Recent content by CherokeeRose

I have had my cockerel for quite some time now, last week I got some new hens and he has been fine with them all apart from 1. I noticed tonight she was reluctant to go into the coop, once she was in he went for her. Some of the other hens had a peck at her too. About a month or 2 ago I caught...

Hi I have just set up my first incubator, home made, using a tutorial online. I was going to leave it a day or 2 for it to settle before I put my eggs in. Tutorial says I have to keep tempt between 98 and 101 farenheight, optimal temp being 98.5, and keep the humidity between 55 - 70%. The...

Could anyone give me a few names of good suppliers of hatching eggs online? I have been looking on ebay but after browsing some other topics here, not so sure that is a good idea. Maybe someone could give me the names of some good reputable people on ebay, other websites etc? Thanks

Hi there, newbie to this forum. I have kept chickens before, previously bought fertilised eggs and let a hen hatch them, however this time I'm going to try and hatch my own using a homemade incubator. I have never used an incubator before however have gathered all the necessary materials and...