so today is day 24 of incubation, 6/30 hatched. and while no other chicken eggs are pipping, moving, and with signs of NOTHING...I decided to try opening to see what went wrong. I now have a LIVE duck in my chicken bator, that I broke open to see after candeling and no movement. there was always...
I put my (91) eggs in on March 10th, after reading "hatching eggs 101" about a million times. (Can you tell I'm a first time incubator-er yet? lol) I was expecting the temp to drop for the first few hours, but when I went to check on them the temp read 107!!! my incubator was on for three days...
One of my leghons is starting to act broody...outside of the coop. She'll "set" all afternoon, but in the morning she wanders around before going to set, and then returns to the coop with the rest at night. Last night it rained, and I'm sure all 14 eggs were cold enough to die...and there are...
Hello, my name is Jaymie, and I love my chickens :)
I'm a mom of 3, 16yrs, 14yrs, and 5 yrs. My 5 yr old is my official chicken helper, and takes claim to any babies we get. She then promptly brings them into her clubhouse and "feeds" them plastic food from her little kitchen. So far theres been...