So, I have 4 fully established adult hens in my chicken run with their own coop who all get along perfectly fine. Last spring/summer I decided to have a go at hatching some bantams which was a little hit and miss but I managed to raise a few. However a few of them did turn out to be cockerels...
So, like many others out there I have been bitten by the 'hatching bug'! Still being new to incubating and hatching my own eggs and reading up a lot about the various techniques I am still having a lot of teething problems. Out of 12 eggs in 2 separate incubators only 2 chicks hatched which was...
Hi all. Well, after a long 3 weeks of hard work incubating my Dutch bantam eggs, my work is starting to pay off as yesterday my very first chick hatched which is my first attempt at hatching. Wow, I didn't realise how exciting it was to see a newborn chick slowly break out of the shell into the...
Hi. I have just joined and have previously read through the forums and been inspired by ideas etc. This is my first time I will be hatching my own eggs, I have 6 Dutch Bantam eggs that I recently got and have put into my incubator which have been in there for a few days now and I turn 3 times a...
Hi. I have just joined and have previously read through the forums and been inspired by ideas etc. This is my first time I will be hatching my own eggs, I have 6 Dutch Bantam eggs that I recently got and have put into my incubator which have been in there for a few days now and I turn 3 times a...