I have six Silver Deathlayer chicks, which I hatched on Saturday. One of them looks very different, is slightly larger than the others, with a 'blotched' pattern. I'm wondering if there's any significance in this?
18 hatched out of 21 eggs, including Blue Copper Marans, Isbar Silverrudd Blues...
I'm a newby. I have 16 mixed chicken eggs in the incubator. There's been no progress till this morning, when one externally pipped, though outside the air sack.
I read it needs 48 hours to digest the yolk before zipping. Is that's right?
Then a second pipped 5 hours ago, though I couldn't see...
Can anyone please advise?
I had to adjust my incubator when the temperature rose dramatically after adding my new eggs.
I've now found the problem was my calibration thermometer/hydrometer sensor, which had fallen over in the egg turner and was giving false readings.
Bottom line is, the...
I'm an English expat living in Bulgaria for the past 6 years. I've been interested in keeping chickens for a few years but have just decided to take the step.
Today, I received 30 eggs to hatch from a Bulgarian breeder in the Free Ads here, 10 each of Blue Copper Marans, Swedish Isbar...