Thanks! for all of this! I should have done my research before I tried but I got a wild hair and decided to give it a go. Concerning my Millie girl --I'm impressed with how resilient this hen is -- she never gave up. And she's not a young girl - I got her as an adult two years ago! I can't...
Hi Guys, I uploaded a picture of my miracle girl and told her story in my last thread (sad non hatch) -- if you get a chance you might want to go look at it.
Hi Guys,
Thanks for all the help! I think next year I will give it a try again -- after much time on here . All of this made me think of how much the hen is a miracle girl so I thought I might tell her story. Somehow very early this spring she got into my backyard (well away from the chicken...
Hi Guys,
This is a great forum -- I should have been on here before I tried -- I'm too old I still try to get my info from books . The thing about the Hova bator is you have to open it to put water in. I'll have to figure out some way of modifying it to inject the water...hum... Also, the...
Hi, Thanks for replying. I live in Iowa so it is humid but we use an air conditioner so I'm not sure where the house humidity is. I have a combo temp and humidity gauge in there and that's how I know the humidity was crazy. The hova bator doesn't really have a good way to regulate the humidity...
Hi Guys,
I just had a really sad attempt at a hatch. Really quick the details are -- hova-bator, with egg turner and fan. 15 millie fleur eggs (from my amazingly sweet two hens and one very cocky cock. Temp always at 99.5. Humidity ranged too far from one time below 40 to above 70. But anyway...
Hi Guys,
I just purchased some D'uucles and the person pronounced their name
Duck-uls. I know the breed started in Belgium but was it the French speaking part? So any help would be appreciated!
Hi Folks,
After being out of chickens for far too long I'm finally getting back. As a kid I had a small flock of speckled sussex. They were so sweet, friendly and talkative. So just recently I got a small group of young adults (four hens one rooster). After nursing them back to health for two...