Hi there... we just got some sheep in our paddock, and now that the grass is down I found a stray bantam (no idea where she came from!) sitting on eggs near the back, just in the long grass. They started hatching this morning, so far there are 4 super cute fluffy yellow chicks, all healthy and...
Hi everyone I just had 8 eggs hatch really well, a few different breeds. Then the last two to hatch had problems, although they did hatch on their own. The one I'm having trouble with seems to have not absorbed the yolk fully or something, she has a massive squishy abdomen with what looks like...
I just candled my second last egg to hatch (end of day 21) and saw this weird what looked to be blood spot in the air sac (this egg got a crack in it a few days ago which i taped up). I couldn't see movement and assumed the crack had killed the chick. So I opened a small hole in the air cell and...
We ordered some eggs online and had them shipped. We have just candled at day 16 and they are all growing and look great - except for one that has the air cell completely on the side of the egg (but the chick is alive and growing inside!). Can this egg develop and hatch or should we get rid of...
I ended up with one chick hatching out of 12... she's two days old now and lonely. i have searched everywhere for a friend for her and the only thing i've found are three day old quail chicks. does anyone know if i can mis them? I'm thinking why not! but not sure.
Would love some info please - we had nine eggs in the incubator that were shipped over and only one has would up being viable. It is day 21 today and yesterday we were positive the chick had pipped internally, and today still no external pip so I've made a hole in the egg where I was positive...