Found a really giant egg in the nest box this afternoon. The egg in the middle is second year Khaki Campbell and we don't have geese. The egg has a really thick shell.
Our Saxony ducklings are 2 weeks old and growing fast. For the time being we have outsmarted their messiness by putting shavings then a tile then an inverted pot saucer then a bucket top before placing a feeder or waterer proudly atop the stack. So messy and so worth all the effort. Ducklings...
Not only do I live in Minden, near Reno, Nevada, I am a native! We have heritage breeds hens that are a palsy with our wonderful White Rock rooster. We also have Khaki Campbells, Rouens, and a couple Pekins. We will be getting day old Saxony ducklings from Holderread next week! We do enjoy...
Do eggs need air circulation underneath them or might my eggs on perforated shelf liner on tile work? Second timer hatching. Using ceramic tile (heat sink) under shelf liner (soft and spongey.) I use 2 quarts of water (heat sink) and one bulb running all the time and one on a digital...
My peeps have pipped but are way late and may not make it. I put my earbuds in the air holes in the top of the incubator and I am playing them recordings of chicks and mama hens. Hoping to inspire them to join us and enjoy a long and great chicken life.
Holding my breath and hoping these eggs can pip and hatch. I put them in an incubator the afternoon of March 9th and had problems with temperature swings with a wafer thermostat so I moved the eggs to a home built incubator with a digital thermostat. We live at high altitude and have wild...
Day 17. Yesterday the incubator with 31 eggs went up to 106 F I did not adjust the thermostat, just took the top off for a minute off and on over the next several hours and the temperature stabilized. When I woke up at 4 am this morning the temperature was 94 F. Brokenhearted for these little...
Hello all,
We have 12 ducklings that we purchased from Tractor Supply and the folks there have no idea if they are selling Rouens or Mallards. Maybe somebody here knows if all mallard chicks are marked in some way at the hatchery to comply with federal wildlife laws. I know the hatcheries...
Hello to everyone.
We are proud parents of 3 khaki campbell females and one male that we rescued from a feed store that had kept them way too long in a brooder meant for chicks. One female was so stooped over that she never fully recovered but still lays an occasional egg and she will have...