Hi, I would like to try my hand at incubating some! I'm not too far from you, in Shelton. Could we meet in Olympia or somewhere? I have 4 muscovies now but everyone is too young to lay eggs.
We built a homemade incubator and tried 6 eggs in it, carefully monitoring the temp and hand turning all day long. 5 of the 6 hatched perfectly and are in the outside brooder doing well. 4 days after setting the first eggs in the homemade incubator, we bought an LG incubator with egg turner, and...
wow, is there a rash of this going on today? I've had two hatch similar to this (although, not as large as that) today. Mine are 2 days early, are your early?
Hi, I'm kinda new here, just been hanging out reading and learning a lot. My first batch of eggs from my backyard hens just started hatching and this morning, one hatched a day early with this thing hanging off the butt area. I'm not sure what this is and the chick is definitely more vocal than...