Hi,
my Uncle came home this weekend to find his flock of 8 hens and 1 Rooster RIR has been killed by a fox or some other animal my auntie was completely disraught as they are like her children they had kept the birds for over 2 years and had brought them as young chicks
then to there suprise...
ok so i needed a new bator and im not going to be hatching major so it was not worth forking out major bucks for an impressive one and i already have one home made bator so i decided to make another one but with improvements so here is my new bator please tell me what you think
this is the veiw...
ok so a few people know and others dont but i was offered some chocolate x black orp eggs for free from a friend of a friend after much much much consideration i decided to give it a go i also was talking to my friend Highlander on here and when she said she would like to give it a go too hatch...
ok so i posted a thread earlyer asking if it was normal for at day 20 not to hear anything and i was reasured and then 2 hours ago i had the call i had been waiting for to say my uncle had died so i had to leave the bator watching and run off to the hospital to be with the rest of the family...
ok so i know they are not due to hatch until the 21st day but there is no noise or anything is it normal there silkie and frizzle and sizzle eggs they where all alive and kicking day 18 when i last candled before going into llockdown and the bator has not been opened since tempreture is good and...
its day 7 for my salmon faverolle eggs and to be honest i dont think any of them have air sacs never mind going to get chicks from them they all seem just completely clear they where brought of ebay so im thinking just toss em and stick to my silkies which go into lockdown tomorrow and my new...
so even though i promised that i would wait and sort everything out ive gone and done it again i have just purchased 4 more Embden goose eggs, my first time i failed on the last day gosling pipped and then just didnt have the energy to hatch as the shell was really thick. so wish me luck!
Ok so i know the volcano errupting and disableing british air space was not planned and people have to have holidays or we would all go mad but why in the world would someone go on holiday and leave a dog in there house just sending a neighbor round twice a day to feed it who knows nothing about...
im due with 4 small eggs on the 30th not sure what i have yet but it could be either Silkies, Frizzles or Sizzles so if or when they hatch we will be playing name the chicks type, so what are yu hatching
ok so ive just candled my silkie/frizzle/sizzle eggs again and i was completely amazed i am 100% positive there are two chick embryos growing in one of the eggs ive heard of double yolks before but didnt realise or think to put it more simply that it could ean both yolks where fertile and grow...
Ok so its extremely sad i know but im 22 years old and i still enjoy pokemon i have always had a soft spot for anime anyway and studied some animation as a side course through collage and loved it but what i really wanna know is,
is there anymore pokemon fans out there?
and is you could have a...
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my first ever hatch failed today baby goose pipped but then it just kinda stopped the temperture was good humidity was nearly 87% but it just kinda gave up and then this green goo stuff came out i phoned the lady that i had the egg off she told me it wasnt a good sign and to pick...
Im blaming BYC god knows what im doing ive just brought some SALMON FAVEROLLE hatching eggs god im hooked i dont need anymore eggs i was only trying it out to begin with and these are large fowl looke like ill be paying the farmers market a visit with chicks for sale if they hatch oh well
do you always need to hear an egg peeping? im on day 29 with my goose eggs and no noise comig from it but it is rocking every now and then is this normal?
me and my family have some loverly horses and a few people have asked to see them so here they are
First my baby "Aiming to please" stable name shamrock or shammy
my sister horse "a touch of blue" stable name boo
Boo and shammy together
my moms babies first "a touch of magic"...
im a major book lover if i could afford it my ideal hose would have stables with all extras indoor/outdoor school, crosscountry course and great riding including rivers streams and forest an extra large kitchen an extra large chicken coop plus rooms for incubation and brooding and then a library...
i am down to two geese eggs of 4 and the last 3 where in lockdown and one got that horrible smell so i had to remove it but now one of them doesnt seem right when i spray the bator to keep the humidity nice a dry any little bit that goes on egg one evaporates i.e. babies body heat evaporates it...
i have a mixed little batch of silkies, frizzles and sizzles due on the 29th-30th anyone else?
i set them on the 11th and i candled them today day 4 i had 3 definate veining, 1 blood ring and 4 unsure so leaving them a little longer to see for sure tryed to get a good picture of the veining on...