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During high production time in summer, the surplus is sold, although sometimes I have too many even for that. I tried water glassing last summer to preserve some for my own consumption for the winter slow season and they did well for about 6 months. Once I got to the ones that had been in the...

We can have chickens, but for my zoning, I'm allowed 2. Really? What is the point in that? I would get no eggs at all in winter. Fortunately, I have good neighbors who don't care. I also live in Paradise where the Camp Fire ripped thru here about 3 years ago and destroyed most of the town...

RILEY loves my chicken She's a Golden Retriever and loves everyone and everything. She especially loved leaning up after them.

My biggest issue is the coop. I have 3 broodies right now that do not want to leave the coop and on the hottest day (. this last week it was 105 F outside. It was about 95 F inside the coop. I have a box fan and there are 2 passive roof vents but they are clearly not adequate. I open the...

Most of my losses have been to Marek's Disease. It's in the soil here so I only acquire vaccinated chicks or pullets at least 10 months old. Even so, I lost 2 pullets to it that were supposed to have been vaccinated. They were either missed or did not have the level of immune response needed...

They all have saddle and hackle feathers. The difference is the appearance of them. Roosters typically are pointed and shiny; hens are rounded and more matt. Even hens will have pointed neck feathers (hackle) to some degree, but not usually as far down.

I prefer the automatic ones. It doesn't require me to remember to refill it. Weekly cleaning is all that is required. I am currently using this 10 gallon gravity fed one though until I get plumbing out to the chicken pen

I disagree 100% !! True egg eaters are very rare and unless you catch them red-handed it should always be assumed there is another cause. Thin shells make eggs weak and a hen getting in an out of a nest box can break the egg. Additional calcium in the form of oystershell and Vit D3...

Not sure why anyone would want to let their birds get sick and then treat them rather than vaccinate to prevent it.

I fed FF for about 5 years and felt it did save some money on feed. I would use a 5 gallon bucket and use 3 scoops of the feed, a small amount of scratch and a scoop of BOSS. Lug that to the water, add it and stir, then lug the bucket to the back porch where it would be relatively safe from...

The pan with the rack just has the water over it so the wet mess will go into it and not on the bedding, but I do have a hooded chick waterer very similar to the tub I can use for water. i will have to see if I can find something to adapt as a food bowl though. Thank you so much for the ideas!!!

I agree! Nice ending to a long day!

Happy surprise when I got home today. I went in to check on that last little one drying off and getting stronger and one of the 4 I had left in the incubator that I was sure were goners had hatched!!!! Ended up with 8 instead of 7!!!!

The last 2 are out, but needed much help. The last one had head and shoulders out when I went to bed at 11:30 last night. It is still somewhat crusty and weak, but the yolk is fully absorbed on them both and i think they are going to do fine. Once they are a little sturdier I will move them...

@Pyxis ...I did double check the temp with my SpotCheck and it has been pretty reliable for me. The incubator is a Brinsea Octagon 20 so forced air with a humidity pump and auto cradle. I am surprised at how late they are but am wondering if it has anything to do with having a cooldown cycle...

So when I rechecked them 3 more had pipped. I made a hole on the 1 remaining unpipped, but it looked like that one had already died. So had one of the ones that had pipped. I have 3 more viable ducklings that are working hard to get out. I am helping them slowly and they are making...

I have another pipped in the last hour or so, but nearer the small end. The safety hole was what I was wondering about. All were set at the same time so I would have expected them all to be ready about the same time, but they were brought to me to hatch for a friend and not sure about age or...

Hoping for some help from @Lacrystol. I have 14 call duck eggs in my Brinsea 20. Temp is set at 99.5 and humidity was at 50% until lockdown, then bumped to 65. I candled at lockdown and there were 3 that had stopped at some point. Day 26 was 5/16 and we are at 5/20 now. 4 hatched...

Thank you so much!!! I think I figured out what I was doing wrong on your website. I was clicking on the word "Incubating Tips" before it had time to drop down the menu to show each method. When I wait moment it does show "Method 1", Method 2", etc and I can click each one. I was looking for...

@Lacrystol ...sorry to hijack this, but I am trying to get info hatching call ducks. I found a thread with links to your website for different methods but when I go there I can get tot the page, but not the actual info on the methods. It only loads as far as pictures of "Lucy" and 'Sassy" and...