i have an bantam eggs that was due to hatch out tomorrow. i noticed about 5 hours ago it had pipped. i'm not for sure how long it has been like that but anyway now there is no movement or anything. should i help or wait?
i ordered some eggs from here and i got them in, i then candled them and found i had 4 clear ones. does that mean their not fertile. the seller sent me extras so either way i still got a good deal and was pleased when they reached me in good shape. none was broken which i was really surprised...
how can you tell when you have a broody hen. i know this sounds dumb, but i'm new to chickens. i have a hen acting kinda funny and wanted to know if i should put some eggs out.
today is the first day for me to candle. what should i look for? my temps played yo-yo the first few day way high and then way low. i have that fixed now but what should i look for now.
ok i've ran into another problem. my egg temp is just to high. it will reach a really high temp but it doesn't stay up high it's kinda like a yo-yo now. if i put in water to stable my temps then my humidity is way to high. could my light bulb be to high. i have a 25 watt soft white bulb.my egg...
i can't get my humidity down. it was fine before i put my eggs in but now it is 70 i have no water in there and have opened more holes? what else can i do?
now my humidity is ok but i can't get my egg temp down-----new problem
i built my first styrfoam incubator and am running it now. i'm using missprissy's ideas. i've got the water wiggler and probe just as she said. now i have a question. my egg temp is staying at 99.3 - 99.1 but my air temp. is only about 95 with my humity is at 58% what am i doing wrong.
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how do i get my bantams to stop sleeping in their nesting boxes? i am new to this and wasn't aware they we're not supposed to. now i know the roosts needs to be away from the nesting boxes but what i have are to small coops. is it ok to put nesting boxes in one and roosts in the other? also i...
i was wondering if anybody had any buff brahmas bantams hatching eggs they would want to sell? would consider other type. looking for bantams to hatch out with my kids. i have bantams already just no buff. i'm in missouri is that to far maybe?
i'm confused on incubators. i just wanna hatch out a few chicks and was wondering what is the difference between still air and air cirulated incubators? i know what the difference on how they work but what i wanna know which one works best or which one do i need? or does it matter
i asked for help before but my pictures wasn't the best so i took more pictures. i have 11 bantams i'm trying to sex. i have no idea of their ages or anything. i was supposed to have gotten 9 hens and 1 rooster. but as you can tell i didn't. the small one i got just because it was so cute. i'm...
i hope somebody can help me. i bought 10 bantams about a week ago but boy did i make some mistakes. i have no idea how old they are or what breed they are. i was supposed to get one rooster and 9 hens but i'm afraid i have 5-6 roosters instead. i thought i would be able to tell them apart but...