I would crack a few eggs to check and see if they are fertile or not, rather than relying on incubating them to see.
There's a sticky somewhere with excellent pictures of what you are looking for in fertile eggs.
oh, dear. These poor little peeps are going to need therapy. Hatching in a skillet!! You're supposed to COOK eggs in a skillet, not hatch them! That's like being born in a morgue or something...
looks great, and I hope all the rest of them have a great hatch for you. Start saving up for...
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HA!! I remember doing the same sort of experiment in school, I think it was junior high. The kids came up with some creative solutions to keep the egg intact. Mine didn't make it, lol.
if you cut the excess tail of the zip tie off as close as possible to the part it goes through, they are nearly impossible to accidently tighten.
Just make the loop big enough not to fall off their foot while they are still growing, make SURE to check the tightness at regular intervals, and...
omg, that buff one is gigantic
I read somewhere Buff Orpingtons described as a "cross between a basketball and a feather duster" Yours seems to fit that description perfectly!
she did a gram stain, which helps ID kinds of bacteria.
it sounds to me like she thinks they may have an infection of something that she wasn't able to find, and is putting them on the medicine "just in case"
That med will kill bacteria and protozoans, which live in water. Think...types of...
plus, if you've used mechanical means to kill the rats and not poison, you can toss the dead rats to the chickens! have to make those rats pay for all the food they've eaten
While that coop is ADORABLE, this is one reason I'm planning to make everything big enough for me to walk into.
still...super cute.
I'm wondering if you can modify the runs so the whole top lifts up?
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If you're using that type of feed, then you may as well just be buying factory-farmed eggs.
this statement makes no sense. also, instead of just making pronouncements, you could offer alternative solutions.
To the OP: i've never tried it myself, but everything I've ever read says...
depends on how fat your chickens are!!
you could probably make it around 10 x 10, but I don't know if I'd go smaller, unless they are bantams.
12 x 12 sounds good to me
That is a great idea!
I'm wondering if maybe a big dog crate would be a little safer, then surround it with bales. I'd be nervous that one of the bales would slip and squash the poor guys!
they are called "date forecaster" wheels or "date finder" wheels.
Not sure where you can get one. I got one from my work, given away by valve manufacturers! Very useful for planning seed starting dates and such.