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She does wander with a rooster and I've candled the ones that have fallen out before I put them back and they've had little wigglers. I have food for her but I moved it so I could get a picture...she's always hated me. Maybe hate is a strong word, but she has never been happy about me being...

We have a small flock of 7 that wonder the grounds of the plant nursery I work at and this little lady decided to go broody. We have no coop here, and for the most part they spend the evenings at a neighbors property and we thought they may get cooped there but aren't sure...they roam the...

I've used Oak leaves and I'm not a fan...I still use them in a pinch because we've got hundreds of trees and there's an endless amount. I didn't mulch them and maybe that's the problem but they seem to stick together and mat down pretty quickly, not stay fluffy and clean feeling. I'm going to...

What kind of Cochin? Sorry, I'm not familiar enough with the breed to know what BBS stands for. I'm looking for 8+lb hens will they reach that size? Thanks so much!!

7 days is about as long as you'll want to wait to get them cooking. I've found a huge decrease in hatch rate after 4 days on the shelf. When I started incubating I got 2 cheap bators and used one just at lockdown/hatch so I could stagger my eggs. For $50 it's not a bad idea, you won't need...

I'm no expert but I always went dry to lockdown, then filled all the water cells. This is the first winter I've incubated and the first hatch hovered around 25% till lockdown and I lost nearly half to shrink wrap and the ones that made it out were covered in gunk. The last hatch I did, I kept...

Thanks!! Great info!

Great article!!

I don't really cook but my husband swears baking soda in the boiling water makes a huge difference in peeling fresh eggs.

Just candled the 154 eggs I set on 12/28 & 12/29 and got the clears out so I'm down to 145. Keeping the humidity in the LG's is a bit of a chore. If I fill only 1 chamber it'll get to 30-35% and 2 chambers goes straight to 70% but I think that's a bit high no? I feel like a 50-60% would be...

Thanks!! Yesterday's hatch went a whole lot better! I've got 29 out of 40 walking and day 21 technically isn't over till after work today so fingers crossed for the rest. So at the moment I've got 55 fluffies in my mud room, they are hysterical! Watching them eat like piranha and weave a chick...

I have a little different view of the hatching process but I don't necessarily recommend my way either. I usually fill my incubator so they're packed in there come hatch time and I take the chicks out as they hatch. I keep a spray/mist bottle close by and as soon as I crack the top I spray...

I've got 2 hatched and 6 pips so far for tomorrow's hatch. There's a bantam out and he's SOOO teeny tiny! A lot of the eggs are smaller this hatch so there's a little more room so I'm going to try and leave the hatched ones in there till they're all out...we'll see how that goes, they sure are...

Woohoo!!

So sorry to hear about your hatch, that is one seriously good looking little chick though! And pullet eggs?! Only my favorite surprise on the planet...even though I probably wouldn't hate hitting the lotto We cut a notch in the coop post for our girls that start laying, I really don't know...