Posts by heatherkh

Love them!!

Hoping for the best for you!!! Give us an update when you can!!

Well? Do you still have a chick? (I hope!!)

I'm so sorry you and your family had to go through this. You did everything you could and then some. I recommend surviving chick immersion therapy - that's what really helped me!!

Do your eggs look like this?

I'm no expert on incubators (my chicks came via broody hen), but this one doesn't look enclosed. Don't they have to be enclosed? With, you know, temperature and humidity gauges??Good luck to you, Leghorn. I'm done trying to talk you out...

Do you have your eggs in an incubator?That image is just showing egg yolk. No development.

Do you even have the eggs in an incubator? In another thread, I read you talking about putting the eggs in your locker at school with a hot water bottle. And keeping this a secret from your parents by carrying the egg around in your...

Quote:Originally Posted by Niss Today Fluffy and the kids were hanging out at club hen (under the pines) and 3 of the little ones were perched on a branch about 8" off the ground while mama had her bath...too cute!First of all...

I never moved my broody. They generally get off the nest at least once a day to eat, drink and poop, even if you don't see it. Once the hatch started, tho, she stayed right put. My philosophy was, the less I meddled, the better. It was...