Recent content by Kathy48653

Hello again. I took these photos outside. I don't know if they would help identify gender or not. Any opinions are appreciated. Thank you. Kat

Pics of their face and heads?

Does anyone have an opinion as to the gender of these 10 week old polish chicks? Is there anything special I should be looking for when trying to identify their gender? TIA

Could someone help me identify the sex of this 10-week-old frizzle chick? Thank you!

Could someone please help me identify these polish chicks? They are 10 weeks old. Thank you!

I just read this thread and am dying to know what happened to Bubba? He was a Beaut!

Hello Everyone. I would like to worm my girls tonight and this is what I have on hand. I have safeguard (25gram paste 10%) and Ivermectin pour on for cattle (5mg/ml). I think I used the ivermectin in the past as it was recommended to kill lice too. Any suggestions? Dosages would also be very...

I had 17 Olive Eggers (French Copper Maran and Americauna) in the bator last week. 9 hatched, 3 were duds and the rest died as full term chicks in their shell. After much research, I think I may have drowned them by having my humidity too high during the first 18 days of incubation. I had 50-65...

I filled the trenches and my humidity was 50-60% on days 1-18. After reading some of the forum responses to humidity I think that may have been what killed them. They pipped internally and there was a bunch of water in the air cell and they drowned. I'm starting another batch Monday. I'm going...

She looks just like GAGA!

We have a huge light Brahma that my husband calls "Grandma Pajamas" because she looks like an old lady in baggy PJ"S!

Thanks. When using the balloons....do you still fill up the bottom trenches with water and just add the balloon to the bator? Next hatch, I will turn down my temp.

This is probably a dumb question... but if you take them out of the bator to candle/float test (after the due date) does it matter if they are put back in a different position??

Great thinking....with the balloon! I originally started my bator at 99.5 degrees. Then I read somewhere that the still air incubators should be run higher....at 101-102. Is this incorrect?