Here are some of the new chicks we hatched , some are from our own eggs which are Silkies the rest are what we had been given by a neighbour who was given them but didn`t have enough room in his. Will get some more pics and post to see if anyone has an idea what they could be. We are also...
We acquired this baby, but are unsure as to what breed it is. It has 'chipmunk' markings on its feathers, Black skin & 5 toes on each foot.
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I have just hatched 2 eggs from my White hen & White cockerel. I have no previous experience of the colours that are underlying the White, as I understand it the white can be dominant, and 'covering' a different colour. The Chick that has just hatched is this colour
The other one is yellow...
After all the trouble we have had with the Brinsea bator I decided to make another one instead.... What do you think? It is holding temp and humidity perfectly
We have 2 bators running at present a Brinsea octagon 10 and one I made myself using a coolbox..... so far every egg has failed to hatch successfully in the brinsea all but 3 fertile eggs failed to reach lockdown and last night 2 pipped and started to zip this morning both are dead leaving just...
I think this may have been asked before but I can`not find the question.
This is our first time hatching, we started off with 17 eggs but unfortunatley only 3 made it.
The problem we have is that one chick hatched 4 days ago (early) and the other 2 have hatched today (late) we took the first...
My partner and I have been looking on the forum for a few days and decided to join as we have found some good advice.
I work on intensive poultry farms, however I have no contact with the birds as I clean the farms after all the birds have left. My partner is a childminder for her sins lol.
We...