Ok, sorry to inform everyone who is following this project that I had to terminate the project due to unexpected events and won't raise any chicken for awhile. I will not follow this thread anymore. Anyone else is interested in the project or doing it can take over. Thanks for your support again.
Thanks, bk15, poineerchick816, ChicKat!
I used Brinsea ova-easy 190 and dry methods for the last two batches...had very high hatching rate this way because the air humidity has been quite high lately
Ok, today my last batch of eggs hatched. I got more chocolate colored ones this time. Still don't know if they will be laced or not. As the weather gets hotter every day, hatching season is officially over for me until fall.
The other two chocolate silver laced pullets are doing fine. Will take...
Thanks ChicKat and DancingWithDucks! I feel better already because I have all your moral support!
I had a very successful hatch with yesterday's batch--99% hatching rate with dry method from day 1 to hatch. We have had some rainy days and the air humidity rate has been rather high. After a...
Yes, my father in law will come next week to help me finish insulation and electric wiring in a new shed which will be used just for all my incubators and baby chicks. The snakes shouldn't be able to get in. Many chicks just hatched today. They will stay in garage until the shed is finished...
Disaster happened last night! A snake went into the brooder and killed all the birds inside.
Lost all birds hatched 2 weeks ago. Saw a few were definitely chocolate laced. I don't understand why it killed the birds and didn't eat them all. This morning scared me death as I touched it while I...