Do you sometimes get a silkie instead of a showgirl. Out of 5 showgirl eggs I hatched, 1 is not naked necked, looks like pure silkie.
How often does this happen with showgirls? I was sort of thinking that I had read that sometimes you would get a silkie but it would carry the naked neck gene...
I am not sure if my humidity monitor is functioning correctly. It says humidity is 75% but I don't know. My incubator is a HovaBator 1588 with fan and preset temps. My thermometer in the corner says 101, but one in middle says 99. I have the eggs inbetween and where it is a steady 100. Should I...
We have one chick that broke through the air cell early yesterday evening, he pipped around 7pm last night. He still has made no more progress, not even boke through the white layer. How long can he survive without making anym,ore progress or hatching?
Thanks, Jennifer
I have a hen that I think started sitting today. She has been on her nest since daylight this morning, it's 6 pm and she has not came off the nest. She has about 8 eggs under her. We have another hen that has layed 14 and still has not decided to start sitting. Can I sneak a few eggs under her...
I bought a used incubator, it is a hova-bator pre-set model. Not the new digital kind, but it has a little switch with numbers to adjust the temps instead of the little switch at the top like the incubators I am used to. I put the eggs in Wed about 10 pm. Before putting the eggs in the temp...