Hi everybody~
I just my incubator yesterday with 5 different breeds. I've got Black Australorp, Orpington Buff, Speckled Sussex, Cuckoo Marans & Buff Brahmas. My hatch date should be February 7th... Anybody hatching about that time?
It has been so hot here in NE Mississippi that I have had 2 babies die so far~ and they aren't in an enclosed space. Everything is open to the breeze also. Is anyone else having issues?
I decided to try my hand at quail and on June 7th, I put 20 bob white eggs in my 'bator. Today is June 30th and I have 16 eggs that are viable. I thought they were supposed to start hatching yesterday but my dad tells me that it's no big deal. Could you tell me how many days it normally takes...
I just finished hatching 7 babies this weekend and now I am ready for my next batch. These are from my own babies though~ they are a Black Australorp hen bred by an Orpington Buff rooster. The 4 babies that I hatched from them were so beautiful that I had to do it again. lol ~ These are for my...
I am so "eggcited"~ this is my second hatching and I just put my eggs into lockdown. (My first time, none of them hatched... my hubby thought it was ok to candle every egg.... every day...lol) Are any of you going into lockdown this weekend? I will post when they start hatching~ (wish me luck...
I have been raising my own chickens for 3 years now and wanted to know if I can raise pheasants and chickens close by each other. I know with turkeys they have to be separated. They wouldn't be in the same pen but they are attached. There is a divider between the runs and the coops are on...