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  • Search for hygrometer + hatching on ebay. I got one like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Panel-Digital-Hyg ... 5637cb6f18 from the UK a couple years ago. It's a thermometer and hygrometer in one, nice and small to sit in the incubator between eggs and w…
    in which incubator to buy????? Comment by chook-in-eire December 2009
  • It's wise to have one, but it does not have to be part of the machine. You can buy them separately.
    in which incubator to buy????? Comment by chook-in-eire December 2009
  • Looks like an ok little machine, but personally I would not go for styrofoam. It seems to do fine for a season or so but gets harder and harder to clean and disinfect, or at least that's what I gathered from reading through oodles of poultry forums …
    in which incubator to buy????? Comment by chook-in-eire November 2009
  • Hi Noreen, I have had a 20/24 egg Covatutto automatic from Novital for 6 years now and I'm very happy with it. Gives consistently good results. Never had to adjust temperature, it's easy enough to clean and the price was ok too (€ 200 incl. shipping…
    in which incubator to buy????? Comment by chook-in-eire November 2009
  • ... some notes re feed cost and laying ... 225 eggs/year seems optimistic to me unless you are talking industry-bred hybrid layers (the ubiquitous brown hens) which may lay more, depending on how well they are fed. Most purebreds and backyard hens …
    in A few Questions about Chickens Comment by chook-in-eire October 2009
  • You may get conned or you may not. I have only once bought eggs on ebay from GB and got a super line of Barnevelders. But I also seen a lot of **** and ******** sellers and con artists who bought at auctions and pretended the eggs were from their ow…
    in Anybody Bought Eggs on Ebay Comment by chook-in-eire October 2009
  • Hi Dermot, The closed eye may be an indication of a respiratory infection. It's one of the symptoms of coryza (chicken cold) . See http://poultry.ie/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=63. chook
    in wyan dottes hens Comment by chook-in-eire September 2009
  • I had the 'pleasure' last summer, also from a brought-in bird which arrived the day after my good man got seriously ill, so the last thing on my mind was to isolate the pullet ... Within the week my birds started to fall ill with infectious coryza (…
    in UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Comment by chook-in-eire September 2009
  • Hi Gerry, if chickens roam totally free you have to be either very lucky or have a good guard dog or you will loose birds eventually to dogs, foxes, mink, pine marten. They don't just come at night. I have good experiences with electrified poultry …
    in Poultry Newbie Comment by chook-in-eire August 2009
  • Second that. Have the eggs been set all at the same time? chook
    in Baby chicks Comment by chook-in-eire August 2009
  • see http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/birds/954089 for details
    in Poultry sale Comment by chook-in-eire August 2009
  • "carhuelu" said:great news didn't know that Morrins did a chick crumb!! Thanks Not just that, they also do pullet grower and tablebird finisher pellets, and of course the layer pellets. Usually needs to be pre-ordered though. Any stockist that gets …
    in Favourite chick crumb? Comment by chook-in-eire August 2009
  • I feed the organic chick crumb from what used to be Morrins, now Connolly Redmills. Don't like to have coccidiostats (i.e. antibiotics) or GMO in the feed. chook
    in Favourite chick crumb? Comment by chook-in-eire August 2009
  • Hi, The book by Hutt is a bit outdated unfortunately. Clive Carefoot's "Creative Poultry Breeding" is very good. And, not a book, but a website and tremendously useful: http://www.edelras.nl/chickengenetics/ Enjoy, chook
    in genetics Comment by chook-in-eire August 2009