The temp was a steady 99.6-100.5.
Humidity was 45-50 during days1-18 then 18-noe is 55-57 I started the incubator 1 day before putting eggs in and everything was fine and no sudden jumps or decreases in temp or humidity. The incubator is a little giant forced air incubator with automatic turner...
21 hours into my first day 21 of hatching chicken eggs and no signs of them hatching at all. I have listened for peeping, nothing. No pipping but almost all were fully development and 11/12 were almost fully developed. Please help.
Hi all I just received a incubator for Christmas. It is a little giant 10300 with 6300 automatic incubator. I am wondering the process for collecting eggs for incubation and the incubation process and how to set up the actual incubator. Thank you any information helps.
Thank you for your input. I watched a youtube video where the woman helped hatch the twins in 2008. She posted a second video too. They grew up just fine and were a hen and rooster. She had another the same day but only one survived. I have twins, a boy and girl, just thought maybe it would...
Since we just started in July, and the chickens have been only laying since the end of October, we have had 8 double yolked eggs. We are curious if anyone has ever tried to hatch a double yolked egg? If so, was it successful? What do we need to do different then regular hatching. Just...
Thank you to all. I was thinking that the two nesting boxes were occupied, therefore hence the laying on the ground. I have placed another rack with three more spaces with dummy eggs and its in a darker area. hopefully they will learn. Found another egg on the ground this am and it was...
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We think we have some new chickens laying. They are laying on the ground and not in the nesting boxes. We only have 8 chickens and two boxes. I think we need to put more boxes in. My son Brent doesn't think so. What's everyone's opinion?
Hi BYC people! I am Fay Tyrrell. My son Brent Tyrrell started with pullets this July 2015. We decided on Dominiques (2), Big Black Jersey Giants (3) , and Mottled Java (3). We do have a Brabanter rooster named Jerome. We had success in one hen starting to lay. We believe a Jersey Giant...