I have a really urgent question. I had a year and a half old banty hen sitting on eight eggs for four days. She did not go to the bathroom once in those four days. Today she left the nest and looks very sick. I have a feeling she has a blockage. Does anyone have any advice for me right away...
I am posting this as a matter of interest for anyone who might care to read it.
I have a bit of a incubating and hatching story to tell. I made my own incubator. I tried three times to hatch some chicken eggs. The first time I followed all the rules as best I could, not one hatched. But...
So far four of my bantie eggs have hatched. One died a couple of hours after hatching:(. The other three seem to be doing fine. Now I need to keep them warm under a lamp. At what temperature should I keep those newly hatched chicks? Can anyone answer this for me?
I have six more bantie...
I have fourteen banty eggs in my homemade incubator. This is day 18. One egg has already pipped. Isn't that a bit early? Why would it pip so early? According to the info I have I am supposed to raise the humidity to 70 or higher. I did that and the water is dripping from the eggs. Should...
Hi everyone in Chick-land. I live in Eastern Canada and I am relatively new to this forum. I joined a couple of weeks ago when I thought I needed help very quickly. I had set fourteen eggs. One hatched and another died after trying for two days to get out of the shell. Now that's not a very...