Recent content by BG2heum

aww, so sad. I just joined. why didn't you go to a vet?

WOO HOO! Friday night midnight; one egg has a small chip in it! I feel like a new mother...lol. Don't know what to do except 'LEAVE THEM ALONE!!' I removed a few duds last week. today is day 22 and I heard heartbeat in only 3 on day 18, So if I do it right, they hatch and I let them alone for...

It worked for me exactly like you said, too good..lol My 5yr old goldie was laying never broody . I left her eggs and put a few more, from the fridge (fresh farm)from our friends.《say that 10 times real fast》. While waiting for her, I looked for fertile eggs, by the time I found fertile, she had...

My Girl is 5yrs old and never sat before. About a month ago when she was laying, I left her eggs and put in other fertile eggs every day until there was 10, she finally sat.

Recovering from bum foot. Puts a cramp in mobility dept. What's the purpose of lockdown, just no outside air?

Read BILLY BUDD in HS in the 60s. No memories.

An egg exploded and got goo on the egg, causing increasing stink. I can't immerse to clean it, can i? . I'm misting and wiping the 4 stinky eggs. Today is 19 for the 4. Do you know of a way to clean, any thing like watered down H202? To dab on and rinse off? It's causing a LOT OF STINK in the...

Trouble navigating site! Ok. Sooo many Qs... what is zipping what is pipping? My eggs roll every time I turn them, what's best way to stabilize? Am I turning too much? It's day 14 for 8 eggs, and 19 or so for 4 eggs. I took them from mommy b/c she wouldn't set after she had one chick. I also...

New Q; put eggs in a box with heat/light 30-40% hmid.temp range 80-100°.(a week ) THEN got LG incubator. It stabilized at 99.5°, but humid was 80%. Not very long. How much Flux can they take at this age? Can i drown at 3 days gest? At what day to they HAVE to be stable? Why can't you open a...

We were there in September! Beautiful and LARGE. TRY to get to Estes park to see elk walking around the town!

Do you happen to be in Estes Park in Colorado? I was visiting in CO in September and at the foot of the Rocky Mt Nat is a town of people and Elk walk all over, unafraid, just like your pix...cool feeling to be with the beautiful animals.

IS this the place for answers? my broody just hatched a chick. the rest are not yet. so do I take baby indoors? when does baby have to eat? the shell was very squashed and dry, so maybe a day old? We decided to leave baby number one with mom until more babies show. then move them into an indoor...

This is a question about the one chicken I have. She is a Buff O, and alone, the rest of the girls passed away...but at 5 +yrs old, she's still laying and 'squatting' when I reach for her. I want her to have chicks, but don't want to do it myself. Does a hen at that age set? She lays an egg a...