In my first attempt ever to incubate and hatch, everything went so well. I read alot of advice on BYC and I googled questions a hundred times! I really wanted Christmas chicks, as my grandchildren would be here. Put the eggs in on Sat. Dec 3rd... first chick hatched at 12:20am on Christmas...
It wasn't a super hot day, but I had the sprinkler on the lawn, and just a corner of the chicken run was getting sprinkled. My little hens seemed to like it... it wasn't much water, but they would go scratch around in the mud. Didn't seem to bother them at all. They are 3 1/2 months old and...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I'm new to chickens. About 3 1/2 months ago my daughter and grandson decided that I needed chickens.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? They brought me 10 little baby chicks. However we had a little incident with our...