Top 5 Reasons for a Poor Hatch Rate
For more information about hatching eggs at home read my articles How to Hatch Chicken Eggs in an Incubator and 15 Helpful Hints for a Successful Hatch. Poor Hatch Rate… Read more »
Category: Poultry
15 Helpful Hints for a Successful Hatch Using an Incubator
For complete instructions, see How to Hatch Chicken Eggs in an Incubator. You may also be interested in reading How to Care for Day Old Chicks. Getting ready to hatch… Read more »
Keeping A Mixed Flock: Can You Keep Chickens & Turkeys Together?
You might be interested in reading my post “How to Raise Turkeys.” Can You Keep A Mixed Flock With Chickens & Turkeys? When I first started keeping chickens I knew… Read more »
DIY Incubator Upgrade with the Incukit Mini
Installing The Incukit Mini for Desktop Incubators This post shares the step by step process I used to convert a still air desktop incubator with a wafer thermostat to a… Read more »
How to Tell If a Hen Is Laying Eggs
See also How to Feed Your Hens for Best Egg Production, How to Get More Eggs from Your Laying Hens, and Do Chickens Lay Eggs in Winter? Are My Hens… Read more »
My Ever-Changing Flock
You might also be interested in my post Hatching Chicks in Autumn. The Oldies and The Newbies My flock has undergone so many changes through the years, with new birds… Read more »
Dressing a Heritage Turkey for Thanksgiving
Raising Heritage Turkeys for Thanksgiving There’s something special about gathering with friends and family for a traditional Thanksgiving feast, complete with roast turkey and all of the trimmings. I think… Read more »
Butchering a Cornish Rock Hen
See also Can You Keep a Cornish X as a Laying Hen? Butchering a Cornish Meat Hen at One & A Half Years Old I wouldn’t normally recommend keeping a… Read more »
Are Chickens Vegetarians?
Do Chickens Eat Meat? By nature, chickens are omnivores. This means they will consume vegetable matter, insects, and animal flesh. With all of the different chicken feeds made with… Read more »
Hatching Chicks in Autumn
For complete instructions on hatching eggs, see my post How to Hatch Chicken Eggs in an Incubator Hatching in Spring vs Fall Most people think of cute little chicks hatching… Read more »
Too Many Chickens? Make Soup!
Not Enough Eggs? Nothing puts a damper on keeping chickens like a high feed bill, too many aggressive roosters, and a flock of unproductive hens. Yet many chicken enthusiasts find… Read more »
Egg Production Slowing Down?
Fewer Eggs in Autumn? As the days get shorter you are likely to notice lower egg production in your laying hens. It’s one of those facts of life to take… Read more »
New Poults on the Block
New Turkey Poults Look who hatched Friday evening! We have five new Narragansett turkey poults in the brooder box. I’m disappointed in the hatch rate; only 5 out of 14… Read more »
Oz and Merggie’s Big Adventure
To read more about Merggie and Oz, check out my post A Pocketful of Birds. The Odd Couple’s First Day Outdoors Merggie and Oz have been in the brooder… Read more »
A Pocketful of Birds
Two Birds in Pocket are Worth…? Yesterday I shared photos of Mergatroid in my post One Tiny Turkey. But I didn’t go into much detail about Merggie the turkey’s story…. Read more »
One Tiny Turkey
A So-So Hatch Our temperatures have been erratic, which is typical of spring weather. But it sure messes with the temperature inside the incubators. Because the temps have… Read more »
‘Should I Keep Chickens?’
See also How to Get More Eggs From Your Laying Hens Keeping Hens for Eggs? With urban chicken websites popping up online, new products for chickens going on the shelves… Read more »
Spring Poultry Primer
Getting Started with Poultry this Spring Are you thinking about getting started with chickens or other poultry this year? Or maybe you are considering some new kinds of birds? I’ve… Read more »
Hova Bator 1602N Incubator Review
Hova Bator 1602N Incubator I recently received a Hova Bator 1602N Incubator to review for Incubator Warehouse, a hatching supply company based in Idaho. This model comes with a Gentle… Read more »
How to Hatch Chicken Eggs in an Incubator
For more information, read How to Care for Day Old Chicks. Read my Review of the Hova Bator 1602N Incubator. Hatching Fertile Eggs This guide shares step by step instructions for… Read more »