son was just sitting in his walker outside near the coop. My eight year old daughter was watching him, I was cutting wood in the garage. My daughter was too scared to do anything. . The scratches under his nose and the...

We have 20 seven week old assorted chicks. We also have 5 four week old Golden laced Wyandotte's. One of the Wyandotte's is getting picked on, She's missing a lot of feathers and has scabs all over her body. Although she carries herself well (of course) I'm worried she won't make it. I bought...