Recent content by ctkling 192

Thanks for all the advice fellow chickie-lovers. You have helped set my mind at ease. I have a hovabator with automatic turner, wafer heater and no fan so I believe I kept my temps too low at 99.5 (what the instructions with the bator said!) .I had my temps too low and my humidity too high...

Originally Posted by ctkling 192 View Post Hi all----my chickies need help! This is my first hatch and I am on day 23. One hatched day 21 and 3 more hatched out. My problem is that the chicks aren't fluffing out. They are dry but crusty and have bits of shell stuck to them! I know now by...

Hi all----my chickies need help! This is my first hatch and I am on day 23. One hatched day 21 and 3 more hatched out. My problem is that the chicks aren't fluffing out. They are dry but crusty and have bits of shell stuck to them! I know now by reading previous posts my humidity in incubator...

Congrats to all the winners and thanks for the contest! Today is day 21 for my first chick hatching and just saw my first pip and heard my first 'cheeps'!! I'm sooooo excited! Even if I didn't win, still an egg-citing day!!

Oh, what fun! I would love the assorted.....or some silkies....or any feathered, frizzled, fuzzy bird you send! =)