I've now hatched in an incubator 3 times, several of my chicks do not hatch. When I crack the shell (days after they were supposed to hatch) there are fully formed dead chicks in them.......what is going wrong? I get more each time I incubate.
I have raised SEVERAL chicks to adulthood without any problem. I recently ordered my first group of buff orpingtons and black jersey giants. In the mix is also some black australorps. They did really well for the first three weeks. Growing normally, feathering out, no problems at all...
Im new here and I think I posted this in the wrong section earlier. So, if you have already responded to my post, thank you and sorry you're having to read it again :) I have plenty of experience raising chicks who are a day or two old when I get them. However, I have found myself only having...
Hello ALL!!! I'm excited to be a new BYC member!! I am a seasoned chick grower....when they are a day or two old when I first get them. I now have found myself to have only big, fat, lazy hens that won't brood ;) I am going to hatch my own. I am soooo excited but I want to make sure that I do...