Thanks so much!!
Since this is my first try I was very conservative and only tossed the really high floaters. I marked the sinkers and put them back in with the rest for lockdown. I figure these are shipped eggs and I will not have them all hatch so I might as well learn all I can. So far...
I want to thank everyone who contributed to this thread! I am new to quail and am currently incubating my first set of eggs. Today is lock down so I decided to float test, had a few sinkers, a couple of sinkers that wiggled, some high floaters, and LOTS of good ones that were wiggling!!! Coolest...
I have a flock of RIR (10) and Barred Rock (5) last weekend I got a total of 3 eggs in 3 days (Sat, Sun, and Mon). But we have not gotten an egg since Monday. Is that normal? Is there something wrong with them, are they eating the eggs?
New to chickens, we bought some chicks in March, I got my first egg 3 days ago, tonight when I went to the coop I tried to pet one of my barred rocks (usually not gonna happen) and to my surprize she squatted down and let me pet her. Then two more squatted down and let me pet them too. None of...
Congrats for setting your first batch!!! I have been stalking this forum for a few weeks too... the hubs just finished the coop... I have been researching on a bator to get started ... which one did you go with?