Tigerlilly,
try adding alittle water to the pellets to soften them up. Your chickens may to small and they may be picking through them to find the smaller pieces. try watchin them to see what size of food they are searchin for, they may also be looking for more of the corn also.
How long does it take to hatch once you see veins pulsing and chick starting to move around? The incubator says 7 or 8 days left but Im just wondering if they will be late or early hatching since they were in the fridge for about 1 to 2 weeks. I candled and I think that they are ALL going to...
Update: 9 days left!
I have 16 refrigerated eggs in the bator' and 4 fresh eggs. I candled the eggs 2nite. I saw veining in all the eggs and even some movement in the embryo's! Not sure yet if they all will make it. Ill keep you all posted.
I am currently try to hatch about 16 eggs that were refrigerated for about 1 to 2 weeks. They are all developing as far as I know so Im not sure yet of the hatch rate. Ive read that the hatch rate will suffer, but I dont know for sure! We'll see! Ill keep you updated in a few weeks.
I realize that there are definite problems with this idea, but I was just curious if the idea was probable. Im sure that someone has done this too. I like the idea and was intrested to see the embryo developing at a glance.
My thought was to use a clear plastic easter egg and then transfer the...
I just recieved my new r-com 20 pro incubator an I decided to use 16 eggs that I had in my refridgerator and I saw a black spots in all of the eggs! 4 of the eggs were from the days laying hens and they also have black spots in them too! Ill candle again at day 14 and see if any of them are...
I heard of some that release doves for weddings and for funerals. What breed would be raised for either and is there a market for them for these two events? If so, what could you charge for them (per bird)? I would imagine that you problably could get a little more money for these events as...
Do you have any windows? Are the nests easy to remove the eggs? Have you planned out how much effort that it takes to fill the feeders every so often?
If I was you Id put hanging feeders and waterer under the hen house. I would hang them from the bottom to keep them dry and out of the weather...
What is the safest way to mark your eggs for imfo? About 4 or 5 years ago my faimily went out fishing and found a handful of wild geese eggs. We took them home to hatch. Then after they hatched, within a few days we released them back into the wild.
Before we put them into the bator, which was...
Dang it! That sounds like a GREAT idea! I had one a few years back and I threw it in the dumpster thermostat and all! I wish I would have thought to hang on to it.
I would use a water wiggler to make sure that gets set to the correct temputure though!
Where could you buy one if you gonna make...
Thanks ALL! Lots of imfo but Im sure Ill have more questions and comments as the hatch progresses!
I know that some of you wish you could buy an r-com. I am really glad I did! The size of it was really alot bigger than I thought it would be. the length is about the same as my keyboard and...
I just recieved my r-com 20 pro incubator today and I cant wait to start hatching! I only have one question. So, how should I save the eggs till I get the 20 eggs that it takes to fill the bator? I have 1 large egg from todays laying hens. Im getting about 4 to 5 eggs per day but only 1 or 2 of...