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Ern... I don't have freezing water problem since I only have 2 seasons here, dry and wet. I'll try to give my opinion regarding those horizontal nipples, I believe it's only habit problem, they haven't get used to it. How long have you tried using those horizontal nipples? If it's just few...

Recently, I got a letter from tax office, stating that my tax calculation and report for last 2 years were wrong. I was told that they have been a new regulation on July 2013 which implies government will take 1% tax from your gross turnover, not 5% from my net profit anymore. I was shocked and...

Usually there must be vein visible when you candling it in their first week if you are using proper torch in proper room/location(dark). I love to candling them, watching their development day by day. If it's impossible for the light to penetrate the egg shell, you can only rely on the bator...

Argh, so sorry about the baby chick, it's been nature selection though. Congrats for the hatch. Start from hatching, the baby chick can stay up to 48 hours without eating. If the whole eggs already hatch or there is no more egg have probability to hatch, you can move the whole babies to the...

The still air bator will have hot and cool point inside the bator that said not all room inside the bator have same temperature The automatic turner one I assume will have fan inside it will ensure heat distributed evenly, if no fan attached, it will just make your job easier than turning the...

Well, that's the theory and maths. In my experiences, I just make sure the brooder quite warm by looking at the chickens, if they looks pity and exhausted and drink lots in small interval, it indicates the brooder too hot, while seeing them 'chip.. chip...' each other happily means there are...

Emm.... I think that you're going to create a Super Bator.. :D You can make transparent bator to make it easy to watch candling process from outside, perhaps using accrylic or glass. Put high powered (but still cool) LED bulb with single direction at the bottom of each egg. Put automatic...

Interesting.. :D Make sure to have them cooling down first. Good luck for the hatch.. :)

About that people, I'm sure they have trouble in their country (usually those from conflicting countries) and they think live in US can give them better future and more secure life. Unfortunately, I'm not going to US in near moment (perhaps never in my life, due to extreme flight fare and...

Yap, as already mentioned by ChickensRDinos , the reason to prevent them sleep inside is because they will poop inside nestbox, beside, if they already used to sleep inside nest box, wonder how difficult for hen to sit on the eggs when she's broody, she'll need to fight and if you forget to...

In January of 2012, I bought a round trip ticket to a rich country in east asia, wish to have vacation there, already planning all things, accommodation, exchange money, etc. In August of 2012, got all required papers to travel agent to apply for visa, since I can't apply myself to embassy since...

why not, just provide some prevention from having the nest box as sleeping place. Make good roosting a little far from nest box, if the nestbox have roof, make the roof placed like 45 angle to prevent flock from using them as roosting place. :)

em..... it's in celcius or fahrenheit? it it's celcius, they should be fine. if it's in fahrenheit, it seems to be so cold outside, but since they're inside coop, I think they should be fine, especially if you provide them with incandescent lamp (hope the name is right, kind of lamp that...

The mommy hen is excellent, can sit on the eggs 'quietly'. I think she should have become a sniper if she were human. :p Congratulation. :)

First, Welcome to BYC I think you need to name them Sandy or ContraSandy. Since they survived it. :P They're so adorable and cute. Congratulation for the little chicken babies. :)

In my opinion, if you have very spacious space to free range, you can put the mom with her baby outside with other, since they have no fight to do over thing. But, if you don't have super spacious space, keep the hen with her baby until about 2 months old. This is working for me, but well...

wow, congratulation.. :) keep it closed and running smooth. Don't forget to check the humidity too, they need high enough humidity at the end of incubation days.. and don't forget to share the pics.. :) good luck

I would suggest you to move the nestbox together with the hen and eggs at night to a better place like room and provide it with a heater, simple cheap heater will do, make sure to check the safety of heater electricity like cable or plug to make sure no accident could happen. I believe they...

have you get the humidity high enough? and not to open and open the bator over and over? raise the humidity and keep it above 70% since they seemed to have a problem in releasing themselves from their former home. good luck for you.