I've got roughly 15 eggs left that are in my incubator and were supposed to hatch 6/19 ... 2 of the eggs hatched early on the 17th...
How much longer should I give the eggs before removing them to clean my incubator to try again?
my first batch of chicks is hatching 2 days early right now... quick question... should I keep them in the incubator until the finish breaking free or move them out of the incubator?? my incubator has an auto-turner, I just dont want anyone getting hurt
Well... it took a little longer than I wanted due to weather, equipment, and doing it almost completely by myself....
But it is finished and buttoned up... just needs paint and trim...
It is 8ft by 8 ft and 12 ft tall
So I had no luck with eggs the first time I tried to incubate them, not sure why , could've been a million reasons. So the wife and I talked it over and decided, why not let the girls do the job for us. So here is what I did...
5/10/20 - I left a couple marble eggs in a couple of the nesting...
so a buddy of mine traded me 3 chickens for 3 chickens... I traded a road island red hen, a light brahma hen and a Black Australorp hen for the 3 in the pictures... not sure what I got, because he didnt know. I just know they were types i didnt have yet...
well I was doing my morning chores and logged into my spreadsheet and noticed that I have 1 lone duck egg from 4/20/20 that I put in the incubator that should (everything goes as planned) hatch this weekend... everything still looks good as far as I can tell... I even see some movement when...
so I put a duck egg in on 4/27/20 and after a week we candled it and it "appeared" to be veining... so today as I was rotating them and topping off my water bowl in it, I decided to candle all the eggs again... Mr. 4/27 looked more like a cloudy mass inside instead... so the wife and I decided...
Ive been using milk crates for my nesting boxes up until recently. My buddy gave me 2 "nesting box sets" for free so I figured I would check them out. For obvious reasons to me, the girls dont like them because they are too narrow... I was wondering if these are really nesting boxes or if they...
My wife and mother decided to "go nuts" and bought all the chicks last summer but never wrote down what breeds they are... was wondering if someone knows. I know that I have more boys than I really want, but that is going to change in the near future. The 2 bigger roosters in the pictures are...
First off a little history, I served 5 years in the navy doing construction, mostly carpentry and masonry. Upon getting out, I decided to get a degree in carpentry as it was the logical next step. Ever Since I was little I've had a fascination with the idea of being self sufficient and self...
So the wife and I have decided that this year we want to actually hatch our own chicks. After much deliberation, we have a couple eggs currently tended in an"incubator"... but we are also interested in letting the hens do the work of hatching for us. We have a few hens that like to sit on our...