Posts by marzullol

Eggs started hatching yesterday,  Things were looking good, other than one that piped at the wrong end.  Had 10 hatched out of 28 hatch.   Then it seemed all the eggs started shrink wrapping.  We have the...

We also got our first ever peafowl egg tonight.    We have two 2 y/o IB peahens and a 2 y/o IB peacock.    I thought it was to late in the season down here in GA so I thought we would have to wait until...

hope all turns out well.   i have been tempted to move some of the eggs from the incubator to under a broody hen.     what breeds did you set?

we have 26 black copper marans, two EE's and a brahma mix.  lockdown is tomorrow for us. 

In a electric fry pan?  who knew.    We have the incubator in the spare bathroom and shut the door and turn off the light before candling.  I started with the two green eggs first and that is how I figured out...

We have just started our second round of incubating.  First round we had 3 out of a dozen hatch, one is tiny and not growing like the others but is still hanging in there.   We are again trying Black Copper Maran...

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we hatched 3 chicks last week, 2 on wednesday and one friday.   the friday baby was having a hard time so i helped bt removing a little of the shell near where it piped.  a few hours it had worked its way out of the...

We set a dozen eggs to hatch on Feburary 28.   Wednesday had 2 chicks hatch   Another One piped and then nothing   Friday the 4th one pipped and we waited but nothing.  After 12 hours we helped by making...

Set a dozen eggs on February 28th about 9:30 at night.   Temp stayed between 99 and 102 degrees thoughout incubation.   Was thinking 21 full days would be the 21st or 22nd.   Took out turner on the 19th,...