I am starting to think they may have died... i don't know.
I heard one peeping (out of 6 eggs) yesterday at 10:00am, then at supper he stopped, and never peeped since.
Out of the 6 eggs i knew they might not all be good but i felt 2 or 3 move. Now, no movement.
One has a blood bubble that...
so the past few days i have the bator set at 70 humidity and i try to keep it between 65-70% humidity.
Today i hear peeping... (Happy dance).
But STILL no pipping going on 12 hours... I read it could take up to 24hrs before pipping starts after peeping?
Do i have the humidity set right...
I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me.
BUT i saw a wiggle! The egg keeps wiggling.
Its our first hatching and a home-made incubator. Just want to be sure the egg wiggling is normal. I can't really hear chirping... though i thought i did at one point. But he def. wiggled! No pipping yet...
I have a brooder that is closed all around (4 sides) with top open (grill top), what temp should i set it at?
Whats the minimum and maximum temperature it should be set at?
Thanks!
Natacha and my Cochin Chickens!
I just went into the barn and one of the chicks is pippin! He is going on about it too! chirping away... I can't wait.
There is a hole the size of my thumb right now and his foot is stickig out a little.
I have a problem though, the mother hen went broody after 2-3 eggs and then more appeared...
Yesterday i found an egg cracked, i thought it was certainly doomed if not already, but i searched on here and found that people have waxed the crack and successfully hatched the egg. So thats what i did.
I did that last night and slipped it back under her wax facing down. Today it's missing...
I am fairly new to having chickens hatching eggs, we have 7 cochin chickens (3 roosters, 4 hens).
One hen is sitting on 13 eggs, but she started brooding after having 2 eggs, the rest came after (i just found out that it must be other hens laying in her box) so now we are going to box her in...
Hi,
My Cochins started laying eggs just recently, and i have since collected the few i've found when they were layed (could be once every 2-3 days).
Last week when i went to collect the eggs, one of the Cochin Hens was gaurding her two eggs and i decided to let her hatch them. It has been a...