Posts by phoenix912

Look up splayed leg or slipped tendon. If it looks like one of those you can get directions on fixing the legs.

How is you're little chick doing now? Have you put it in with everyone else yet? From what I could see from the pic it didn't look to bad. I would have put antibiotic ointment on it and covered with a bandaid. Once it was covered you...

Can you tell if its navel is closed or not. Also make sure the dried up stuff on its back isn't wrapped around its legs. The thin dried up stuff you can cut off or pinch off with finger nails. As far as what's left on its belly you might...

I hand turn mine. I stop turning on day 14 and put them aircell up in egg cartons. I don't go into lockdown early. My hatch rate hasn't changed. I don't have as many Pip on the wrong end as I did before. Before you try anything new or...

How old are the chickens? I have a 1 week old duck in with 2 week old chickens. 1 duck egg hatched out of 4. The chicks treat him as one of their own. If you can't get another duckling try introducing it to the chicks a little while at a...

I set 12 this afternoon. I have no idea what breed they are. I got them from a friend who has like 100 chickens. It will be fun to see what hatches out.

I don't raise my temp. for lockdown. You can leave your humidity alone and raise it when you get you're first Pip instead of start of lockdown. That way the second batch wouldn't be in the higher humidity as long.

I have a LG. I use sponges placed under the rack. Place them to where they are lined up with any of you're vent holes. I use a bendy straw and a condiment bottle I bought from walmart. When my humidity starts dropping I rewet them with...

Did you get ahold of you're friend? Does she have the brooder set up? How many eggs will be left after the 14 hatch?

That's up to you. If it was me scence they are already in the incubator I would go ahead and keep them in it for a few days. They may or may not hatch. Its only a few day's.