Recent content by lilredchick

Since this is my first hatch I was wondering how do you clean your incubator when your done? Do you use disinfectant to clean or just hot water? I didn't know if I should use a disinfectant cause of the fumes. As for my first hatch we ended with 14, 1 fatality out of the egg, and 5 eggs didn't...

:D happy dance!!!! For my first time incubating I have had 6 hatch I had to help one he was to big to move around n the egg. So I did a zip around not breaking any of the membrain and by this morning he made it out!! Along with two more. I have 5 more that have pipped as well. All look healthy...

How can/would you be able to tell if they've been shrink wrapped?

:D. Well the first chick is out looks good and healthy!!! 3 more are coming. Question do I need to remove the shell from the incubator? I wish I could get figure the pics out how to get the from my cell phone to post!?

The humidity is the one thing that I have had major issues with! Right now it is 52% and I can't get it higher. I put 4 sponges in and 2 cups of water in and that is the highest it has been.

Thanks I'm trying to wait! Lol that's the hard part. I just keep watching and I figure if I can still here them that's a good sign. I went from 3 pipped to 4 I just noticed the other. So we are doing good I think. Today will be 21 for some and tomorrow will be 21 for the others. On one of them I...

This is my first batch. Today is day 21 I have 1 egg that pipped yesterday at around 3pm as of this morning there has been no change. I have another that pipped around 8pm last night and it hasnt progressed either. The third peeped this morning or overnight. How long should I wait before trying...

The last one was a TSC bantam. I try and get some other pics today

thanks everyone. I was told the first one was a leghorn, I have 8 of them, they are about 12 weeks old now. the thing with the ear lopes will they be white, white or could they have a tint of pink? just want to make sure what im looking for. the 2 in the center I got from some lady that got...

anybody?

I think this one is a leghorn? what about this one? I adopted these 2 from a lady in the city, she didnt know what to do with them once they got big and one last one, what do you think? breed/sex sorry for the bad pic, the last one doesn't stay still for long LOL

Ive had this problem as well. Ive been giving oyster shell to harden the eggs, and Ive put alot more bedding in as well. Also Ive been collecting eggs about 3xs a day. I really think one of my BA's was pecking at the eggs. Sometimes if they get a taste for raw eggs they will eat the eggs that...

anybody? main question how long do I need to wait to candle the eggs?

I wish I could find some fertile eggs to put under her. Id really like some BA's but I dont know anybody around here that would have any.

Ive got a australorp that has went broody. Ive had her 3 years and this is the first time she has gone broody, why? There has never been a rooster around untill this spring about 3mths ago. He is a Millie Flur. I really doubt the eggs will do anything though. She is on 4 eggs right now that I...