thanks everyone for all your advice on here after many failed attempts I finally have a chick that is living and doing well. it is a week old and has been eating and drinking fantastically. my question is now I feel that he is lonely and I found other chicks from another breeder. is it okay to...
I have a still air Styrofoam the brand is little giant. It says 40 watt. The temp is monitored at 99.5.. There is no way to set humidity. It has channels under the eggs to put water in. The Hen is new to us n seems very healthy. The male we have had for years and to my knowledge my dad has never...
i am outside reading pa. About two hrs away. We had the same results year before last yeareven though it was a different hen. We changed everything this year. New incubator. New broader
switched newspaper for a towel. It still isn't really standing up or moving around. It just seems very sleepy. The incubator ws Styrofoam and the umbilicus was still attached but fell off on its own in the incubator. I did not assist it out of the egg. It was a very quick hatch. About 7 hrs
On a side note. How many eggs should i expect my hen to lay. It seems live she laid a bunch for about a month n haven't had any foe two weeks. Will she lay more or is she done for the season
I really dont want this one to die like the last one. Also it is the only one that hatched in this bunch. Next ones aren't due to hatch for a week. Should i b concerned he is lonely
I need help again. Last time my chick died about 12 hrs after it hatched. I just hatched another one and it isn't very active. It is about 14 hrs old. It is making noise but not walking around. Any help u could give would b great
Italked to my sister (she is a vet) she seems to think that the humidity level may b too much and that is what caused the problem. She said if the humidity was off during the whole process that it will kill them. So my ? Is what should the humidity level b.