hi curious what breed you think my hen is. I thought welsummer but she has feathers on her feet. I purchased her as a pure breed but can't remember what they said. I'm thinking she must be cross something tho. Any ideas? Thanks
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I used a mini 7 cheap incubator with no success. So I've decided to make my own. After reading so much information I've decided to go with the styrofoam box option.
I've purchased two digital thermometers with humidity quages included.
I'm trying to test the incubator before I get my...
Hi all, I've had issue with mites and have been spraying my coop. I had a broody hen who has just hatched our very first chick yesterday (she's seperated) the mites seem to have multiplied. I'm worried for my chick and hen of course. I don't know if I should move them all or wait until chick is...
Hi I see this is an old post However I'm curious on your thoughts about mites and lice while my broody hen is sitting on eggs that are due any day. I've been using a spray from the shop that isn't working. She isn't using a dust bath as she's sat on her eggs. I don't want the chicks to get...
Haha oh that's a good idea. My boys are a little young yet for that. I've just purchased some things on eBay and I'm making my own. Thank you so much for the idea. I'm very excited. Hoping for better results next time around. It's amazing how long 21 days can be ha
Fantastic thank you. I'm sure my boys would love it too. I will look into this option for sure. How often did you turn them ? I think I'll have to buy fertilised eggs now since my flocks gone
Thank you for looking into that for me. I really can't afford something so expensive and to be honest I think I'd only use it once or twice. Just for the excitement of seeing them hatch and showing my two young kids. I see lots for around the 60-100$ mark however I don't want to be in the same...
Yes im going to put a roof on our run. It jumped over a make shift shade sail i had up and climbed out of the nesting box. So devastating and now i think I've got some eggs that dont look like they are going to hatch. :(
Hi i had a small flock of 5 hens and a rooster. All but one was killed by a fox recently. I had one hen separated and sitting on 4 eggs and 4 eggs in a cheap 7 egg mini incubator. The instruction are rubbish and i did as much research as possible. I wasn't able to place a humidifier temp gauge...
Hi Im emma i had a small flock of 5 chickens and one rooster Unfortunately i believe a fox came and killed them all but one. I had one in a seperate place sitting on 3 eggs. I also have 4 eggs in an incubator on day 22. im here to learn more about chickens and how to hatch.