I have a brooder that hatched a chick a couple of days ago. I really don't know what I'm supposed to do now. Leave the chick with the mother and other chickens (and roosters). Or take it out and put it in a brooder box? I left the chick with the mother and yesterday it disappeared. She's...
Yes, and Yes. We had one chick that just couldn't get out and we had it open trying to help it. It might have been open for too long. After the first egg broke I cleaned out the incubator but didn't think to use bleach water. I've been reading that it might be a bacteria issue. Probably...
I have had a couple of successful hatches, however, I have had 3 eggs that just broke in the incubator before hatching. I'm pretty sure at one time they were viable eggs. What could be causing this?