I have eggs in my incubator, 22 days and nothing. According to the instructions, I took out the egg turner at 18 days, I raised the humidity to 60-65%. I know they all showed development when I candled the eggs .
I have a male and female turkey, I've seen the Tom mating once with the hen. I suspect they have other times, due to a muddy chest on the hen. The eggs do far don't seem fertilized, and the hen generally to to avoid the Tom. The Tom will start acting like he's mating, without being on the hen...
I've had chickens for 6 years. In all that time only 3 have gone broody, 2 of those hatched chicks. It's been 4 years, and no other of the hens seem to ever go broody. I'll get the occasional one that acts like it for a day, but then stops. Any tips?
I have a dozen hens and a rooster. The hens lay mostly in only 2 of the6 nesting boxes. They appear to fight over those2 nests. I wonder if the fighting over the nests keeps the broodiness at bay. I'd like to have a been hatch out chicks. Any ideas?
I got chickens for my family. My 9year old is there main caretaker. They are awesome! We are getting8-11 eggs per day even in the dead of winter. We have 4 black sexlink 4 brown sexlink 2 buffs,2silver Wyandotte and a buff rooster. We recently rescued a younger chicken, she looks like an...