Just know we are ALL with you on what you are trying to accomplish!! You got this! :hugs:love
Hope for the best and prepare for the worse. Believe me, it happens to all of us. I had a hatch last spring that was horrendous. After 50 plus years of hatching, I had the hatch from hell. Out of...
Just wanted to note that with your specific setup, if temps have been low from opening the carton, it might take an extra day or so for the chicks to hatch. 21 days is not written in stone.
When the cardboard cartons get too messed up to use - I then use it as a seedling tray. When the plants are large enough to transplant, I tear each "cup" off, make a hole in the bottom for the roots, and then plant the entire thing. The plants grow fine, the cardboard "composts" and all is...
DogAndCat - I lived that one!! In 1981 I lived on top of Green Ridge Mtn in western MD on a 500-acre farm. On March 17, I had a foal born from my mare - her first. (This helps me keep my dates straight! lol)
It was only a week maybe two later, we suddenly had a fast and furious blizzard...
As a chicken owner now (and turkeys and ducks), the only thing I could think of is perhaps the farmer had them set aside (maybe even for my father), they were not picked up by the buyer right away - so they were shuffled to the back or not rotated as you would expect from new to older first...
But you are correct. Eggs are scarce here also. Last week I gave out 22 dozen from my hens to family and friends.
I think nature is more forgiving than people believe. I have seen some strange things in my life.
Just stay safe.
Watching how your experiment goes. Years (and years and years) ago, my father had an egg route and bought eggs from a local Amish farm. One week he bought a case of eggs, brought it home and sat it near the furnace floor grate. A few days later he heard a sound coming from the box, opened it...