I ended up taking the chick to the vet. the tendon on his foot had slipped off and I was told it was common and that had I brought it in the day it hatched, their might have been hope but at day 2, there wasn't any hope so she put him/her to sleep. The other one with the brace is doing just...
Ok- I panicked when I woke up & helped. Now just hoping it's going to be okay. I had a really bad experience with chickens and had to help them all- humidity got too low. We incubate at a school & were snowed in- for 4 days- we couldn't get in or to the school. I guess it scared me more than I...
Guineas are not as mean as they sound and they might look ferocious but I have many guineas and have never even been pecked before. I have had very good hatching with my incubator. I think I had about 42 eggs in the incubator and got 40. Hope this helps.
I'm incubating guinneas for the first...
I have incubated chickens before and the last few days, I've had 3 peafowl hatch, one didn't make it. and now my ducks are starting to hatch. actually, the first one is hatching right now but it's been the same for almost 9 hours. humidity is at 70%. I think the duck is stuck to the shell...
hello. new to hatching pea fowl. I've hatched plenty of chickens. I had 6 eggs given to me, 3 hatched. One 2 days ago, is just fine. One about 5 hours after the first and he's still not walking right, I think I will try the brace. And the third over night and has something very wrong with...
Hello! I want to incubate eggs that are laid in COLD weather, it's currently 19' outside with a foot of snow. I want chicks before school is out, I'm a garden coordinator! We get out May 28th. I am getting the eggs donated by a farmer who asked if I knew anything about it, and I don't.
I am...