First, take a deep breath. Then sit on your hands. Pips can take 24-48 hours to become a zip and hatch. As long as they have a hole and can get air in and out, they are fine. I currently have 12 in lockdown and 2 hatched and the others are all pips. I just sit back and watch. What day are you...
I am wondering about maturity also. Mine were hatched end of June. I am wondering when I should start looking for eggs. And installing nesting boxes. They are BBS English Orps. 4 hens and 3 roosters, the roosters are still bumbling around.
I have 12 polish that were shipped from a breeder on FB. Started with 14, one went foul early and 1 didn't develop. The 12 in looked really good on Sunday candling, several had movement early at day 10, so I am very hopeful. This is also my first hatch. They started in the LG, then I got the...
Lockdown starts tonight. I've got my sponges, LG is prepped to be the hatcher. I have 12 Polish eggs going in. I got my shelf liner in the bottom, egg cartons are out. Am I forgetting anything?
I may just try to build around her. She is nestled down next to a old firewood pile next to the coop, so one side of her is completely safe. I put a board over her this morning as a lean to because I woke up to a light rain. She didn't mind at all me poking around to cover her. She really s a...
I have a Ameraucana that has a clutch of blue eggs outside the run. My fence is not higher than 4' and Blue just jumps over it and free ranges herself. She never goes far, she stays in the yard, mostly in the tall grass that can't be reached through the fence. She always puts herself up at...