I'm hatching some eggs for someone who really loves Penedesenca chickens for their heat hardiness (and a little nostalgia as her husband used to keep them). Anyone in California have a flock with fertile eggs? Or hatching some soon?
Every couple of hatches I have a chick or two with splayed legs and I've spent a lot of time messing around with leg braces and bands to try to solve. I finally found something that works for me with the fresh hatched chicks, I've tried this on chicks with the typical frog leg splay and also...
Incubator Space available in San Diego, I have space available in my incubator for a little while. Self turning, temperature controlled and humidity controlled. I move them into a separate higher humidity hatcher at lockdown (when you stop turning the egg). This has been the best for my hatching...
I got amazingly lucky and now own a fully (I think) functioning Lyons Cabinet Incubator. It holds temp and humidity great and the automatic turner makes a big switch every hour or so. Is that too often for any particular type of eggs? I have mostly hatched quail and chickens but hoping to...
I have a hatch going right now where the temp went out for who knows how long, I caught it in the morning. I have 6 hatched so far and am keeping my hopes down but at least some made it. For candling, I only do it on day 15 but turn off the lights in the room and use my cell phone...