why are my birds doing this?
several birds are starting to show signs leading up to this, and we had one death.
this one started healing, but last night we added in 2 others that were starting to look damaged, one of those two attacked this one and re-opened the wounds, even tho hers were no...
I have 2 hached out this morning and waiting on bunch more.. it my first hatch. How long is okay to leave them in the incubator while waiting on the rest?
they are coturnix quail
I got a new incubator on Friday (from Ebay) and ran it over the weekend to try working out the kinks in temp and humidity - basically trying to learn how to use it. It is an unbranded, forced air incubator. This is my first time incubating eggs.
I started 9 turkey and 2 duck eggs together...
Am I correct to understand we run the heat lamp 24-7 for the chicks?
It makes sense if they can't regulate their temp, but I wanted to confirm before we got chicks :)
we were expecting to get day old chicks this weekend but they weren't ready yet, so we'll probably get them as 5-6 day old chicks
Reading through the threads, I keep seeing lockdown mentioned. I am interested in incubating, but have not purchased/built an incubator yet. Most threads seem to be focused on current egg health or specific issues.
Are you supposed to set the humidity as specific levels all the way thru, or...
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I'm a truck driver, married with 2 small children (2.5 years and 5 months). My...