Set 4 bantam eggs off this evening...bring on the next 21-24 days :-)
Anything I need to look out for? My 1st bator attempt went horribly wrong so any advice would be much appreciated!
Well...1st attempt ever of incubating eggs...DISASTER!!! they were in the bator for over 4 weeks and today i plucked up the courage to chuck them and start again. 2 of the eggs were almost developed (that broke my heart!) but the rest looked like they started developed, then stopped.
Any ideas...
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I have 15 eggs in my incubator...13 of which have been in there for 4 and a half weeks...the other 2 only 2 and a half weeks. We have seem movement in the eggs (i put spots on the top f the eggs and they have defo moved - and i turned the rotator off a week ago so its not that...there is...
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I have recently discovered we have chicken mites in our coup (it is basically a wooden shed so apparently its not surprising!) How is the best way of getting rid of them and how do we prevent them coming back? We have already lost one chicken to the mites so it would be good to know!
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I was left on my own this weekend while parents and brother went up to scotland. Saturday morning I opened up the chicken coup to let them out...usually they all fly at me and I try and count them all out! This time there was fewer than I had counted the day before...so I looked in..and...
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This year it has been my 1st time incubating eggs (bantam eggs). We have had several semi successfull years with leaving the eggs under hens but this year we thought we'd try something different.
I am however slightly worried...the eggs have been in the incubator for 4 and a half weeks now...