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This is our first hatch, which we decided to hatch them for Easter. Nine out of 10 hatched using 30 to 45% humidity for 1-18 days and 65-75% for lockdown. We did not use a thermastat, so we had two vent holes to help regulate the temperature between 99.1 to 100.4. We hope everyone had a...

I apologize if this has been posted before. Last night (day 18) I had an egg, rocking all over the place, then today, nothing. Is the chick resting or is it dead? I hope s/he is taking a break for the big day. Newbie here and I need reassurance. Thank you.

"Do ti do ti do"...I'm egg sitting... Our foam incubator is @ 10 inches by 20inches and we didn't have a thermastat to put in. When we tested it out, to our surprise, it kept a steady temperature between 99.5 to 101. We put the incubator in our bathroom, where there is no drafts. Since I'm a...

Our 2 year old RIR hen has been acting strange. She is trying to get under my husbands 10 ft x 10ft work shed where it is dark. We put boards up around the bottom. It is not hot here at 60 degrees and she is determine to get under there. The word broody popped in our heads. In the wild we know...

We are stabilizing our home-made incubator right now. We will put eggs in on the 14th, so if my math is right, they will hatch on Easter Sunday. My 3 girls and I are very excited b/c this will be our 1st hatch. We will be hatching mixed breeds. Our roo is a barred rock and the hens are silver...

Our rooster overnight has not been feeling well. He lags behind the hens yesterday and he stayed inside the coop today. We have noticed bright green pasty poop on his butt feathers which we washed off. His vent is open. My husband cut the feathers off around his vent. The only thing I can think...

I've already separated the roosters in different pens. They grew up together. When I observed their behaviors for a week while free ranging something weird happened. The 24 week old barred rock rooster would sneak up behind the 24 week old white/brown mix rooster and grab his feathers until they...

I have a unusual question about chickens and their fertility. When a rooster fertilizes the hens egg, does he have to do it everyday to fertilize the next egg laid? Or does more than one egg get fertilized? I read people having/selling fertile eggs, but how do you know unless its candled after...

I have two roosters both are 20 weeks old, one barred rock and one white with a patch of brown on his wings (mixed?). Well anyway, I plan on incubating eggs this Spring. I do have 12 week old 2 SLW and 2GLW that get along with the roos. The roosters are scared of the 2 year old hen. Am I...

I need advice on how to get my 2 year old RIR hen to accept my four 12 week old Wyandotte hens in the coop at nightfall. In the beginning I had the babies quarantined in their own pen as my 2 year old RIR free ranged around them. A week ago I introduced them together. Everything seemed fine...