Ok, so I had a very poor hatch rate (ten percent) and the ones that DID hatch did so 2 days early. I suppose that due to being two days early, they had some minor problems. That is, their toes were curled. Nothing else seemed to be awry. However, now that they are two weeks old, and in a cage...
Ok, so I had a very poor hatch rate (ten percent) and the ones that DID hatch did so 2 days early. I suppose that due to being two days early, they had some minor problems. That is, their toes were curled. Nothing else seemed to be awry. However, now that they are two weeks old, and in a cage...
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So far 12 of my turkeys have hatched. Most of them seem healthy and are walking around just fine, but two of them don't seem to be using their legs. Nothing seems to actually be WRONG with their legs, aside from the fact that their toes may be curled in...
Okay. Title says it. I took the southbound to NOLA for a week, left a friend in charge, came back and it looks like my rooster is trying to spur his women to death. The ladies had some feathers missing on their back when I left, but I just thought it was natural. I didn't think anything about...
Hm. I never considered that the provided thermometer may not work. I used an oven thermometer during the 24-hour test run of the coil/thermostats, and while it didn't go as low as 100F (150 was the lower threshold), the gap between the needle's location and 150F seemed to be, if it scales down...
Okay, so here goes. Hope you all like the idea.
If you're from the southern US, chances are you know what a cotton trailer is. They haven't been in use in quite some time. When the cotton module was invented, there was no need for using such antiquated technology any more.. so dozens of old...
Indeed I did. I said ten hours, but I actually managed to flip them larger-side up within 8 hours of noticing (fuzzy math lol) that I'd done it wrong. So, as it's your first hatch too, might I ask a few questions? How big is your incubator on the inside, and given that, how large is your water...
Oh, good. Thank you for the quick response. I've been sitting here really kicking myself in the butt! I really want this trial run to go well. I am planning on raising a large number of quail, and the first two or three runs of incubating are just to prove everything is functioning properly. If...
Long time lurker, first time poster here. This site has been a wealth of information for me so far, so hopefully someone can shed some light onto this situation!
I am trying incubating for the first time ever. I got an incubator for free, and as with all free things, getting it fixed up was a...