Archive for April 19th, 2008
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
I am new to keeping chickens what is the best breed to choose?
Easy - Light Sussex Chickens :)
They are pretty birds and very calm, they are an old English breed, they lay lots of eggs and of course they are very very hardy chickens.
They are very pretty birds with a white body with black tail, black necks trully stunning birds running around the garden but for novices they […]
No Comments » - Posted in Chicken Breeds by trevor
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
How do control Red Mite?
If you have a chicken house with felt on the roof and are struggling with red mite, please please get rid of the felt, mite will live under there and you can not get to them. If you have felt roofing strip it off and try a product called onduline similar to corragated sheeting. Now […]
No Comments » - Posted in Chicken Housing, red mite control by trevor
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
RCOM or Octagon 20
I am biased so please try to balance my comments:-
Both Brinsea and RCOM have upgraded their incubators this year, both are supposed to be improvements :-
Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance, the new octagon 20 incubator. This has been rebuilt with a new heating system and therefore easier to see inside the incubator, also with a new […]
No Comments » - Posted in Incubators, R-COM Incubators, incubation by trevor
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Fully Formed chicks dead in shell
Hi, I am sorry this problem seems to be high this season. Again I say this is mainly related to too much humidity in your incubator. It is great news that more people are incubating but there are three things you must get right :- Temp, Humidity and Hygiene. Control these three elements and with good […]
