I would like to share that I looked into caponizing my roosters. My grandfather used to have it done every year because they just wanted the chickens meat. Now a days, it's really hard to find someone to do it - even an avian vet. I went the collar route. I have bantams & silkies. The...
Yes, it is from ebay and unfortunately I found out the hard way that it's unreliable. I followed the instructions it came with and tried to keep humidity and temp at recommended settings.
The air cells look ok, even now. The 1 chick that developed but didn't hatch did have liquid in with it...
Yes, yesterday I heard peeping and tapping. I agree, 29 days is really late. I don't know of the brand of incubator - it's my neighbor's, it has a yellow lid, it's digital, clear bottom, has egg rotator, holds 48 eggs. No name or brand anywhere on the bator. I kept the temp around 99...
I am a new hatcher. This is my 2nd attempt with an incubator. Too many issues with the bator the 1st time (the fan actually stopped working and we had to move eggs to a new bator at day 19, also had humidity issues throughout the incubation). None hatched. Of 29 eggs, 1 developed but didn't...
You might want to treat for coccidiosis. You can get Cordid at a feed store. Just follow the directions on the bottle. I would treat all your chickens.