I read on here in another thread that putting a bowl of rice - uncooked and dry - in the incubator will absorb excess humidity and I have tried it twice and it worked perfectly both times. You want to stir the rice every couple of hours though so that the top is down and the dry bottom is up...
I just had to cull a little RIR that hatched as you described. It's beak was horribly crossed it only had one eye and the other side of it's face was horribly deformed. It hatched all on it's own though I am so sorry for your loss I will have to try to get a pic of your beauteous Golden...
It is a beauteous Rat Snake We do get the Diamond Back here though. A few years ago my sweet baby dog got a hold of one and it bit her about 4 times! She almost died! It was the most horrifying animal wound I ever have had to care for! And considering the violent abuse of my animals by some of...
Sorry to be so silent but I do have my turkey eggs set. 18 in all. Royal Palms. I fell off of a ladder repairing my goose coop and hit a ladder on the ground and broke some ribs. I then ended up in surgery because they thought I was bleeding internally so now I am one solid bruise with broken...
My hubby really doesn't want any peacocks because of their noise level soooooo I plan on hatching the turkeys then try to reason with him that at least they aren't peacocks
Dick Hortsman sent me some of his beauteous silver laced bantam polish eggs and when I candled them on day 10 I noticed one was extremely shatter cracked at the pointed end but it had a live wiggley chick developing in it. I waxed it with candle wax using a birthday candle and it is still alive...