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one side of the air cell-- i don't think this turkey is big enough. the air cell looks great though the other side. another view. i am hoping so much that this turkey stays internally pipped for another 24 hours at least, externally pips, and stays that way for 24+hours. at least the...

long tory short: surprise broody, incubator hatch 2 weeks before she hatched. total of 16 chicks. one of the 2 week old chicks is all black and frizzled. some of her babies will be frizzled too but she doesn't know that yet. it's the only black and right now the only one she can tell is...

will this theoretically close up on its own?

my broody hen is on day 20. i realized today she has mites. we treated her and the nest, changed the bedding, etc. at that time there were no external pips. she chose to brood in our garage in a corner, and as of now, it is hot and humid. as in hot and humid enough that i could reasonably take...

after learning that some people stop turning chicken eggs around day 14, and basically just candling once a day. it got me thinking about turkey eggs. the incubation period is longer obviously, but does anyone hatch turkey eggs and stop turning at any point before 24/5 days? any pointers or...

both pipped here. internal and external pip. i had no idea, it was on the bottom of the egg. both had the tan, leathery look to them. i put coconut oil on both, picked away enough shell to make sure i could see their beaks. both are chirping and breathing. we are late day 20 right now. help...

about to go into lockdown, i did my final candling and air cell markings. only 5 eggs. all 5 had movement 2 days ago. one of them had no movement tonight, but the more concerning thing is that the air cell hasn't grown at all from the marking on day 12; it was the last one i candled, and...

we're halfway through day 17! woo!! it's just 5 chicken eggs. everything is great! temps have been running a weeeeeeee bit high all throughout. it's still air, so i try to keep it around 101 on top of the eggs but it has been solid at 102 and the very occasional 103. anyway. i rotated...

our hen, unknown to us, found a very safe corner of our garage to brood in! i'm actually really proud of her. the garage is insulated, and she picked a spot near the door to the outside (the door is blocked though, it can't be opened). but she gets to see daylight through the crack at the...

hey hey! i was wondering if brining helps at all when you aren't planning to shred an older bird? we had really good luck with a quartered year old rooster and coq au vin WITHOUT a brine, and i am wondering if anyone has noticed an improvement on older poultry with a brine. i know cooking and...

it's going to be long! bear with me. almost 2 months ago we had a hen go broody. it took her over a month of "trying" before she finally sat, and all went well until day 6 when she very suddenly abandoned her eggs. she didn't sleep on them, and day 7 ignored them. it turned out, every single...

THE TOP LEFT PICTURE IS A DIFFERENT, HEALTHY POULT (though it is a broad breasted, so different breed). the other 3 are my new bourbon red. it wouldnt walk at all for the first 12 hours i had it, and then it could only walk with its legs nearly parallel to the floor. it now walks with its legs...

first of all, i take full responsibility for this and adjustments are being made and no babies will go outside until those adjustments are made. in over a year of chicken keeping, we have never had a predator except our own dog. and now we have had one, i will make adjustments. we have our...

i just got broad breasted poults. they are being raised alongside chicks. my question is, if i am not overly concerned with making them enormous (i am not, honestly. if they both live until thanksgiving and dress out at 16lbs each, it would be sufficient), when do i switch them off of starter...

We're in north carolina. Long story short: virginia creeper eating my yard, primarily grapes, blueberries and my hydrangeas. Things i have tried so far: the beloved vinegar blue dawn solution; drill a hole and fill with salt; repeated rip downs; digging up the roots. Things i will never try...

I have 2 chicks, one from the local feed store, one that i hatched on a whim. The one i hatched came out on monday (it's friday) and the other one is a few days older. We are using the mama heating pad method, and it's going beautifully! The older chickens dont seem to mind the youngens at all...

I'm on day 20/21 (i set mid-day on april 19). Lockdown was screwy at first, but i got everything controlled by saturday afternoon and am darn near positive i've seen bits of movement from all my eggs. 3 eggs, homemade still air incubator, eggs from the nesting box, everything is going...

You get desperate haha! It's working, by the way. Certainly not the most efficient or even the smartest, i am sure. I tried sponges and for whatever reason, it wasn't working. Tried washcloth and the temperature couldnt get back up. So here we are ha! We are going to build a better set up for...

I set the eggs from our hens on april 19, early evening. Probably around 6pm. I've been candling each night. Yes yes, i know i know, not good protocol. I've been washing my hands, and there are only 3 eggs. We had veins on day 3 and from comparing with a bajillion candling photos from other...

Our rhode island red took a good long month and a half, finally snapped into full broody, and abandoned at 6 days. The eggs were all hers, all infertile, so i am glad she did. It was about 2 weeks ago that she got off the eggs. 6 days ago she laid what i assumed was a shell-less egg. There was a...