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We want to set a hatch for Feb. 3-5 and we need some eggs to put in it! I think we might be ordering some Salmon Faverolles but that's only 12+ eggs. Does anyone know where we could get some fun breed that would do well in the north Midwest? and could ship by Monday Feb 1st? Any advice on...

We are having a seriously weird hatch! On day 21 we had no pips or cheeping, and then on day 22 we had two hatch, day 23 we had 1 more hatch and 1 peep. Today is day 24 and we just had a pip. So a total of only 3 live chicks and two peeps. I am very disappointed. With our previous hatch we...

Okay we just ordered our first mail ordered eggs. and I'm nervous We got 12 Salmon Faverolles from McCullum Farms website. What has been people success rates and is there anything I should watch out for. Should I make sure that they are not delivered to my house.(hold them at the post...

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/chicken a little brutal, but humorous

We don't have a large flock, but we have enough barred rocks to not be able to remember each. So we were thinking about identification bracelets. But I don't know much about them so I wanted some advice. The questions I have What is the best type? I don't want them to hurt or even effect my...

Okay heres the story, In the beginning of this summer. around May, we built our first coop on the farm. The coop is designed to allow the birds to range freely the farm. So we built the coop on an old trailer so it is able to be pulled by the tractor out to the middle of the field by the cows...

Today is the long awaited 21st Day!(in an incubator) eight have hatched and over 12 have peeped but.. the chicks that have hatched are running and harshly bumping all the eggs trying to hatch. It is getting hard to listen to the commotion that is taking place! I'm worried that the chicks...

humidity in our incubator (Lg) has been slowly decreasing since we put our eggs in about 10 days ago. it started at 45% or so and now is ~34%. i read something somewhere on dry hatching for the beginning period then cranking it up for the hatch(day 18+). is 34% too low? am i endangering our...

The chicks are about 3 days old. The baby chick was very weak and sleepy. We would pick her up and she would only slightly respond. So we tried dipping the beak in the water to make sure she was hydrated and tried to encourage eating. Then she was gargling up bubbles and liquid. Once she died...

Were wanting to make our first actual purchase of an incubator and would like some good advise... Firstly, were hatching chicken eggs, and don't have a lot of money. We want something reliable and not made of styrofoam. We want to stay as close to natural methods as possible. Thanks!

we recently acquired a pair of hovabators (1602n) from a neighbor. my girlfriend and i had great hopes of hatching out some of our own eggs. much to our dismay we plugged in each one and can't seem to get either of them to turn on. the heating coils never seems to get any warmer no matter the...