This is incredibly helpful! I will give it a try.
When the next batch come of age, can you pretty much do the same thing? I guess at heart I am wondering if continually (every few months) adding 10-15 chickens to a flock is going to somehow stress the flock unnaturally (of course the odd...
We have five Golden Comet hens who lay every day. About five months ago we introduced a Rhode Island Red who keeps the eggs fertile.
We have since had two very successful hatches in our incubator, and one more incubation hatch that is only about a week away. At present we have a total of 39...