Posts by AinaWGSD

This hatch is finally, officially, over.  As of right now, we have 18 little buckeyes!  I'm not sure if one of them is going to make it, he just doesn't look quite fully developed.  His abdomen is very round and kind of...

1/3 empty and 2/3 full sounds about right!  With one rooster to 7 hens I would expect most of them to be fertile, unless he plays heavy favorites with one or two girls in particular.  A broody won't sit on duds forever,...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bikerschick  I read pages and pages here on candling... and I gave that a shot... It must take some experience to be good at? I could see very clearly the line for the air...

What a busy busy weekend we've had!  Yesterday we put 3 buckeye cockerels and 10 6 week old broilers in the freezer.  We've decided we definitely need to invest in a turkey fryer for scalding, the buckeyes didn't quite fit in...

As of right now out of 21 eggs, we have 10 fully hatched live chicks, one mostly zipped, and at least 4 more pipped!  We did have one that started to zip this morning and then just died sometime today, one that pipped externally...

As of right now out of 21 eggs, we have 10 fully hatched live chicks, one mostly zipped, and at least 4 more pipped!  We did have one that started to zip this morning and then just died sometime today, one that pipped externally...

We have one buckeye hatched and at least six more pipped.  Happy mother's day!

We have one buckeye hatched and at least six more pipped.  Happy mother's day!

Quote: Originally Posted by Harleyx2  I got 3 pipped and one hatched. How loch should I leave him in the incubator? It hatched at 5am eastern time. It's all dry and chirping away and rolling the other eggs around. It...

So far we've named all of our birds.  The buckeyes are slightly different, as we are preparing for a move and won't be living on the same property (they're going to a family member's farm).  But we did pick the cockerel that...