I've been careful to spray water on the eggs to keep them moist so I've been opening my 'bator but only breifly. I have all 10 eggs piping and one hatched tonight! I hope the other hurry up, the little one is all alone in the brooder all nice and warm! My kids watched the whole hatching, it...
My ducks are pipping tonight to. The first one started between 3:00 and 4:00 this afternoon. First one, two, three, four, and now I have six pips! How long before they hatch? Should I help them out of the shell? I don't know what to do, I've only read how to hatch, never done this before.
It is possible that these chicken's need a break. All winter long they laid 4-5 eggs a day. Rarely did I get only 3 eggs a day. Even in -40 below I'd get eggs! I have to give my hens credit, they did a wonderful job off providing all the eggs my family needed!
5 girls, 1 wonderful wife, 6...
Well, today the hen's deceided to reward my family with 2 eggs! Thanks!
Also Thanks to all the BYCer's who cared enough to give me such good advice to have a health flock.
I just built a second coop this week and will be moving my new chicks into it once they are ready to get out of the...
My 5 hens were born last June '08 and started laying a total of 5 eggs over the winter. I had a light on for an additional few hours of light for a total of 14 hrs a day. Now into spring I'm only getting 1 egg every other day or every 2 days. Does anyone have an idea what's wrong. I'm in the...
My first attempt at hatching eggs will start tomorrow morning also. I spent a week of long evenings perfecting my homemade incubator and tonight it's finally stabilzed for temperature and humidity. I have 14 White Leghorn eggs that I saved over the past week from my 5 hens. Even if only 1...