Hi guys,
Well I had a successful hatch, 10 out of 10 fertile developing chicks hatched (8 were either infertile or didn't do much).
One of the ten was one that had a hard time hatching, now I can see that it is crippled! one club like foot, one whole leg affected. It's feet don't seem to...
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I am on day 20 of my first hatch!! I've seen 5 of the eggs wiggle, but there are 2 that consistently wiggle. I had a humidity prob yesterday, my probe doesn't measure humidity, so I finally realized that it was the digital reader that could measure humidity, after all night of over 81%...
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Day 17 is tomorrow, and I am going out with the "girlfriends" overnight. I read on one of the online sights that you should stop turning and raise the humidity on day 17?
Is that true or do you guys wait until day 18?
My humidity has been at about 50% the entire time, but my temps...
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I have my first hatch in the bator and I candled tonight. A few of my eggs have a dark spot near one side of the egg, vertical to the air pocket. It almost looks like a long air pocket going up and down the egg. When I candle on the "dark side" you can't see through. Also, one of the...
I understand that if there is a bacterial ring in/on the egg that it could explode and that leaking can preclude that.
I put a batch into the incubator yesterday afternoon and I have an egg with a tiny bit of dry clearish "stuff" on the shell, I assume this is the leaking part and that there...
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I am getting some chickens, and some eggs, and all the stuff that goes with 'em!
My question has to do with chickens doing yard work. The "garden" in the "way back" of our property (1.2 acres) is full of weeds, like 2 feet tall, ugly weeds. I was just out there cutting them down and they...