I'm sure this is a loaded question but we are relatively newbies. We've had some RIR, Barred Rocks, and Americanas. However they all seem less then tolerable to being handled and scoot away from you.
With that being said, what are some of the better breeds for being docile, calm and allow...
Our incubator must have been bumped by one of my kids or tampered with it. The internal temp spiked to 118degrees. I'm not sure how long it was that high. Are all the eggs cooked now??? They are about 14 days..
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We have separated our "breeding pairs" and have begun to gather eggs to put into the incubator. Found one today later than normal and it was cold. At what temp does the fertile egg die before putting it in the incubator? And how long can you store them before needing to put them in the incubator?
All of the information on that was given to us on the still air incubator was great! Thanks so much. Today we candled the eggs. They all had a dark mass at the top of the egg, but no spider web of blood vessels that we could see. They are blue eggs, so seeing through them is somewhat of a...
My son's and I are trying to incubate some Americauna eggs in a Hova-Bator 1602N incubator. We've never done this before so we are reading as much as possible. We have lots of questions, but the two most pressing are:
1. do we need to do anything to create air movement inside the incubator...