Recent content by noobchicken

We lost two chicks to pasty butt today. How can I prevent pasty but in chicks? They have fresh water all the time and always have medicated chick starter in their feeder. What steps can I take? Thanks for your time

It seems like writhing hours it will start to walk

Thanks for the quick reply!!! I was worried. This is my first chick I've hatched. Others we bought. How long after hatch do they start walking

An egg just hatched. The baby chick is chirping and rolling around in the incubator. Is this normal?

I live I colorado. I want to get a petition going to change the governments definition of free range. The chickens are crammed into small cages. Lets get a real petition going. I want to change the definition so the animals raised by big industries can have happy healthy lives

I live I colorado. I want to get a petition going to change the governments definition of free range. The chickens are crammed into small cages. Lets get a real petition going. I want to change the definition so the animals raised by big industries can have happy healthy lives

I looked on the bator and a chick got out of the shell with yolks attached to it still. It died. I need a refresher on how to incubate so I know what I'm doing please help :(

Will the chicks be unhealthy if the internally pip a little late?

What day is typical for pipping? My eggs are around 18 days in the incubator. Hopefully ill hatch a few chicks!!

Today is day 18 of incubation and they are locked down. How can I tell if try have pipped?

My incubator is home made temp stays right. Can't keep the humidity up (humidity is always around 43%) I turn the eggs like you said and I haven't hatched a single egg. I've been at it for over a month and have 0 hatchers what am I doing wrong?

Our chicks free range all day and go back in by themselves at night. There's a hawk nest with baby hawks nearby. They have free ranged for a few months and so far no missing chicks! I'm also incubating some eggs to expand my flock

My eggs are pointy side up in the bator. I turn them round side up and so on. Is this correct? I'm new to incubation

Our chicks free range. (We live out in the country) but don't feel bad! Do you have a fenced in yard for them? We catch bigs for them and they love it even if they are only on their run. We buy a bag of cracked corn (50 pounds for 10 bucks) from the feed store and mix it with their food and they...

I put the eggs like the would be in a carton (pointy side up) and turn them (pointy side down) 3 times a day. Is this how I'm supposed to do it?