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Often, when incubating eggs in large quantities, we put eggs of various sizes (breed differences) and often the larger ones will be up to 24 hours behind the small ones. Whats the longest you've left a chick in the incubator? We've gone 36 hours without problem.

Wintertime broodiness! I don't get it, but what can I do but give them eggs? I'm now up to 5 full time broodies and I'm just going with it instead of breaking them (2 others hatched in late Dec and mid January). Many days the highs don't get above freezing. Living on a mountain, the snow is...

My goal is to hatch blue feathered fibro pullets that lays green eggs. I've read it must be a Splash colored male (Silverudd, green egg gene) with and a full fibro pullet (Svart Hona, white egg)[A]. I have that. But I also have Svart Hona cockerels with a few splash Silverudd pullets. I don't...

I have a very young girl go full broody a couple of days ago. I live in Western Maryland on the PA border in the mountains. Have had entire 0 degree weeks as early as the week following Christmas, and when it's not cold tremendous winds plague us. I didn't want a broody hen now, but since she's...

I have an Ameracauna that is broody and doesn't care that didn't get above freezing the last couple of days and we even take her out around 4pm and today the wind chill was 13°F. We have some eggs hatching this Thursday I thought about sticking some under her. I live around 1000ft elevation on a...

Our first broody hen was quite a September 2018 surprise. An F2 Olive Egger (9mo old "Baby") decided to set, and that got the attention of a 6 month old Speckled Sussex named Marceline to be the alternate while Baby got food and water. It was decided to give Marceline some eggs of her own, about...

Anyone with Silverudds (old name Blue Isbar) know at what age they typically start laying? I cannot find anything at all on line when this breed starts to lay. I just want to make sure they are on track with others birds.

We have a sweet 7mo old D'uccle that has already started laying for a couple weeks over a month ago and then stopped. We later noticed her comb was turning purple when the cold set in, and she wasn't that active. We brought her in and noticed her muffs curl into her eyeball. We try to pat them...

I recently hatched 4 out of 12 shipped Mille Fleur D'Uccle eggs. Unfortunately 3 are cockerels, and even more so, the lone pullet is all white! I spoke with the breeder I got the eggs from and she said that she has a hen that produces a white one from time to time. She is very beautiful, but I'm...

I recently hatched 4 Mil Fleur D'uccles out of 12 shipped eggs. 3 turned out to be cockerels, the other a white pullet (a know genetic fluke in her line). I'm keeping 2 of the cockerels but one needs a new home. Local pickup in Western Maryland.

So I got in contact with a breeder that is trying to make mauve splash English Orpingtons. I picked up 7 of the ones she was going to cull that was undesirable. I just noticed yesterday that her legs are slate. What could she be bread with for this to happen? She's a beautiful girl, but...

I have a couple pens with great crosses from my outstanding white Leghorn layer. Of course, they are all totally white except a roo that has some red on wings and one hen had a bit of black on her. As a project for my son, we are incubating a couple of the pullets eggs x Buff Orp roo, and our...

I recently had an 8 month old Olive Egger go broody, and she caused a 6 month old Speckled Sussex to join her. Eggs got out of wack, and after hatching 2 the Olive Egger stopped sitting and taught hers. The Speckled Sussex then hatched the next 4. They range in age from 3 weeks to a week and a...

A little under two weeks ago, my Olive Egger hatched 2 eggs, and the next day she got off of 5 others that had been laid in place each day when she had got up to eat and do her business. As soon as she left those eggs, a Speckled Sussex took over the duties. Today, one of those hatched. I’m...

I have a 15 month old ISA brown that is laying huge watery eggs everyday. I’m talking over twice the size of normal large eggs. All seems to be normal, but with extra water in them. I’m wondering if something is wrong. The hen that is laying them recently did a light molt and didn’t lay for 3...

This light Brahma was hatched March 28th. I see no behavioral signs of it being a cockerel. But I’m concerned by the redness of “her” crown at less than 3 months old. I am unfamiliar with these giant birds (in comparison to my others), and would like some reassurance. I have rehomed 9 cockerels...

I have 4 roosters! I really don't want to have 2 roosters in any flock, and can provide separate living situations for all 4 roosters, and would like to divide by being able to make sex-links, true breeds, and some colorful eggs. This is what I'm thinking, chime in with any audibles you suggest...

My 1 yr 1wk old Easter Egger named Brownie, that lays a pink egg, took 7 months to lay her first egg. I realize it is common for EE's. November 13th she laid her first large, thick egg. Then proceeded to lay 6 nice eggs every 7 days. Pretty good for winter. She even laid through the horrible...

Just curious, if I cross an F2 or F3 Olive Egger rooster with a Barred Rock hen, would the offspring be sex-linked? I'm still trying to study the genetics, but these look like BCM, colors true. The only difference, one is dark legged clean with straight comb and the other feather legged pale...

I currently have 2 flocks living adjacent to each other for the past 3 weeks. They hear each other at night, and see each other through a fence each day. I'd like to integrate 4 pullets and 1 easy going cockerel with my 7 egg layers. The pullets are as big as my smallest white leghorn. The...