My Brinsea 7 egg incubator has been wonderful for 3yrs...used 3 times. Today in about an hour, we will be on DAY 1 of 6 chicken eggs incubating. All the eggs have the 'holes' in them and we can hear chirping.
THE BRINSEA IS MALFUNCTIONING!!! The temp alarm woke us up and temp was like 102...
I have 7 eggs in a bator. Today is day 18. On Tuesday, Sep. 8, it will be day 1. Do eggs need the FULL 21 days to form, so that
they'd actually hatch on day 0? Or, is it just a full 20+ days, so they will HATCH out on day 1?
Just wondering if we need to be home watching on day 1 (Sep. 8) or...
Out of 7 eggs, I am almost sure all are viable. Today was day 19. I candled them all this morning for a last look. One of them was CHEEPING loudly! Apparently, it's broken into the air sac. Has anyone heard their chicks CHEEPING while IN the egg?
I checked him again tonight, around 8'hrs...
I live in a subdivision in a rural area of NE GA. We have an HOA. The yards of the homes are large, 1/2 up to almost an acre, but it is against our HOA 'rules' to have chickens. I seriously, badly, want to have one hen, for fresh EGGS. We went on a field trip a few wks ago to a full on farm and...