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Are there any cheap but good incubators that anybody knows of? We're sort of on a budget (My family) Thanks.

I want to ask something else: What if the eggs don't hatch? Does the mother get sad and stuff? Also, if we try to incubate some eggs, can a hen adopt them (without being broody)? Thanks.

Also, today we found that one of the eggs exploded underneath the broody-mom. What do we do? We're cleaning the stuff up right now, but is there anything else we have to do?

Oh, I just want to ask, is there any way you can tell newly hatched white leghorn chicks' gender apart?

The chickens are Buff Orpingtons, I have 4 hens, we have 2-3 or occasionally 4 eggs a day. A few times only one egg was laid. We free range them, like most of the day. About 12 hours or something close to that. Yeah.

OK. I'm gonna try it. I also have another question not related to broodiness, so yeah: I watch Becky's Homestead on Youtube, and she says to feed your chickens whole corn. I tried to feed my chickens some, but they just pecked at it once and ignored it. (I feed them by hand, but once they try to...

I don't think she went down at all because my father was at home the whole time and he said that she didn't. When we sort of just stuck food under her nose, she ate like a mad hen who didn't eat anything for DAYZ. I know that they say that Buff Orpingtons are good mothers, but this is a little...

THANKS! I already have an idea... I'm gonna give the roosters to a friend. She's insane about my chickens, and her birthday is comin'! I put, like, 3 more eggs under her (the hen) just in case. She's not eating much. Is that okay? I'm kind of worried. So, um, can you tell me? Thx.

I'm probably gonna post a pic o' them when they hatch, but I might be too lazy.

Did anyone ever buy those fertilized eggs from Trader Joe's? I bought a few. They're under Baldy, my Buff Orpington hen right now. What kind of chicken is the egg gonna hatch out? Also, do they have a specific gender, or is it random? 'Cause we can't have roosters here in San Jose. Thanks for...