Has anyone had any success with chicken hens hatching peafowl eggs? I have a setting hen and am receiving 6 peafowl eggs in the mail in the next couple of days. I am considering putting a couple under her and removing the sterile eggs from under her. She has just started to set. Anyone tried...
I tried hatching 10 guinea eggs under my setting chicken and got one keet. She abandoned her nest too early and the other viable chick died before complete hatching. Soooo, now I have a Little Giant incubator with 18 eggs set at 99.5 degrees. I add water tinted blue everyday as instructed by the...
I have a baby keet! So far one has hatched. I don't see any peck marks on the other 9 eggs, but Henny-Penny, my Sussex, is still willing to sit on the eggs. The little grey ball of fluff peeked out from mom's wing to eat some food on a paper plate. Henny-Penny shpowed her how. I am so excited...
I am so excited. I purchased 10 guinea eggs from Redbug for my broody Sussex hen and candled 2 last week. They both had embryos! I have since ordered the book "Gardening with Guineas" and have a large covered place for the keets and hen to live. They can see the rest of the chickens without fear...
I have 21 hens of mixed varieties. I love to collect the eggs especially the Easter chick eggs, and pet my favorite, a lovely little white cochin named "Fancy". Thanks for accepting me into your internet family. Joey