I'd be interested in seeing what others say also. I switched to low humidity after my first few hatches a couple years ago did horrible at the recommended higher humidity. Have had great success with the low humidity for chick survival but have the same issue with maybe 10% off the hatch ending...
Hello and welcome :) I'm in Magnolia but our farm with chickens is in Quinton. The work is very rewarding and at least they pay you back with breakfast, lol. We have seramas, EEs and orpingtons that we breed. We love our chickens.
One hen was killed and we just discovered this under the wing of another. I have a tough decision to make. This is an older hen, doesn't really lay anymore, BUT this is one of the first 4 chickens I ever owned. She helped start what is now a 40 plus chicken farm. I don't want her to be in pain...
It sounds like what you're interested in doing is hatching them knowing ahead of time that you have someplace for them to go because you can't keep them. In that case, you should contact a "rent-a-chick" place near you. Normally they already have the chicks, but perhaps they can allow you to...
No they came from shipped eggs that I hatched from ebay. These were kind of an accident, not what I ordered, but they've kind of grown on me. I can't keep them all though since I have my Orpington projects to work on too.