Well I just finished my first hatch ever. I am thrilled with the results. I set 24 eggs that I collected from my own flock and on day 19-20 I had 22 hatch! I never candled any of them and used the dry incubation method. There are still two eggs in the bator, but I am guessing they are duds. I...
Amazing! So after having several pips last night and still no hatches as of today, they started hatching fast and furious this afternoon! 3 hatched within ten minutes of zipping all at the same time. Then three more hatched just moments ago including the one that had its beak out since early...
Hello, I have a gold laced wyandotte hen that has a hole in her skin on her back/side due to her being the roosters favorite. Should I give antibiotic orally or is it better to use some sort of cream? It is a fairly good sized tear and I can actually lift the skin away and see inside. Yuck! I...
Hello, I've got eggs in the bator for the first time ever and am on day 3! Anyway, I am just wondering if it is worth candleing them if I have no clue what I am doing? Doesn't it make the temp drop quite a bit taking them out? How likely is it that eggs would explode if I just let them go? Thanks!
Please help. I went out to the coup this morning and found my lovely 5 month old rooster laying on the floor and he is breathing very heavy. He does not look like he is going to make it, but I have no idea what could have happened! All was fine when I checked on them last night. He is with 12...