Recent content by cowgirlup11

They are little gaints, forced air. Terrible, I know! That all you can buy around here unless you order online.

Will the chick already be in position going into his Hatcher then on day 18? Would it help to hatch them ip right?

I have two incuBators, one I hate! The chicks are always fine right up till it’s time to hatch and then about 50%+ never do or need assisted. ALL because they are positioned wrong! This incubator does not have a turner. I have another one that I am using for the first time with a turner. The...

I got eggs shipped to me that I set 6 days ago. When I candled them before setting all the air cells were totally destroyed. I thought I would set them anyway just in case. I allowed them to rest 24 hours beforehand and stored and incubated them upright. Day 6 I candled them and not a single one...

So every time I have hatched chicks I have always had at LEAST one chick who couldn't hatch because it's head ended up tucked into his tummy. Well today is day 22 for my eggs. They all hatched already except for two. I candled them and one was was already dead (head was tucked into belly) and...

They are her eggs, she is the only female I have. I have the incubator running right now with some chicken eggs In it. I don't know anything about hatchig Duck eggs but if I decide to try, What are my chances of her adopting them back? I just HATE brooding ducklings...:/

my broody duck is currently sitting on 11 eggs and is STILL laying?!?! I candled her eggs today and there is one that is likely day 10+, 3 that look like maybe around day 7ish, one maybe around day 4ish and then two or three others that looks like maybe say 2 or 3 (or maybe quitters I can't...

I guess what I'm asking is is she really broody? And if so why is she still laying and will I need to be continually removing eggs?

Just did the math and those pekins are only 3 months old.. Not 4

He is about a year old, the two pekins he is with are 4 months old. He is smaller than them. I don't think he can fly... I've never even seen him attempt it...

I have a one year old peckin who is "broody". I noticed a couple weeks ago that she started sitting in her nest for a good part of the day but would then leave for a few hours here and there. Then I ended up moving my chickens into the same building as her and they trashed her nest. A few days...

Here is a picture of one of my grandmas chicks! He was already growing out his feathers by the time I seen him, but he is still pretty stinkin cute!

So my grandma has recently started injecting dye into her incubated eggs, the result of course is colourful chicks! I have been reluctant to try it as I didnt feel it was worth risking the life of the growing embryo. However she was visiting here a couple weeks ago and showed me on a fridge egg...

For big holes like that I have found the band aid brand band aids work best. Just cut the sticky part off and use it

So what's the dinference between killing the chick before it hatches and killing it after it was born. Surely you could have just put it out of its misery moments after hatch if you had noticed major deformities....