Hi all....not sure I'm posting in the correct forum but here goes. We incubated a dozen eggs in September, 5 of which hatched, 4 of which so far are roosters. Everyone is telling my husband we must get rid of them or atleast 2 of them, now these people don't even have chickens number 1 so what...
Question-I'm at day 21 have 5 that have already hatched starting on day 18 (had a few threds on hatching forum on this). I'm contemplating moving them to brooder box so I can find a stinky egg that im pretty sure is in bator. Plus I can't hear any new pips with the chicks peeping in the bator...
Hi all! Yesterday was lockdown and i posted and received some comments..thanks...today i have an egg zipping already at day 19..is this ok?i thought they wouldn't start zipping til around day 20? I have read so much over the last few months it's all jumbled in my brain...HELP! its very vocal...
I'm at 18 days, egg turner was removed and eggs candled for the last time, I'm not to sure about 2 of them, the 2 really really dark brown ones, they seemed very porous looking every time they were candled yet they're impossible to see thru...I'm pretty sure they are duds but lef them in just in...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes! I am new to chickens and looking forward to them!
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I currently have 1 dozen eggs on day 7 in my Hovabator
(3) What breeds do you have?
I purchased a barnyard mix that included a few of...