Posts by chevynova

Quote: Originally Posted by McPhersonFarm  Hmmm I have just the regular small quart waterers from the feed store. My marbles won't be here until tomorrow. I have to work 12 hours though so I need to put them more than...

Grats on all the pips and babies so far!! Mine aren't due until tomorrow. Howeverrrr, I did manage to hatch a few cuties last weekend!     Kryten, Lister, Cat, and itty bitty little Rimmer. He's a bantam Cochin and...

It really is upsetting when you open dud eggs for the first time, especially if you don't know for sure. I don't have a very strong stomach, but I've done a lot of what I consider extremely gross things for my chickens and hatching...

I am also using a second incubator as a hatcher, but this is my first time doing a staggered hatch. Seems to be working well! Quote: Originally Posted by McPhersonFarm   I set aside 6 that I believe are no...

Of course I will! And good luck to everyone else who will be subject to the weather tonight!  

^ Oooooh, puppies!!!!   I had a weird, miraculous and stunningly disastrous hatch last weekend. The eggs were silent as the grave on hatch day Sunday, so on Monday morning I assumed they were dead and opened the top of one to...

I've got a few silkie mixes. So far all of them have a bit of a crest, feathered feet, and unusually soft but not silkied feathers. The males are also very gentle compared to my other large roosters.     The father...

Quote: Originally Posted by McPhersonFarm  Wow sounds like you have a bunch of babies coming! I was thinking of doing turkeys but haven't decided yet! I opened the two clears on the Rouen today and they were not...

Hi all, I've got some shipped eggs to throw in for the V-Day hatch! They were set on 1/26, due 2/16, so they'll be a few days late.   Current tallies: 6 out of 13 standard Russian Orloff 9 out of 9 Yokohama (woohoo!) 3...

Just came across this thread on the recent posts -- I've got 28 eggs due Sunday! I started with 33 eggs from my own flock,15 standard sized mixes and 18 bantam/fancy mixes. They are in a digital Genesis Hovabator and were turned by...