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The Brinsea Ovation 56 EX is the best incubator I've used in decades of poultry raising. The Brinsea is rock solid on temperature control. It's excellent on humidity for most of incubation period and decent to good on late stage humidity. The latter is one of those get-to-know the device issues...

I'm treating my first case of Scaley Leg Mites, in an introduced bird. I've treated the bird with Ivermectin and coating the legs, starting about 6 weeks ago, and have seen minimal improvement. A key question this raises for me is whether in winter these microscopic mites go dormant and are not...

I can't believe what I did. Giving my chickens a long overdue de-worming with Ivermectin in a 3 ml syringe, I was trying a small rubber nipple on the end of the syringe. As advertised, it seemed to be working perfectly to sneak the dewormer in at the corner of their mouths. Well after a few...

I raise American gamefowl. Their eyes are supposed to be orange. I do get some with paler eyes. These have irises that are more yellowish. Mine are Morgan whitehackles, and I have seen this in other Morgans. Aseel, which have light eyes, seem to have been bred into all gamefowl in the British...

I am trying to find a steel or nylon fitting to attach 10 gauge welded wire to a 2x6's edge as a base for a square or rectangular pen. It would have screw holes at each end and a hump in the middle to hold the wire. Kind of like something used to hang a wire shelf. A poultry staple or small...

Tonight I was reading the excellent incubation guide—attached—by the small Roberts hatchery in Texas. They recommend making pedigree baskets from "plastic canvas knitting sheets." Had no idea what they were so googled it. They are flat sheets of thin plastic with holes. With some string or thin...

I will post some photos and then give a full narrative. Here is the basic 2x4 base frame and some 2x2 end bracing; the door frame is started and the so is the rear upright but not the angle braces yet. Used 2x4 welded wire for the ends and wrapped the 2x4 stubs around the cattle panel panel...

Hello all, I like the wheaten color pattern. The contrast between the light-colored females and the males is attractive. And I like the flashing gold tips in the wheaten-bred roosters' hackles. An acquaintance breeds a family of standard American games in which the males are medium to dark...