Recent content by Organic_Mama

Thanks for your help! I checked them and they were stinky. When I tossed them, I checked them out and they were smaller than they should have been. So they died a while ago... Is it possible that I killed them by trying to wash them? At one point an egg cracked and she'd pooped all over...

So my brooding hen just died! The heat I think :( She spilled her water and i didn't notice until 6hrs later... How can I keep her eggs alive? They are due in less than a week! I'm really not having any luck hatching eggs... Ready to throw in the towel! Without spending $200+ on an...

Ok, so I have (had?) 2 hens sitting on nests. The first hen gave up 3 days before the eggs were due. I didn't realize she'd given up entirely, I just thought she was giving them room to hatch. Once I figure it out, I put them under the other hen... but I don't know how to tell if they're...

I know this is an old post, but hopefully you've become a pro by now ;) What psi did you use? Was it 27 min total or 27 mins after regular hissing? And did you use natural or quick release method? Thanks!! ~Shannon

So we have this sweet little Khaki Campbell duck who's sitting on a nest of chicken eggs :) She laid some of her own eggs in there, but we took them out b/c our male duck died. She's been sitting on about 16 eggs in our coop for a week or 2 now... I'm not sure what we should do? -Just...

Hi! Our big Roo died a few weeks ago so all we have is out tiny little Bantam Roo. So my first question is, can he fertilize my big hens?? I have one who's gone broody and has collected quite a pile of eggs. I didn't pay any attention to when she started sitting, it's been at least a week...