Posts by deerman

oh the float test is a joke, thats for checking how fresh eggs are , not if eggs are going to hatch............eggs float because the air cell is getting larger. which they do with the egg getting older, 

Humidity is to low. with still air are you checking temp top of eggs 101 top of eggs.  LG don't hold temps well.   one hatching that early tells me your temp is most likely to hight

buy homer from someone who race them...train the young birds after they are flying around home , take them a few miles from home and release them, then longer each trip

  Quote: Originally Posted by alishabusch      Wondering which breeds would be best in faithfully coming home and what is the best process in getting them conditioned to "homing" to...

  Quote: Originally Posted by thaiturkey  I don't understand what the fuss is about. During the years that I visited Florida, flags were commonly flown outside homes. National pride, so long as it doesn't...

no when they dye chicks in the shell , thats how they reclose the hole where dye was injected

  Quote: Originally Posted by judsenn  k, well I only saw it spike to 104* just once and I noticed it right away and opened the bator to let out some heat, and then decreased the temp. it's holding steady at...

look like a slip tendon......check the tendon is in the slot at the knee

  Quote: Originally Posted by Twisted Acres  I put a few under my chickens who are setting. The rest are in the house   are the chicken setting on other eggs also? if so they will leave after the...

seal around the new shell with super glue, so he doesn't dry out. Thats the biggest danger.  I have seal crack eggs like that.....good luck