It's a miracle the little one that was in a bad way yesterday afternoon has survived. I took the advise someone posted about assisting a hatch and this morning thought I was going to wake to a dead chick but I must have done something right. I had to assist it the rest of the way out the shell...
Thanks all for your advice and websites have been reading them inbetween chats. I have stuffed up this round but a learning curve. Will do it all betternext time with your help.
Its a brisea mini advanced incubator. If anyone can tell me how to stop the rotation would be great. I did switch it off and on again but still shows the rotation is on.
Thanks, i am new to this web (and incubating chickens) so don't know how to look for a thread. But have written the details down and will do a bit of searching. The incubator i am using is a friends, and have no instructions it's still rotating what happens to the process if the machine is...
Am on 21st day on the incubator with 7 eggs. Its very cold where i live and the incubator has been fluctuating in temp especially the early mornings. I had one egg start with a small hole about 24 hrs ago and no more movement for about 12 hrs then it made a good go of it but did not break...
My incubator is on its 21st day with 7 should be fertile eggs. Its winter where i live and pretty cold. The incubator has had some temp fluctuations especially in the early morning. Can this effect the success rate?
Hi i have my first lot of firtile eggs in an incubator. I have one who started with a small hole about 24hrs ago. There was no change until about 12 hrs later then the chick made a good go of it but did not break through, there has been no more movement since. How long does it take for the...
Thanks so much for all your welcome messages I had forgotten to mention I was new and these are my first posts. Yes I was wondering if I just had a very polite rooster as he is a lovely gentlemen very caring of his girls he watches over them makes sure they are eating and acompanys them to the...
I have a 9 month old australorp rooster who does not sbow any signs of servicing the three hens I have. When I had another silky rooster there was a lot of action but now that the competition has gone there is nothing happening. I have just a week ago purchased some new young birds hoping this...