Recent content by Hmarie

I don't know if they would have made it or not.. . But I would have liked to have that option to try to save them. I want one anyways bc I have a hen that I think (or either the rooster) is cracking her eggs open! I don't know how to stop her or him? So if you have any ideas on that shoot em at...

No they hadn't. One had through the membrane inside the shell but not the actual shell

Well, they didn't make it! My other 10 are doing great though! The two just needed about 3 more hrs under momma and they would have made it based on what they looked like when I cracked them open. All their yolk was almost gone back in them but they were lifeless. I need to invest in a small...

I have a very broody mallard duck. When her eggs start hatching she won't lay on the last two to hatch the same thing happened on her last set. I've brought the babies inside along with the two eggs. Will they hatch under just a heat lamp? I have candled them and they are alive in there!

I am new to hatching chickens. ive raised them for years but have never tried to hatch any. I made a homemade incubator out of a styrofoam cooler, 25 watt light bulb, a cup of water, and hygrometer/thermometer. One out of three so far have hatched. that means this little guy or gal survived a...

omg I just hatched one out of 3 chicks in my homemade styrofoam cooler (incubator) with a 25 watt bulb, cup of water, and a hygrometer/thermometer! this was my first time. its really not that difficult as I thought. The eggs even survived a almost 6 hr power outage and still hatched just 5 days...