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Hi, We set our eggs on June 22nd. Candled them on the 29th and again last Monday because I could smell that at least one was bad. I threw out the one that had no dark in it (cracked it open, and there was no embryo), but the incubator still smells :(. I have a mix of Marans and Olive eggers...

Well, we've had the HovaBator 1602 going for the last couple of days and temps are staying solid. Eggs arrived today in the mail and they are all point down until tomorrow morning when we put them in the 'bator! Super excited! The eggs are a mix of Black Copper Marans, Blue Marans, and Olive...

My 10 yo son has been having a fit to add to his flock (we have 4 right now, 2 RIR and 2 silver laced Wyandotte mixes) and he ONLY wanted the ones who laid Easter Eggs. One feed store in town had Aracaunas (from Ideal Hatchery) so we headed out today and got 4. I picked out the whitish colored...

Anyone have any advice on raising chicks hatched from an incubator in the house? I have an extra bathroom with an outlet for the light that I can use, but I'm not sure if it's better to put them in the bathtub, or a cage in the tub, or what...I figure they'll need to stay in there for a good...

Hi My son and I are looking into getting back into chickens. We have several acres with some horses, cows, goats, dogs, and cats. When he was much smaller we had several layers (buff orpingtons, rhode island reds, and some others mixed in), we ended up giving them all to my dad since we were...