To sum this up, quickly: She was a bit lethargic, but improved today and has moved around more- never far into the pasture though. She may or may not have vomited, but I strongly believe she didn't since the only evidence I had was a wet/dirty jaw and mouth. She wasn't very vocal, but also...
only 3 of the eight eggs ended up hatching, but that's alright by me. the 2 eggs that haven't hatched i assume will not hatch at all. not sure what happened to them, but, they haven't even pipped.
however, the 3 that did are now 6 days old, and they're all so sweet! to me, at least. they really...
my dad got the wrong kind of bulb for our heat lamp. he got a red LED bulb, which clearly does not give off any useful amount of heat whatsoever.
let me make it clear that i do not agree with using a heater at all. i would much rather have a heat lamp for them, the idea of a heater- a regular...
thought I should get this info out here right away- the chick can definitely breathe. its beak has poked out many times and it has chirped and wiggled a few times. so, its alive. im not sure if its stuck, or just resting.
it's two siblings, Mori and the drowsiest chick I've ever met, had a...
yesterday i said that i had hoped for some pips this morning. well, all that hoping did something! at 8am this morning, i woke up to 2 pips- one in the egg i had been suspicious of from the start, and a light blue egg.
later that day, another pipped! 3 pips in one day, on exactly day 21. i...
i forget if i've mentioned, i probably have, but out of the initial 8 eggs- 5 turned out to be fertile. and as far as i'm concerned, all are doing great!
today is day 20! from what i've heard, today they should've internally pipped, though i haven't checked. i might do that in a few minutes...
tomorrow will mark day 14 of incubating, and i'm happy to announce that out of the 8 eggs, 5 of them have developed so far!! 3, however, seem to be infertile.
upon asking my dad the other day, he said we will just toss the infertile eggs out into the woods. now i know there aren't any chicks in...
my dad woke me up this morning at 7am and gave me an independent thermometer/hydrometer. not the most thrilling thing to be woken up for, but, it meant i could finally check the humidity in the incubator, and to see if the temperature is right.
well, i did put it in the incubator. temperature...
hi!! in my introduction from last night, i mentioned that today i would be incubating for the first time! well, this morning, 10am, i put 8 eggs into the little round, kinda shady looking incubator we got. set the temperature at 38 degrees (celsius!) and filled up the the little water dish in...
debated even posting to this thread because im not planning on staying very long (though i might, looking around, it seems very nice here!)
my name is kamryn and im pretty young, still in highschool. me and my dad have six chickens, all easter eggers, that we've had for around 3-4 years. the...