Let them out once a day for a few weeks as they grow older. Put some food in a place nearby wherever you want them to sort of stay around once they are free ranging, and let them have access to that food during the times you let them out. Once they have figured out that that is where their...
So, I got the temp stable at 100.6 for 48 hours and set the eggs this morning at 9:30. So far, it's been in between 100.2 and 100.6 all day. It went down about 2 degrees after I put them in, but stabilized within an hour. I was surprised when it didn't fluctuate at all when I turned them! I...
Thanks! I am really excited :) I am hoping the bator turns out ok. I have one of those styrofoam coolers that I connected a 25 watt light bulb to with duct tape, some chicken wire, and a digital outdoors thermometer. I am really really hoping it works!
I just picked up 6 Ameracauna eggs and 1 Olive Egger egg from the post office I am currently in the process of constructing a really crappy homemade incubator :/ (Any advice would be greatly appreciated) I am hoping to set them by tonight or tomorrow morning. This is my first hatching...