You know I took like a 2-3yr break from poultry (and this community) and just did my first ever hatch in the incubator. Then I remembered how much I loved this place since I have been reading through all the threads and articles and their is so much information here! I really appreciate that...
They should all be hatching this week unless they have a stolen egg in there I have about 8 pipping now ( i just checked, as I was kicking one of the hens out). They all just started sitting on one of my hens eggs and they have been sharing the nest.
So I just took out the hen that was still...
I think I'm going to kick 3 of the hens out the coop and let one of them Finnish sitting on and hatching the rest. I did introduce it back in and have been watching them?... I'm going to give it 5-10 more minutes before I make a decision. Its only 13 eggs total so one mama should be able to do it.
I have 4 broody scovy hens, sitting on 14 eggs, this morning I went to check on them and noticed one hatching. When the egg hatched one muscovy came wagging her butt feathers and then the other 3 saw it and they all started pecking it and fighting over the egg shells. I took it out after about...
Just wanted to say Hello, I've been reading the threads here for about a year. Lots of great advice and pictures and then I just had a bit of an issue so I decided to join today, and post.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes well, I started with ducks almost 12...
So I purchased 16 3/4 week old Muscovy ducklings on June 15, 2019 by June 27, 2019 I lost 7. on June 19th I sent them one deceased duckling off for a Necropsy. I don't have all of the official results back yet, the lab and the vet have just been awesome. We lost our first duckling on June 16...