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I forgot when I put in the eggs I thought I remembered. Ok I put in a bowl of water with a sponge will this be enough? their piping -help

I have 2 girls about 18 weeks old. Does this breed tend to lay eggs at a later age? I had one for almost 6 months and never got an egg one! These are a mix, one is a dom x banty and the other is a red comet x banty.

To update everyone I tossed out 26 eggs... clear both the 21st batch and the 23rd batch. The 23rd batch is the one I drove to get and found that the lady had washed them and put them in the fridge. It looks like I have a few more that may not be anything but at 21 for now. Notice the dark spot!

I have a barrowed silkie and never gave them a second look until now. 1. Are they normally quite? I only hear her if their is something wrong like a cat too close 2. Do they take confinment well? She seems to be doing fine. 3. Do they weight very much? she doesn't 4. Are they all natural...

40 min drive washed and refridgarated! And now well I found my dozen in the hatcher at 110 this morning. I ran out of room in the incubator and thought I would give my hatcher a try. I needed it to hold these til I pulled out the bad ones in the incubator. They've been washed refridgarated and...

I am not advertizing this but it works great. I bought a mini LED flash light at TSC made by perfornance tool. It has a lens that is about an inch wide and its all of 4 inches long and on the very end is the push button switch. it was on an end cap next to the brooder lights. I just candled some...

father was a dom mother was a minorca it has black on legs down to the ankles with orange toes has a large light yellow mark on its head and fuzzy belly. the rest of his body is just black fuzz.

Drove 40min from my home after work to purchase eggs to put in hatcher- do to cold and not feeling well I didn't pick up eggs yesterday- tanked on dayquil type of meds i went tonight. She had washed them and put them in the fridge including the ones today. I bought them Should I even try or just...

dom/minorca mix head has a yellow spot like hen but not uniform legs are black till you get to ankle then the toes are orange male or female acts very anxious like the minorca.

I met a lady on craiglist-I was needing a chick for one that was very anxious - suprise hatch later that night I now have 2. Long story short, Mona the beutiful silky arrived to be a mommy to my two babies tonight. I turned off the brooder light and the babies tucked right under. she sitting...

I bought eggs from a lady that had her hens kill the rooster this past summer and from what I gathered there may have been two killed. Why would hens do this?

I am a new to hatching my own chick. But this one seems very sleepy all the time. I figured after 24hrs that he would be up and running by now? Is he ok, do i need to do something or am I worried for nothing.

I am becoming a chicken outlaw and I would like to have 3 hens but thier going to have to stay caged and out of sight. I think I have found a loop hole that may allow 1 hen per person in the house....What in ya'lls opinion would be the best breed to cage raise? Ps just bought my first store eggs...

I built one of the homemade incubators out of a mini fridge and I have hatching. yeaaaa yeaaa! I pray to the Lord that he is healthy. I am so nervess . I had to get rid of my girls but they didn't order out my eggs!!! I built a hatcher out of an colman cooler. I find that the hot water switch in...

OMG I went on the net to learn how to sex chicks and I saw a commercial hatching operation video. I think it was on youtube. The chicks where dumped out of the crates that they where hatched in onto a convayor belt. then when they where sexed they where flung into a hole( shoot? ). I know they...

I am bateing in a home made bater- frig-o-bater, knock on wood, things are progressing and day 18 is coming soon. I have them in bottom out egg cartons should I leave them in the egg cartons to hatch or take out and lay them on thier sides in the hatcher? I was wondering about whether they...

I had to sell my intire flock of girls. The city of Pataskala ohio claimed that we live on business comercial property (middle of 8 acres)and the keeping of livestock was not permitted- not even my 12yr olds banties:(. We are renting and the land lord was not going to grant his permission for a...