Recent content by josie63

I have been having some trouble with baby chicks dyeing when they are a few day's old. They seem fine and then they just up and die. I keep food and water and also a light on them, with room for them to get away from the light, if they become too hot. Just discouraged after all the watching and...

I have a still air LG and I loose a lot of chicks due to the inside of the shell turning very tough rubbery like, I think they call this shrink wraped. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, I keep a close eye on the hum. and temp. But I can only get about 1/4 of my eggs to hatch. I always check the...

I have two hens setting at this time, One is on chicken eggs, the other is on turkey eggs. Both hens are doing very well with this job. I have left them in the barn with all my other free range chickens, I was very surprised they have chosen the barn, to do their setting. Because everyone told...

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Me and my granddaughter who is 4 years old, Were gathering eggs yesterday. When she asked me if the eggs had diddies in them, and I told her no. She said of yea I forgot, they have to be Baked. She is my little helper she marks the egg's, and then put's them in the incubator. Then when hatching...

Thanks, I'm going to see what happens.

Where is the best place to order eggs, and have them shipped. I'm always afraid I'll fail at this option. I hatch my own egg's and some I get off of friends. But have never tried buying them. Do you have good results? When buying them.

Mine are hatching today, 5 have hatched so far. I also have a lg still air, can't wait to see how many are going to hatch p.s. I also have a homemade bator made out of a cooler, have hatched one bunch on it.

Well I like it, mine's just an old cooler. I would love one like this. Can you post more pic's?

My friend swears she bought a dozen at the gro. store, for got to put them in the fridge. She said she put them on her bator and hatched chickens.

My neighbor called me this morning, something killed her hen thru the night. The hen was setting on 14 eggs and had been for about three weeks. I went and got the eggs and out them on my incubator, but they were very cold, it was about 42 degrees here last night. It's taking a while for my bator...

Yes I have been turning, Thanks for the help. I have hatched before, but I thought I might get better results, if i used the cartons. Thanks

I'm on day 14 in a LG stillair incubator, My eggs are just laying on the 1/4 inch hardware cloth that came with the bator. On lockdown will it hurt if I put the eggs, in egg carton bottoms to hatch. Please help.

Thanks, I took one out, I hope it's not to late. I always leave them in and never have good results when it's hatching time.

I am on my 12th day of incubation, chicken eggs. When should I remove one or both of the plugs. Please help.