So cool! I had to wait 5 days for her to bring them out, and I started to get nervous. One hatched, three days later 2 hatched, then two days after that I come home and they are all out in the coop with her plus one that was barely dry, all clumbsy and stumbling around. The innate knowledge in...
Great picture! If she's acting like that I wouldn't use a light. I just let one of mine hatch some for the first time and I have been really surprised how little time they spend under her. Only really at night or when the wind picks up like during a thunderstorm.
So I just wrapped up my first batch of broilers. I used Backyardchickens.com frequently and just wanted to add my experience to the wealth of knowledge here.
I ordered 30 Heritage White broilers from S&G poultry in Alabama, and they were wonderful people over the phone. The Heritage White...