I live way out in the sticks, if you keep your chickens in the house with a small pen for several weeks they get used to the security of the chicken house. I open the fence every morning and they free range Within a couple 100 yards of the house every day. By dark they are all back in the...
looking better every morning, 5 total have hatched, they all look great and are walking good. Two more piping this morning, that would be 7 out of 10, good hatch this time. Maybe I have this figured out (probably just lucky).
My wife is now telling me that's enough! We got 2 out of 11 in the...
Thanks for the replies. I have 8 (out of 10) eggs in the incubator that are due Sunday, and they all looked good still. Hopefully I'll have better luck on this hatch, hoping for at least 50%. I'll let you guys know.
My last attempt at hatching eggs I started with 11 eggs. two were not fertile, two got blood rings around day 7ish and bought the farm. and one died for unknown reason around day 12. I had six that looked great. On day 20 I had two hatch, and a third on day 21. the other three looked great on...
How is your chick doing? Curios because I just lost one that sounds similar , both it's leg tendons wouldn't stay in place, it's called perosis, and is not correctable if not caught real early .
I to have read all the posts and got some great info . We're at day 20, two hatched today and one just pipped tonight. We started with 11 and lost 5 along the way. Two were not fertil, two got bacteria ring and one just quit about day 9. Candled at day 17 and the last 6 looked great, here's...
Thanks, great pictures and very good explanation. Just checked one of my eggs and there fertile! I was concerned as my hens have only been laying for a month. The first batch of four eggs we put in the incubator aren't looking good :(