Posts by rynegold

A month ago we hatched out some chicks from out own flock. They have all been fine and growing well.then out of the blue I came home and found one chick(3weeks old) dead. We went to the Trade Days in our area and brought home two pairs...

Simple question: how long can you gather/keep quail eggs before you set them?   Same question for chicken eggs....   I've heard 7 days for quail, true?   Chicken eggs can be gathered much longer before...

Ok so they make these in 100w and 200w varieties in the ceramic version, so which one are you using? and, I guess it gets pretty cold in Long Island? I'm in south Texas....         Or are you using one...

So "if" you have an egg with a sort of gelatinous substance on the outside during the later days (18ish) of a hatch particularly for me anyway, after lock down and upping the humidity, that may look like...

Now that's a thought! I've never heard of such. But found one on ebay.. I suppose petco has them as well.     thanks!     m

So I set these eggs on March 24th about 9:00.   I just locked down this morn @ 7:30 ish.   So I "should have" locked down this past Wed the 10th?   I can say for sure since I've never used an incubator...

I mean obviously it's an bulb of some sort but which kind? and what wattage? I'm building a brooder that's 48x36 inches and about 8 inches tall from floor to ceiling.   I have used about the house, both flood and spotlight...

From this article... under coop design of all places;   http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101       Quote: "The initiation of hatch occurs partially from the increased carbon dioxide level...

thanks margie!

I have the full compliment of 41 eggs, and an auto turner. I think I'll bump it 1/2 a degree but, how do you do that?