I recently bought a chicken coop from a local Amish man.
He told me that his two year old granddaughter literally lost an eye from being attacked by a grown rooster in her mother's chicken pen.
What a horrible story! But it bears witness to the need to need to react promptly to bad...
I did not add any air holes, and all 7 hatched normally, beginning the end of Day 19 for the first one. The last one was 14 hours into Day 21. All are healthy.
I know my incubator's reading are nonsense. I had a couple of those battery powered hygrometer/thermometer I found on Amazon. I...
I think my incubator is overly humid (57%) and it is possible my temperatures have been higher than they should be: 100.5 to 101. I had egg movement at Day 15 on two of 7 eggs, and on day 17, all eggs were moving. These are from a jersey giant rooster with a mixed of JG, barred rocks, buff...
