Recent content by grego86

Awesome I'll try that.

I'm just starting a batch of 33 eggs in my incubator and I have one that looks like had another egg dropped to heavy on it when was collected and dented/cracked the shell. Its not leaking or anything so my question is can I trust it and put in incubator too ?

I already have one chick that has piped its shell and can hear it cheeping :) I've noticed most wiggling throughout the day so fingers crossed.

One more thing. I've kept the temp at 99. Now that its lock down time I'm suppose to lower it slightly correct ?

I plan to be hands off. Thank you for the quick response !

I have 12 eggs all seem to be alive and developed except for one. It looks pretty empty except for the air sack. I layed them down so they can get in position and almost instantly they start wiggling. So excited this is our first incubation batch! Anyways, for the lockdown phase what do I need...

Thank you! Hopefully don't have to go through this again lol.

I'm not sure if was a rattlesnake because of the size and pattern on the snake or if was just a large chicken snake. Both very common in my area and I've already killed 2 large chicken snakes in my yard before this one this year.

I noticed I kept having eggs that hens were sitting on disappearing. So I finally got the smart idea to put my cheap game trail camera in the coop and low n behold it actually caught some action. The hen in the pictures survived and is still alive but the eggs she was sitting on were due to...

For a couple weeks I had a giant snake problem and finally killed it I think. I filled my boxes up with golf balls, took it a week but it finally ate some and hasn't been back. But I think the snake has scared my hens from using the coop because one was attacked while sitting on some eggs that...

I was walking around my yard today hunting eggs since my hens have decided to lay them in the bushes now. Anyways, one of the eggs I found right away I could tell looked odd. I picked it up and my thumb nearly went right through it. The shell was so thin and flexible I barely could hold it in my...

Awesome thank you for the feedback !! I went ahead and ordered it and love it so far.

Explain your incubation process then we can go from there. BUT eggs aren't always fertile even with a rooster. Storing them at room temp until you get enough is safe as long as they don't get to cold or to hot. I think I wanna say I read around 75 degrees is a safe zone? Hopefully someone can...

I've seen on here a few times people have said they get a baby chick interested in feed and water you have to dip their beaks into it.

Humidity is down to 45% when I checked a few minutes ago. Hopefully this will help.