oh yea.... that's the truth right there. they have a lot better hatch rates and I don't have to take care of the babies lol. the hens can have all the eggs they want to sit on. I dont' mind a bit. lol
well 2 things to update..... the 2 eggs that were still in the hatcher didn't make it.
and I acquired another hen today.... I know it will take her a lil while to get adjusted to being here but hopefully she does that soon and decides to hatch some eggs too hehe.
"I see your mouth moving... but I haven't heard a word you have said"
I know this look...... it is the same look my kids give me after about 5 minutes into a lecture.....lol
I downloaded the app and it won't load. I have closed it out and reopened the app and it still won't load. I have even uninstalled and reinstalled the app and it still won't load. it goes to the poultry pal cover page but that's it.
I was really looking forward to this app too.... it is a good...
right now I only have 3 hens. 2 of which are laying the other one has yet to lay so I am thinking she is still a pullet. thing about mine..... I had the 2 hens that are laying in the same pen well when my 2 stags started pen fighting they made a gap in the door of the one pen big enough for the...
I still have 2 eggs in the hatcher waiting for babies to come out...... come on lil babies!!!!!!!
on another note.... one of my hens decided to go broody yesterday with just 1 egg and the other hen that is in the pen with her decided to climb in the nest and lay an egg on top of the broody hen...
ok I have an update for everyone...... this is what I have going on right now.......
ok we all remember the eggs I got from a friend that were already developing right???? well...... 3 of those hatched yesterday. and I have 2 left in the hatcher.
on June 24th I set 14 eggs due to hatch...
these eggs are close to hatching and the non movement wasn't really what made me determine the chick dead. it was the lack of veining where there was veining the day before and the rest of the eggs still have veins. and when I opened the egg up sure enough..... the chick had died. . I am sorry...
I hope this is ok and meets all the rules...... I had fun doing this but it sure took more time than I thought it would hehe. anyway..... Tudy is ready for business now.
OMG..... he is gorgeous!!!!!!!..... I want one...... I want one..... hehe
seeing pics of all the different color birds makes me want at least one of every color lmao.
here are some candling pics I took this morning. I have the eggs in the hatching bator now to wait and see what yall say about locking them down.
so...... what do yall think?????? is my july hatch gonna turn into another june hatch????????
ok I candled again and one of the eggs didnt' have any veins in it and the chick wasn't moving..... it died. now I have 6 eggs left and here are the pics. not the best quality but I think you can see how full the eggs are and an approximate size of the air cell. I put the eggs in the hatching...
I want to thank everyone for your advice on my little problem ..... don't know what I would do without yall. I guess I will move the eggs to the hatcher and just turn 2x a day and candle until I see an internal pip before adding water.
I also want to say congrats to all of you with new...
it is kind of hard to tell with him because when I got him he was all busted up. he had been pen fighting and lost all but 1 toenail on each foot and broke both spurs. i am pretty sure he is over a year but not quite 2 years. judging by the size of the base of his spurs, his build, and the...
ok everyone...... I am gonna post this on the june and july hatch a long threads.... I need some advice...... everyone remember the 7 eggs I got from my friend that were already developing??? well at first I thought they were approximately 7 days then when I candled again a few days later they...