Great idea. However I need to mount these to the tops if my metal gates. That is where mine are escaping. I have one gate that is about 5ft and I'm afraid the pvc will bend to the weight of the chicken and not spin.
I live in East texas. I have 15 laying g age hens that were producing an average of 12 eggs a day. A couple months ago all of a sudden around 5 eggs a day, now I get if I'm lucky 3. 2 were molting so I know they probably stopped for a bit. But here's the real kicker. I noticed my rooster was...
She sets for several hrs at a time but keeps getting up. This b is way different than my hens. I would live to sneak my eggs from the Bator under her and see if she will take care of them when they hatch.
I have a buff that is around 9 mos. She has been laying almost daily for a while now. I put fake eggs in her nest to keep her laying there, and taking the real ones. I have some in the incubator with about a week and a half till hatch time. So this is a 2 part question. 1st. My girl did not lay...
I am having the same issue with the shrink wrapping. I put my eggs into a hatcher from the incubator. I candled them before lock down amd humidity was perfect. So after no hatches I checked them and shrink wrapped. This is the second time this has happened. Both times it was colder outside. So...
I do now. I Google it. My next batch I will make sure everything is calibrated. I am definitely learning alot as I go. I just hate that it may be at the expense of a chick.
Ok I need help. I candled my Lil guy amd the air sac was huge. So I know he is being shrink wrapped in there. My humidity reader must not be working properly. So I chipped to help a lil amd as suspected the membrane is drawing in. So I moistened it but did nick it and got a little blood. So I...
Well that makes since. It seems it's the one row that is late or didn't hatch. My next batch I will deff rotate when I turn. There is so much to learn. I use a still air and hand turn. Thanks.
Thanks. So now I have another question. My chicks started hatching early on day 18 and the last one was on day 20. So I gave the rest of the eggs a few extra days. Today (day 32) I did the water test and have a wiggly egg. How come that lil guy is so late and all the others were so early.