Recent content by RexDaRooster

Chick just hatched yesterday and isn’t putting weight fully on its legs/feet. It looks rather healthy compared to the other two baby chicks that hatched it’s just not running around and walking around like it should and it’s standing cross legged. What can I do to help it?

When I first let my chickens free range their egg yolks were a pretty dark orange which I’m assuming meant they were getting lots of healthy bugs to eat! But since I can no longer let them free range due to an evil neighbor their yolks have become a pale yellow and it makes me sad. They are...

so two out of my four turkey eggs have externally pipped about 24 hours ago. There is no further movement from one egg and the other egg was moving around for about 8 hours then nothing. Like I said it’s been 24 hours and no further progress. I have heat on 99.5* and humidity at 72

So it’s my first time hatching anything... noticed my turkeys are pecking through the shell! How long will it take for them to full come through? And how long do I keep them in the incubator after they hatch? When can I switch them to the brooder?

I was given these eggs from someone who didn’t know how far along they were. They have been in my incubator for 12 days and there is definitely movement and looks like I can see “feathers”. I need to know when to stop rotating them and bump the humidity up?

I have 4 eggs I’m trying to save... never hatched anything before.... they’ve been in the incubator since Friday the 14th... I put scotch tape on them. I have 4 good eggs in there with them also and I’m having people tell me the cracked ones will not hatch and to take them out or the cracked...

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Long story short I had a run in with a turkey nest and a tractor. 4 eggs are perfect. 4 have cracked shells but the membrane is fine. So I bought an incubator and put scotch tape on the cracked ones and they’ve been in there since Friday. Do the cracked ones have a chance? Or should I take them...