Forgot to post my question. I guess the question I have is how am I supposed to know if I have 2 males and 1 female that is laying 3 eggs or is it 2 females that are laying three eggs or all of them females. one actually sounds different. so if anybody has some suggestions I'd appreciate it
I have 3 guinea fowl and was told that one was a male and 2 were female, makes sense because two of them look alike and one is different on the head and the noises that they make.
The part that I don't understand is the first couple of days we got two eggs a day, now on a regular daily basis we...
I am so glad I read this thread today, I thought I was nuts, up 3 times last night checking the temperature and humidity. My first goal of using an incubator.
1 external pip and the other four are wobbling! Day 20!
I'm at day 14 and have no nails left....
Have no IDEA how I'm going to make it to day 21. I think it is much easier with a broody; maybe it's because I had no idea when they were supposed to hatch, just watched her daily to see if the hatch was happening.
I have chickens for the destresser. I enjoy watching them, I spend my mornings and evenings just watching them. And secindly is fresh eggs and we do meat birds once a year.
I was raised on farms with many chickens and we always clipped one wing and I do that now with my own brood. Never had any issues with them getting hurt, including the mischievous EEs.
We only clip a wing when we notice them jumping/flying where they are not supposed to; being surrounded by...
I candled my eggs today (day 10), another first for me. I set 14 shipped and 12 I bought locally.
The shipped are olive and hard to see inside but the 12 are a mix and I was able to see some movement! it was SSSOOO Cool!!
My question is some of the eggs look like there is liquid inside them...