My very first broody hatched 5 eggs between Monday and Tuesday. Yesterday, we removed a couple unhatched eggs after a water container spilled in the nesting box, soaking them. I put them in the incubator and one hatched during the night.
I’d like to try to put it with the hen mother, but do I...
Can anyone tell gender yet or is it too young? This sweet little one is from our very first hatch and is my first time having bantam EE. It is a month old on Monday. The father is a multicolored rooster and the hens are all black with the exception of one black with silver collar. The rest of...
I have a wide variety of chickens right now (all about 2 months old) from a "surprise box" from a hatchery (Probably 15+ breeds in my 37 chickens). This is fun and fine for now, but I do want to start focusing on what kind of flock I really want to build for the future.
I love the pretty...
Checking on gender for 4 Cochin. I have one obvious roo, and I think one obvious pullet. The other two, I’m not sure. I thought pullets until they started getting redder this week. Please tell me it isn’t just 1 girl. 😭
Day 22.
This is the 12th egg of a 13 bantam egg incubation. One quit very early. The other 11 are happy, fluffy and in the brooder, born Saturday and yesterday. This one was quiet when I tried the tapping thing. There’s no movement when candled. So I did the float test as a last test. I think...
I’m hatching my first eggs. 10 hatched and in incubator still. 2 eggs to go.
my brooder is set up and the temp under the Producers Pride heat plate is around 102-104. I put it on the lowest setting bc they are bantams.
Is that too hot? The bottom of the brooder plate is pretty hot to the...
Today is day 19 of my first ever hatch attempt. I Locked down the evening of day 17. The Humidity is now in 70s (was in 50s before lockdown.) Temp 99.5. Last candled just before lockdown and marked air sacs. There wasn’t movement in most of them but majority of dark except the air sacs. I Could...
I have about 60 6-week old chickens. This is my first time having chickens. They moved to our coop when they were about 3 weeks old. They stayed in the coop for about 2 weeks while we finished their run (so all their poop was inside during that time). They have had access to the run for about a...
I have 4 salmon faverolles bought straight run. I’m hoping for a roo among them, but they are all coming in with a lot of white. I can get better pics later if helpful. Any input is appreciated! They would not be still.