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I'm excited and had to share. My second hatch ever was due yesterday and so far 5 out of 6 have hatched and are doing well! The 6th egg is wiggling, so hopefully soon. :) :) :)

Good to know thanks! I'll have to spring for another quality one then

I have a hen who lays a double yolk everyday but I've heard they rarely ever hatch so we just stick those in the fridge with the other eating eggs

Do they work as well as brand name? I've decided I need a second incubator so I can have staggered hatches. One turning and one on constant lockdown. I have a hovabator now, I've pretty much decided that it's going to be my lockdown one and I'm wondering if I should spend the money or if I...

We've used straw and wood chips. My hens seem to like the straw better

I wouldn't do it but we live in the country and our neighbors don't complain

My daughter wove a basket in 4-H so we use that when I remember it. Most days they end up in my shirt lol I hold the hem out to make a big pocket basically and pile them in

Good points thanks! I'll have to ask my husband on how many he thinks we can fit size wise. Cockerels will get raised and butchered. I think Ive figured out where I want to move her, going to wait until evening so the other hens will hopefully be roosting and not get in the way

She's a full size chicken. I've never had a hen go broody before and wasn't expecting it now. I'm in Michigan and it's starting to get cold. How many eggs should I allow her to hatch? She's mean right now. Pecked me for trying to take an egg that was by her then shuffled it under her with the...

I don't have a crate that will fit in the hen house. I could try putting her in the baby chick area I keep sectioned off. She's mean right now. There was one egg by her that she wasn't quite laying on and when I tried to take it she squaked and pecked me. Then rolled it into her nest and...

All of my hens like to lay in the same spot. For the first time though one of my hens has gone broody and she picked that spot to do it. Im happy to let her hatch the eggs but what are my other hens going to do? They have other brooder boxes but they don't like to use them. And I couldn't find...

Oh I have no intention of getting rid of the chick, I have a rule that the first baby born on our farm of each species is a "protected class" and my husband isn't allowed to sell or eat it. Lol. I just needed to know if there was anything I could do to make it more comfortable. It does cheep a...

Well it makes me feel better to know I'm not the only one! I grabbed the last 2 days of eggs out of our coop and am trying again. While it was discouraging im determined to get the hang of this!

My first hatch was a pretty massive flop. :( I only got one chick. Obviously I have some kinks to work out, not really the point of this post. What I'm wondering is we've always had multiple chicks because we buy them that way. We have it in our inside brooder but is it okay to raise it by...

We eat our chickens and the other animals we raise (sheep, pigs, etc) I've learned to go into it with the mindset of "this is livestock not a pet" now don't get me wrong, they are still well cared for. They have very nice living arrangements, we talk to them daily, they receive regular treats. I...

Thank you for the advice! She had a good zip started so I carefully wet down the membrane showing, expanded her line and she immediately kicked out the rest of the way. Cheeping and drying out in the incubator now. My husband joked it was a chicken c-section and he should be taking video.

What should you do to help a chick that doesn't complete zipping? I have one that's taken way longer and am getting antsy. It's still cheeping moving and trying to get out it's just slow going

Yup, it happens. And I've lost more eggs that way when my kids insist on "helping" collect them