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So I plugged in my incubator after a while that it has been off, and let it run for a bit to "get the kinks out". When I first started it up, the automatic egg turner in it ran continuously, as in turning the egg trays every 5-10 seconds without stop. After I let it run for a bit, it seemed to...

I know that pullets and hens lay less eggs during the winter, but I have noticed that the few eggs I HAVE gotten have not been fertilized, despite having a rooster in the pen with them. Can I assume that roosters don't cover their females in winter? I'm starting my timed lights to make the...

Hello! I am reading about the Phoenix breed as I am about to acquire a pair for the first time. I am seeing that, "the American Poultry Association recognizes silver and gold varieties of Phoenix" but I can't find any mention of recognizing the white variety. This pair I am getting is white...

So I have been into chickens for about a year and a half now, and I have REALLY enjoyed them. I have about 33 chickens total. Some for laying, and some for show. My laying chicken group is quite large, since I have different breeds I am trying out and different aged birds, and I have hamburgs...

Hello! I just brought home 6 chicks today, 4 buff orpingtons and 2 rhode island reds. They are about 9 days old. For the moment, I have them in a plastic brooder box with a heat lamp, but I'd like to take them outside during the day. I know that during the night it can be too cold and other...

Is it possible for an egg shell and a membrane to dry up, and thus become harder to crack once a chick has started zipping?

How long does the zipping process take? I have a chick who pipped Saturday night, and come Sunday morning there was a small hole in the egg. All through Sunday the chick starting the zipping process, opening more and more of the egg. Well now its Monday mid-morning and the zip has not made a...

Hello, I am entering lockdown today with a simple LG styrofoam incubator. There is no fan inside, so I believe it is a still air. On the top of the bator is a red plug that fills a round hole. I leave the plug in all the time up till now, but since I am beginning lock down, do I need to take...

If incubating eggs go without being turned for 24 hours, will there be serious problems? I was going to put a batch of eggs in tomorrow, but next weekend I'll be gone overnight. Just wondered if I should wait till after I get back or if my eggs can go a day without being turned.

I see this term used a lot on the forums, but I am unclear what it means. What an egg is "pipped" does that mean it starts chirping? or it started breaking the egg?

I have never ordered from a hatchery, so I've been sort of apprehensive about what the experience would be like. I ordered the first week of march, but because of Easter orders they were not able to hatch and ship my order until this week. I was very much looking forward to today (Friday) to...

I have a 7 week old (6 and a half actually, turns 7 this Sunday) that does not seem to be feathering out completely... While walking around he looks normal, but when he roosts, lays down, or opens his wings to stretch, the backside (usually covered by his wings) is bare, no feathers at all. Is...

I have seen a thread about a buff orpington roo and a barred rock hen cross, but it did not go into detail and the pics were only of baby chicks. The thread was also 3 years old. I have a barred rock roo and a buff orpington hen though, and am curious to know what kind of cross that would...

From all of my research/internet browsing, I am seeing that most people let their chicks out and 5-6 weeks without any heat lamp, but most of what I am seeing is people writing around June, July, or August, when it is warmest. I am new to chickens, so I am a bit jumpy to let them go without a...

Hello everyone! I am super exited to have finally registered. My wife suggested to me when we first got married last year that we start our animal "farm" with chickens. I never in my life thought I would even touch a chicken, just never seemed like something I would do. It has now become one...