I am very nervous for this batch of eggs to hatch as my last chicks didn't survive a power outage :( They are due to hatch Tuesday, so last night I began the lockdown process. One of the eggs had pipped and was making a lot of progress before I had even taken them off the turner and I did not...
On Thursday April 9th my farm was hit by a tornado here in Northern, IL so I lost power to everything in the house and barns. It was about 12-18 hours before I was able to hook my incubator in to a generator, and before I did that the humidity was at 85% and 70 degrees. The eggs were 19 days...
The mostly black one (rooster) was hatched April 18th. I am stumped on his breed. The little mostly white girl was hatched in April but unsure of date, we just got her a few days ago. She is about half the size of our other April chicks & the sweetest chicken. She likes to sleep on my lap. Any...
They hatched on 4/18/14. They were straight run so I am unsure of their breed and sex. #1 snuck in with the big birds about a month ago! Starting to finally heal.
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