i brought 5 chickens that were 8 weeks old 3 months ago and now they are all crowing constantly all day from 5am they are free roaming around the fields during the day and kept in a trailer at night which is as dark as i can get it i also have 2, 11weeks old chicks in there which i think are...
so the 2 that hatched yesterday are now running around in a cardboard box an one of my daughters tedddies as a mum they are very loud very fast the black one which had a bit of blood when he hatched is fine still has a little yolk outside about the size of a pea but its not bothering him/her i...
so far i have two babies just pop out one is a little bloody and has it looks like the last of the yolk drying up on the out side is this ok and the other has a very big pop belly which is yellow ish in colour is this normal i still have one that has pipped and nothing yet from the others but...
ok my bator has been running now for 2 months with no problems i currently have my (real) egg in there the hum was stable at 50% but the wether has warmed up alot and the hum has dropped to 30/40% and im filling the 3 trays twice aday and still no change.
i have a deep tray with a sponge in the...
i brought 5 hens apprently at 6 weeks old 4 weeks ago but since then 4 have developed bright red crests and keep fighting and are a lot bigger them the 5th chick they chest bump chase each other and fight a scratch each other not all the time tho is there a chance i have 4 roos and a hen they...
yesterday was the first full day of incubation but i candled the runner ducks egg as there shells are light in colour so i might see something you know what
i did 8/8 have the dot in the middle
this will be so cool as i have a really bright light i will really be able to see as they...
so i tested the newly built bator for over a month and it worked great very steady with both hum/temp so yesterday i put in the runners and chickens they are laying on there sides on a tilting shelf but as they didnt fit in the gaps iv had to prop the shelf up and will have to had turn them the...
mr duck was due to hatch on sat and he didnt so on tues i put a small hole in the air sac shell to see what was the matter he was shrink wrapped so i opened the hole a little bigger to see were his beak was as put a small whole for him to breath i spent two days gently damping the membrain for...
my only duck egg is on day 29 he was pushing at the membrain to the air sac yesterday 2pm and hasnt made any progress today im thinking maybe its to hard for him and thinking of puting a 2-3mm hole in the airsac shell to see he colour of the membrain
am i right : clear good white bad
if...
my duck has been trying to pip through the membrain since yesterday about 2 pm and still no progress today something in my head is telling me he needs help
how do i put a internal pip in for him
nothing from my chicks but just had a quick look at the duck and we have a internal pip or he is at least trying i could see shadows moving across the membrane that separates the air sac i could see him pushing it up how long now till he arrives
IM SO EXCITED
i wont sleep tonight just to...
ok so i have read that some of you in america have had the experiance of being able to hatch store brought eggs i thought this was a great idea and a great way to test run my new home made incubator for the first time with eggs.
so iv been to a couple stores and brought the most fresh egg i can...
so today is the big day an i have nothing no wiggles pips cheeps nothing am i allowed to candle
my humiity is between 50/60 it was 40/50 in incubation the humidity outside is 40 the temp keeps dropping from 100 to 97 i live by a big lake and 5 miles from the sea will that make a difference im...
i candled my eggs last night my chicks have a day or so before lock down there is still a little room left in there not much mind and still alot of movment but my duck is ment to go in lockdown thurs but he seems to have less room there is only a very fine line around the base of the air sac...
just an enquiry iv been looking around for hatching eggs for sale in germany and i cant find anything. and all of the ones for sale on here seem to be from america . does anyone know of anyone who will ship to germany or of anyone in germany that has eggs thank you
so my duck in in the stage of a 9 day old egg beating an moving but my chickens are at the stage of a 3 /4day old egg veins and beating about a 5/8ml long they have been in the bator since 1st may i have them all in the same bator and dont currently have a hatcher as that is in process of being...
my new incubator and hatcher is going to be a all in one basically it has a heat/water compartment in the bottom which will have a fan that will blow the hot/humid air up into the incubator which will house a turner/ tilting table and a small vent in the side .... (1) will a turn/ tilt every 10...