Posts by CritterLuvin

Right now they are all pullets with none laying. I was mixing some scratch with their grower finisher feed. I will start them on layer feed first thing tomorrow (they are def ready to be taken off of the finisher feed). TS knows me...

Here is the new grower pen with a new hen house. The only ventilation is the entrance we created for them to go in at night.    This is the aggressive largest pullet. Leghorn X.    Sorry for the cages and...

That is what i was afraid of. I never even thought of a a small wading pan for them. I have moved the youngest chicks out to the grower run now that has a complete top over the it. So now they are out where they are getting fresh...

I have done a bit of reading on here but i just need a little more information directly. I live in Kentucky and my area has not seen a drop of rain in months and the heat index is at min of 90/100 degrees.   I have 3 month old...

Well i was in for one heck of a surprise this weekend...As upset as i was with my last hatch rate and only saving 3 of them i had already given up on my second incubator with 10 eggs in it. I figured i would give it about another week...

I used the same method as you described minus the straw. I will keep that in mind for sure. Unfortunately the rest of my eggs were unable to hatch. I am very surprised to see the 2 chicks i had to get out of the shells are doing as...

Thank you Phoenix912 for your help. I would have never realized what was happening. Yes they shrink wrapped. I have lost 2 more. I had to help 2 others out of the shell because they were incapable of moving at all. So far looks like i...

OK so here is the update. Still only one chick. At first they seemed to just be taking there sweet time but now things have completely slowed and now one is not breathing. I can see where they are breaking through the shell but the...

This batch i put them in separate from each of the 3 days. I do have a second incubator going where i have eggs from collected over 3 days and then i placed them all into the incubator on 5/04 all at the same time. My second batch has...

I will update this tomorrow morning. I need to go to bed or i will be up all night worried to death about them. lol. Hopefully everything will work.