I'm not sure I could take the stress! There seems like a lot to it. How in the world does a hen EVER hatch a single egg. LOL. It seems like a great science project for the kids though. My sister has an incubator, so I could give it a whir I guess. Again, it was very interesting to see the...
OMG! I just read this whole thing tonight and I have never hatched one egg in an incubator. Dang, there is a lot to know. All y'all did great. It was getting pretty stressful there around page 740 or so!! LOL. This website is so great, but fear I have a real chicken addiction sometimes.
The gal she went to had crossed beak gals before, and this lady was looking for blue, red laced Wyandot (and she was beautiful) so I felt comfortable letting her go live with her. She lives on a nice big farm now, instead of a city neighborhood. I'd say, she is movin on up!
I thought that crossed beak chicks start out mildly crossed and then with age tend to cross worse. Do not stress too much though, I had a severely cross beaked hen who was just fine. I had a 1/2 Gal. milk jug w/ a hole cut in it that I keep full along with the hanging type feeders. She eat out...