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I wanted to search the files to see if anyone has ever posted as to how much it costs to feed a chicken and get one egg (or a dozen.) I can't figure out how to search the files. I thought that I could do that before. I also read the post: How much does a 50 lb bag of organic feed cost, and I...

We hatched chicks in May, and have not had the heart to send our baby roos to the feed store, where they can go home as "food." But the crowing is becoming unbarable, and so they must go. Some are quite interesting. Java - an older large breed variety. We hatched one hen and one roo. The roo...

I just got this in my in-box and thought that I'd pass it along to you all too. NAIS ALERT: KEEP 'BIG BROTHER' OUT OF FARM BILL Industrial agriculture lobbyists have been pushing for a National Animal Identification System (NAIS) for several years. The proposed NAIS program would require every...

So, we've had 26 ckicks hatch without a hitch of any kind. Then there is this one left. Comical, head kind of half way sticking out of a hole. I even took pictures this morning, as it is sort of what you see sometimes in comics - however I had never seen a chick hatching look like that. She was...

I've had eggs in my incubator for 11 days to be exact. Last night I notied that my banty hen is broody now. (wouldn't you know!) Is it too late to put these eggs under her? (I couldn't actually put all of them under her.... but some?) I ALSO have 5 day old eggs in my bator. However, I am not...

I waited and started some eggs that were shipped to me (and arrived on Saturday) on Tues. morning. Two other shipments of eggs were due to arrive Tues afternoon, and I was going to put them in the same day. They are not here yet, and won't be as it is late in the day. I think it is too far...

This seems to be a popular subject right now, and I have a few more Q's. When I put my eggs into the bator, I noticed that it took about 3 hours for the incubator to get the eggs up to the temperature that the bator was before they were put in.. What I mean by that is that my temp was constant...

I have a Q for our group. I hear so much ONLY use a pencil to mark your eggs. The Q comes in my mind, what happens if you use a crayon? A marker? etc. I understand that the idea is to keep the egg healthy. You don't want to indroduce contamination, chemicals, and what not into the developing...

After spending lots of time turning and watching temp and humidity, we have no baby chicks. (We had some bad eggs, with zero chick formation.) My son has his heart set on babies. He is 7 yrs old, and we last hatched eggs when he was 3. (With an 80% hatch rate!) I am looking for eggs that can be...

I had a great hatch when I first got my incubator (still air, styrofoam) of about 90%. Since then I have had three sessions of ZERO hatches. I think that my thermomator is not accurate. Where do you find a good one? I've got another set of eggs going, and I just don't want to mess them up! Thanks!