So, I eggtopsied one of the eggs that did not hatch under my silky hen and this is what I found. Its brain is on the outside of its head and its beak is crooked. I have never seen a chick so deformed.
Sorry if anyone is squeamish about the pics.
I got a new job today, so my husband bought me a “Congratulations on your new job” present.
A six ft tall B.A.C. (Big ass chicken)!
LOL - maybe it will scare off the predators!
So, I hatched this beautiful bird and have decided I need to create a new chicken breed in her honor, the “Wendy”
LOL!
In all seriousnesd, she really is a gorgeous bird. The hen was a Rhode Island Red and the rooster is a Lavender Orpington.
These pictures really don’t do her justice. Her...
i have a batch of eggs in the bator and the first chick hatched nearly 24 hours before the next one. No sooner than #2 was out of the shell, #1 went after it, pecking, jumping on it, yanking in its wings, etc.
I took #1 out and put it in the brooder where it cried and threw a fit.
Fast forward...
Collecting eggs tonight and I find this on the ground right in front of the door to the coop. Looks like just a teeny tiny chicken egg. What do you all think?
They have been in a dark drawer in the same room as the incubator for several days and tilted every day in a different direction. Every day I switch out the oldest eggs in my collection for the new ones laid that day so I will have the freshest eggs when I put them in the incubator but they will...
Currently have 12 duck eggs incubating but I think 2 are going to be pulled at the end of the first 7 days. I will be adding in 31 chicken eggs on Thursday. The eggs are all laid by my chickens. Several different types of hens but only one rooster who is a Lavender Orpington. My crosses with him...
Don't risk it, we had a possum break into my coop of 21 6 month old chicks a couple of weeks ago. It literally pulled the top of the coop. 1 chicken survived. The possum tore them up and left them all just laying there.
I am reading conflicting advice and wanted to post real quick and see what the consensus says...
School of thought 1: Add the chicken eggs into the incubator 7 days after the duck eggs with the same temps and humidity so they all hatch at the same time
School of thought 2: Put them in all at...