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Anyone ever had a sterile rooster. I have started two batches of eggs in a bator with a Incu Therm plus for reference. The fist batch stayed in for 11 days. I candled them and nothing, So i took them out and broke them one by one in a bowl. Not a one had anything but a enlarged yolk. I started a...

I am having a problem with the hens pecking the rooster's comb. Had one rooster that had a scabby comb. After he got mean i got rid of him and got another. This one had a beautiful comb for few days and now his comb is scabby also. They sit on the roost and peck on him ,not aggressive but just...

Got around to staining the chicken house today.

I bought 16 Production Reds from Ideal Poulty that were day old on Feb. 22. Two started laying at 15 weeks old. I am now getting 12 to 14 eggs per today.

I bought day old chicks from Ideal Poultry shipped Feb.22. I thought i had plenty of time to get ready for egg laying. Nest boxes are up but no straw or nest material. I was supprised this afternoon when there in the empty bare nest box was my 1st. egg . Don't know when i'll get another but i...

I have an eletric fence about 6 inches from the ground around the bottom of my run. Late yesterday i saw a dog coming crouched down sneaking to the fence it got five yards and made a spring to scare the chickens. When it hit the hot wire it was knocked down. It left howling and running with it's...

My wife says adolesent roosters are just like adolesent boys. All they want to do is alot of crowing and to jump on a hen.

I have two Speckled Sussex Roosters that were packing peanuts from ideal poultry. They were day old chicks Feb.22 . One has been crowing for about two weeks now. That seems early to me. I was very surprised when i heard him. Does this seem early?

Took DW to the Dr. this morning and when i got back i started putting siding on the chicken house.

I was in tsc today and saw the auto egg turners. An idea popped in my head. Why can't i pay 45.00 dollars for the turner and build the bator to fit the turner.

Please be careful putting chicks in a brooder with a single wire floor. I had chicks on a 1/2 hardware cloth floor a few years ago after about a month i went out to feed one morning and found that something had eaten the toes off some of the chicks. The only thing i could figure was that rats...

Built my first Treadle Feeder today. It takes a little over a pound to trip it.

If i put up an Electric Fence around the bottom of my yard (2X4 welded wire) (50'X 50') about 2'' from the ground. Will this help keep out varmints? I could also run one around the top.

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