I have 4 healthy chicks that hatched from an incubator 4 days ago. Another hatched a day later with a swollen belly, red naval and splayed leg. I have kept her separate from the others and have been hand feeding her water since she doesn't seem interested in doing it for herself. Her leg is now...
Hello, I´ve had chickens before but this is the first time that I´ve ever incubated some fertile eggs and attempted to hatch them at home. My eggs have been in the incubator now for 10 days but I´ve resisted candling them because I´m worried about interrupting the incubation process and...
Does anyone have any advise on whether it's ok to have the incubator in the same room as the washing machine? I'm not so worried about vibrations harming the eggs as the incubator would sit far enough away to not be affected. I'm more concerned about noise levels, the spin cycle is quite loud...