I've hatched a few batches of chicken eggs and now i'm over run by chickens and chicks.
I can't justify hatching anymore right now......so
I know of a source for quail eggs. I've never hatched them
Is it harder to hatch quail eggs? Also do I incubate them the same way as chicken eggs?
Do i...
Would someone please help tell me what I should do. Last night right before dark I checked my 6+ week old chicks and they were fine! i gave them food and water. No issues.
I slept late. today around noon I went into the coop to find three chicks picked horribly. The one that is the worse was...
I saw someone local selling brewers mash to feed to chickens or livestock. Has anyone ever done this? Does it make good feed?
If someone local is trying to sell this stuff as feed where would be a better place to pick some up.
What are your guys thoughts on this and if you use it where do you...
I have around 33 six week old chicks. I really need to get them in the coop as soon as I can.
The night time temps here is... tonight 38 and for the rest of the week 45-47 Daytime 65-69 all week with some rain one day.
The coop they are going in has no heat light and its a very old coop...
I went to pick up some feed, and the feed store got me....... They had a deal buy a bag get 10 free chicks. GRrrrrr. I couldn't walk out of the store with just feed. How could I pass up on FREE chicks... I JUST sold 20 of the chicks I had and I'm still over run with chicks...now I have another...
No fluff at all on the neck and back of the chicks head
I had some mixed breed eggs in the bator. I'm not really sure what cross breeds.
I think my bator temps were a little low so i'm not sure if it may have caused this.. I have had 4 chicks hatch bald..no fluff at all on the back of the...
I worked a 10 hour day. When i left for work my incubator was okay. When i got home it was 97* and 52% humidity
on lockdown in day 19. could they all be dead? or have I just not waited long enough for them to start hatching. im on day 21.
not a single pip chirp or anything
should i be feeding my chicks medicated chick starter or non. My chicks are going on three weeks old and ive never given them medicated. The only thing i give them is non med. chick starter, water and a bread treat once in a while
!!!!!!!!!!! NOTHING !!!!!!!!!!!
45 hatched and for now are healthy in the brooder.
Two more are trying to hatch and are chirping in the shells. this is day 22 so i figure I would give the other eggs another day or so. I don't want to toss them and kill something that may have hatched late...
The chicks that have hatched are all over the eggs that haven't
They keep hitting there heads on the heating element in the LG. . . If it will burn me it seems it will burn the lil chicks..
Is this normal and will they get hurt
I overfilled my Lg troughs and now it looks like a few eggs are wet because of it. this is day one of lockdown. should i try to open it and get some water out. . . will it make them so wet my lil chicks drown inside the eggs ..what should i do
I waited until after 18 days were past for lockdown. went in on tuesday at 5:30. I went into lockdown after 5:30 on a saturday
are they suppose to hatch during the 21st day or after 21 days are up....
Tuesday at 5:30 21 days will be over
I know ...it all depends on if the temp was too...
Wish me luck! my first lock down. I'm not sure what to look for when candling so I just put the all in for lockdown and I'm hoping for the best! I took out the turners put the eggs On the wire in my LG and filled all the places for water in the bottom. I put a small metal container with a paper...
Just went into lockdown. (still air LG) after one hour maybe 1 1/2 .. I'm at 82% humidity. My first time. I was thinking that I would aim for 70%...Will 82% be too high and hurt anything
Also..now that my eggs are on the wire they are lower in my incubator and my temp seems to be too low...
I have two LGs in two different rooms. I'm on day 10 and I noticed that the temp has gone up. They were holding steady temps.
Is it normal for the temp to go up as they develop? I hate to mess with the thermostat its soo touchy. I took the plug out of each yesterday in hopes to lower the temp...