So I just incubated chicks and 10 hatched. About 3, maybe a 4th, has their right eye closed most of the time. It's odd that it's all their right eyes. They can open them although they don't very often. I was reading some posts here and some people said maybe they got scratched/pecked/bumped...
So I had set a dozen eggs one evening and then another dozen the day right after. It was about 12hrs difference. At day 18 I pulled bad eggs (8) leaving me with 16. On days 21 for each batch the eggs hatched. I have 10 happy babies and the 11th egg pipped, made a hole and died. I have 5 eggs...
Ok. So I have been having a struggle after the first 3 chicks hatched. I have 6 others with pips but they are starting to get shrink wrapped. I have some other late guys but am not worried as they'll eventually pip or they won't. It's at 70% and they're still struggling to stay moist. I've added...
Hi. So my chicken eggs are at day 19/20. The humidity is being terrible! I can barely manage to keep it at 65 and I tried misting the eggs. Well they literally got wet! Like dew drops on them! I have 16 eggs. 1 is trying to zip and two are just pipped. Well I quickly dried them off but am afraid...
Hi, I have lurked on this website for years reading articles and posts. I only just became a member though - I know, I know, shame on me!
I've had chickens for several years, my first were from Bucheits(will ALWAYS be my favorite place to buy hatched chicks) but I incubated some eggs a few...
So I borrowed an incubator and had it running a few days before I set a batch of eggs. I candled the eggs today at day 10/11 and found all but one egg alive. A few infertile, several with blood rings, and many with blood rings and dead, partly developed embryos. Is that a temperature problem...