Recent content by franny

hello Natural Chicken I forgot about this post cause I gave up on the bator for now...actually i had a Frizzle hen go broody so I gave her two eggs from another hen. One hatched, one died. Ill use her again though:P My franny story...she was my companion (not that I needed another with 6 kids...

:Dwow thanks for your responses! One chick made it!!!! the other was dead. I think it must have died before i broke into it cause it smelled pretty bad but its a bummer cause it was fully developed. Here is the kicker...about a week or so ago my 4 yr old took the eggs and put them into the...

I was expecting chicks to hatch at 21 days 4 days ago...I finally took them from the hen and broke into them to see if there was any development. crap! both had chicks in them...one started peeping....but not sure about the other one. i put them back under the hen...what do i do now? Did i...

I lost a pearl too...could see it in there and thought about doing surgery myself but...never did get it back. Ruby is worth alot more than a pearl...let us know what happens!

Evonne, An LG? humm Ill look it up. McMurrey hatchery has a three egg incubator and it does all the work (turning) but its 100 bucks! They have another one for $18 but that was a little scary...have to regulate it and turn the eggs. maybe its worth the money to save us the time...not to mention...

Thank You! Ok so now can you recommend a small incubator? I only want to put up to 10 or so eggs in it. I had one as a kid that was about the size of a frisbee,and it worked great. thanks again!

So if a chicken lays 1 egg a day do they wait to sit on them untill they have enough, like 8? so does the egg stay dormant untill the hen sits on them? I want to incubate but do I wait to put them in the incubator till there is several? I do have a very active rooster. Thanks!