The plan is a mixed bird holiday hatch. Pekin ducks, barnyard mystery mix chickens, and jumbo brown quail timed to hatch Christmas Eve into Christmas Day.
I have never tried duck eggs before. Based on research, limited experience with chickens and quail, and advice from someone with considerably...
I put 12 eggs in my home made incubator at 4:00 pm on February 18. I expected hatch sometime tomorrow, March 11. This morning I woke to 1 chick and 3 external pips. Chick number two zipped and hatched a few hours ago. Pips 3 and 4 have not made noticeable progress in the last 10 (possibly up to...
So, I've been thinking about getting chickens for a while. When we moved from an apartment in the city to a house in the suburbs my wife was on board with the idea but it never quite made it to the top of the to do list. Recently our sons have expressed an interest in pet chickens (a few of...
