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Great article for beginners! I’ve had chickens for 15 years so this was nothing new for me but I really enjoyed the straightforward, honest attitude of this article. Great, useful information and spot on! Thank you!

We used the 6’ high chain link panels to create a chicken yard. They worked great, were relatively easy to install and weren’t too expensive. And I even found a couple on craigs list cheap! We are talking about roofing it though as the raccoons can climb over anything regarding of height. Never...

Interesting. What’s the thought behind this practice? I know with other livestock you select for desired traits—larger Loin eye for bigger steaks or chops, bigger breasted poultry for more breast meat, etc.

Thanks kellyjenny

So what if they have adequate calcium? My girls have been laying 2.25 to 3 oz eggs all autumn. They seem fine, the eggs never have blood one the outside, nobody seems to have problems laying them. If hatched, will these result in chickens that lay x-large eggs? Clearly these girls have the...

If I pick large eggs to hatch, will the resulting chickens produce larger eggs? In other words, is there a way to select for hens that produce larger eggs other than picking breeds that lay larger eggs?

I’m definitely no expert but my first guess is parasites like a skin or feather mite or lice. I would recommend isolating them from any other birds you might have until you can have them checked by. Vet should you choose to get them. They definitely look like they need help.

Thanks for the support. I know we do open the incubator extremely briefly to fish out empty shells and totally dry chicks about 24 hrs after first chick. But how do you lower humidity?

Thanks. This was my 3rd hatch in this incubator. The first hatch went great, the second had lots of infertile eggs though a three failed to hatch. This last hatch was so sad because there were 6-8 chicks dead in the eggs. Heartbreaking. Thanks for your support though.

So I’m devastated. My recent hatch was awful. Only about 1/2 the eggs hatched. Quite a few were infertile and that’s ok, it is what it is. The truest sad part is that of the eggs that didn’t hatch many held fully formed chicks that filled the eggs. So they should have hatched. I’m so sad but...

Actually you are correct! She is a blue Orpington!

My daughter had a triple yolker! Wish she would have weighed it or gotten picture of the yolks but her 4 year old dropped it

I know this post is older but my granddaughter’s favorite book is “Tilly lays an egg”

While hatching eggs is quite a science, remember that that chicken hasn’t read any books. My hens have been known to get off their egg clutch for quite some time and still the eggs hatch. I would proceed with your hatching protocol and see what happens. I’m thinking you’ll do fine with them. Do...

Lavender Orpington

Buff Orpington

Speckled Sussex rooster

Thank you for the update! I just found your post and was wondering what happened. Thank you too for saying you checked with a vet even if you didn’t go that route. It’s important to check all avenues, I feel.

It’s so funny because we are super new to hatching chicks and we tried feather sexing. Lol they are turning out the exact opposite of what we thought they would be. Do you think that brown one is a hen?

Pullets or Roos? 7 week old silkies/frizzle cross chicks