I have a Light Brahma that has gone broody! I am very excited as this is my first broody hen, but she has decided to use a favorite nest. I just checked on her this morning and there was another hen in the nest with her laying an egg. I'm sure there will be 6 or 7 eggs added daily, how can I...
I am on day 21 of incubation, the first egg pipped yesterday morning at 8 am. I have had 2 complete by themselves, the first one is still alive, it pipped close to the small end away from the air cell, I thought maybe it had drowned (it has been well over 24 hours from pipping). I am now seeing...
I'm on day 15 of my first hatch, last night I found the temperature at 73. I fixed the problem (grandson had turned off power strip) and this morning I am back up to 101, I am using a still air incubator. I turned and rotated this morning is there any way of telling if they are ok or not? What...
I'm new at raising chickens so please understand my ignorance. I am converting a portion of our barn into the coop (cow barn), it has a rough & uneven concrete floor with cracks that I just recently cleaned. It was covered with straw and old manure. The barn has not been used for years, we...