I have a roster what is 7 months old he been crowing for 2 months know and i have seen him mate with the hens but when i try to hatch the eggs they arn"t fertile
I have tryed incubating some and my broody hen is siting on some and they show no sighn of life how can i make there eggs fertile
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I had know idea how to hatch chicks i went to reshure online and the only place i came to that gave me the info i neede was here Back Yard Chickens. I wanted to show you my hatch Becuase most of you helped me out during the past 21 days. Thanks for all the help and i hope you all will like my...
I have heard of stories of when a roster helps take care of the chick and some people say that a roster will kill a chick even when the mother is by it?
I was wondering with is true?
I found a roster in a park one time took it to my grandparents house and they said it could live there in their barn. well I go to check on it 2 weeks later and it was walking around with the dog and following the dog. It never wants to be with the other hens what do i do? How Can I get it to...
I was wondering what was the best incubator to use. Right now I have one it's an litile Giant Still Air incubator 9200, and i am hatching 20 eggs and 17 show sighns of life. The reason I am looking for a new incubator is because mine does not hold the temp steady. If you could all tell me what...
I was wondering how can you sex a chick. i heard that if you pick them up by the skin on the back of there neck that a female will bring the legs up to her body and a male will leave his leggs hanging down is that true and is there an other why of sexing a chick. if you know an other way to sex...
I have been looking for the best breed of chicken that is good for Laying, and show. If you all could tell me your thoughts of what breed is the best please share what you think is the best breed and tell me why if you could do this for me it would help me out a lot. :)
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I have been looking online and i have notice there are some preaty nice coops out there on the internet. The thing is that i have been looking for a nice chicken coop with run that is under $300 i need it for me to keep at my grandparents to breed chickens to hatch if you can find one for me it...
I am incubating chicks for the frist time ever. they should be hathing in 10 Days, and i need to know how to take care of them. When i got chicks in the past i would just give them to a broody hen. Right now i have no broody hen to take care of them. is there a way i can get one of my hens...