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  1. Homesteading Questions
    Hi there, We have recently adopted 4 ex caged hens and I want to start water glassing the excess eggs. I understand the process but wanted to ask, do you need to fill a container completely in one go, or can you add eggs to it as you get them? I ask because it says you need an airtight...
  2. Homesteading Questions
    Help! The incubator broke sometime in the last 9 hours (it's been running fine for the last 19 days) what can I do? We quickly tried to put them in a different incubator but will they survive? The eggs were cold.
  3. Poultry
    So I have about 7 eggs and 2 of them have piped but it's been 2 days since anything changed. I have been using a red heat lamp to incubate them cause our incubator broke and it's all we had. I have a spray bottle with water so they don't get shrink wrapped but they're all alive I can hear them...
  4. Poultry
    I was wondering if anyone else has issues with snakes getting to their eggs? And if so, how do you deal with the pests? Any and all suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance.
  5. Poultry
    I was recently cleaning out my chicken coop and filled up a few 5-gallon buckets with straw as much as I could and set them to the side. When I was done cleaning up I noticed a bunch of my chickens was laying in the 5-gallon buckets and when I picked up they had laid eggs. I thought this was a...
  6. Country Singletree
    I have been making angel food cakes with strawberries, to use up the eggs and produce. Now I know why my farming ancestors were not skinny! And I am trying to figure out a low-calorie version because.... yeh. I would like to lose a few pounds. There are almost no calories in egg whites and few...
  7. Poultry
    Hi all, I am thinking about getting a rooster to add in with my 6 laying hens. I have 3 barred rocks, and 3 rhode island reds. If I got a barred rock rooster, would the cross-breed between it and the rhode island hen be okay for my flock? Would there be any complications, or would it matter at...
  8. Poultry
    Hello! Totally new to chickens and my wife is wanting me to possibly bring in chickens once things are in order. Is there a good how to guide from start to finish for chicks. I have checked the general information sticky, but it's all seeming pretty intermediate/advanced. Not so basic. By...
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