Check with zoning and home owners insurance too. What would happen if someone were to get hurt on the property. Or if the horses were to get out and cause damage.
Hard to say. My turkey hen does a few trial runs of sitting before sitting for good. Her eggs always turn out fine. If she hatches the guinea eggs, she probably will not sit on her eggs anymore. When I see mine start doing her trial runs, I make sure she is alone in her coop with just her eggs.
I have a Narragansett trio too. I have 1 hen that has hatched the eggs two years in a row now. She just started sitting the other day on her third hatch. The other hen that I have never sits, so I think it just depends on the bird.
I have had some bad ones. Right now I have a few very good ones. Never even looked at me funny. I rally think its genetic. I have raised some Marans from a rooster that I know was friendly and all his offspring that I have kept have been friendly.
Find out what their fathers were like.
Well Guys, I'm out. From 18 eggs only 1 was fertile and growing. These are young birds, so maybe they just need more time.
I replaced them with 5 turkey eggs today so we'll see.....
Good luck with your hatches and HAPPY EASTER everyone.
I have my turkey trio in a 12 x 12 horse stall that I have made predator proof. I have 2 truck tires with hay in them, which worked
great for next boxes last year. One of my girls hatched 11 poults last year. This year she is laying eggs in a built in corner horse feeder that is about 4 feet...
Once, I thought my hatch was finished. I cleaned out my incubator. I had a small plastic bag on the patio with shells and a couple unhatched eggs. A few hours later I happened to go out there and heard peeping. An egg had hatched on the patio. It was not even pipped when I cleaned out the...
I'm in. I have Blue, Black and Blue Splash Orpingtons that just started laying. And a second flock of Blue and Blue Splash Marans. Come on EASTER. I can't wait for SPRING.
It's been a LONG winter.
I have a pair together. I want to put a second hen in with them. She has been with them before, but not for about a year.
will the other hen or tom fight with her?? Are they as bad as chickens??
Clean it right away. Leave it on to dry for about an hour. Clean everything. Your success in future hatches will depend on it.
Never put it away or set new eggs without cleaning first. Good luck.
I've had mine running continuously for a few months. That will not hurt a thing. More importantly, did you clean it out well after the first hatch with bleach water, and let it dry while running for at least an hour. This is what I do. I love my Brinsea. If you don't clean your
incubator well...