I found my hen sitting on some eggs a week ago. I was going to let her do her thing, but she abandoned the nest, so I took the eggs and put them in the incubator. I candled last night and they are further along than I thought, but there are some a few days behind the others (other hens were...
I tried incubating this year. First batch was rough, the Guage was off and I didn't have a 2nd one in there. 2 hatched, 1 was picked off by a fox (we lost about 15 this spring, in a few days, but the run is sorted now) the other is a nice little roo. Second hatch went well. Some sex link, and...
So 3 days ago I had 20 happy healthy active 8 week old chickens. 2 days ago I went to lock up the coop and found 2 dead. Saw coccidia poop, and started treatment next day, yesterday. 3 died overnight. 2 more have died today, and all are showing signs. I'm going to lose all 20 within 48 hours...
OK so just wondering about some logistics. I got an incubator and put in some welsummer and Maran eggs. Turns out the temp gauge was way off, and only ended up with 2 chicks. So I decided to try another batch with just my barnyard mix and a second sensor. Yay! 23 little fluffy nuggets! (I am...
I had issues with my incubator temp that caused a late hatch, with most not hatching, and an assisted hatch that went well. I have a few who pipped and have made no progress in a few days, but they are alive. I helped one of these out, despite it being day 25, because it was cheeping at me and I...
Its my first time using an incubator. It's a forced air with egg turner, and I didn't know that the temp and humidity readings weren't to be trusted so I wasn't double checking them. Day 5 the temp dropped to 97 for a few hours, but I fixed the issue. Candled at day 7, had a few infertile that I...
Hey there! My hen went broody a while back, and she was very persistent. So we let her sit and hatch a few adopted eggs. 2 hatched, both from brown eggs, and now we have 2 chickies about 9-10 weeks old. I don't know the breeds, just know they had some buff orps, Easter Eggers, and some others...