We started with 16 eggs and successfully hatched 8. My temp on the incubator digital read between 101-102 degrees. My inside thermometer read between 95-99 on the floor of incubator. I assumed the difference was because heat rises. If l raised the temp to bring up the lower one , I was afraid I...
Congratulations on your 5 new babies! I agree on how stressful all this is. Since we only hatched 1/2 of our eggs, we are setting up for another batch. Hopefully with a better turn out.
I just went through the same thing that Bowhunter described. We had a 50% success rate. After I determined that the eggs were all dead, opened them up. Most of the yolk sacs were 90% absorbed. So they died close to hatching.
I am setting up for a second batch and can not figure out what killed...
We are right there with you! Our first chick hatched on the 7th, two on the 8th, four on the 9th. We still have five eggs still in the incubator. We set them in the incubator on March 19 th at 12:31pm, which makes today day 22. When I candled the eggs there is a black mass and the air sac ( one...
They eat Layer Crumble and then any fruits or vegetables we give them as treats. They are free during the day so they find bugs and whatever they dig up. Why would that matter?
We have a bully in the flock. All my hens are coming up on a year old, however we have noticed that one in particular is being picked on. She has lost almost all of her feathers on her back and her crown is gone. Another hen has a missing crown. I have separated the one hen, but she clearly...
Both eggs are from the Ameraucana. I am still getting eggs from all the other hens on a regular basis. I am getting fewer eggs from that particular hen. She has not laid one since the last one( whiter one). All are acting fine.
We opened the egg today on the blue plate and it looked normal. The first one 6 days ago was found in the nesting box sitting in what seemed like the egg whites.