Living Simply for a Better Life
I moved the last chick to the brooder this evening, which gives me 6. That computes to a 12% survival rate from my 50 eggs. Not good, but considering the ever-changing and extreme conditions, I am glad to have any. Four of them are vigorous […]
In the last two days, we have been excited as each of seven chicks hatched out. The first one was the only one that wasn’t a Buff/R.I. Red mix, but was a Black Star/ R.I. Red. Sadly, it died the second day, but it was […]
So, after posting that no chicks hatched, I set out to start over. I got all 42 eggs out of the incubator and put them in a plastic bag to dispose of them. I then decided I really wanted to learn a little more about […]
I am disappointed to say that not a single chick hatched out. It is what was to be expected, but I held out hope to the end. The huge fluctuations in temperature was certain death according to all information I could find, but the little […]
In spite of an erratic 16 days in the incubator, I still have high hopes for my chicks. We are really quit amazed that they are still alive considering the fluctuating temperatures ranging from over 110 degrees to 65 degrees. The incubator stayed pretty consistent for […]
Recently we bought an old metal incubator at a local flea mall. It was in perfect shape except for the heating element. We took the heating element out of our old styrofoam incubator (it has a hole in the bottom) and put it in the […]
In addition to our flock of chickens, we have increased our flock of pigeons to 7. We started out with 5, but within a week, we lost two (one to a rat snake). We added 4 new ones recently, including a curly brown one. They live […]
Chicky and King Frederick lived alone in the coop for quite a few months, but in the fall some friends from church gave us 4 Black Star hens. The catch for free chickens was that 2 Rhode Island Red roosters were part of the package. […]