If they all developed then it was probably something you did wrong incubating.Sometimes to much humidity can cause chicks to drown in shell.Not enough humidity chicks can shink wrap.opening incubator all the time when eggs should be in lockdown causes eggs to get cold then hot repeatedly which...
I don't buy shipped eggs.They rarely have good hatch rare.If you are going to have eggs shipped make sure you buy from a close as possible.Shorter shipping time the better.
Everyone might not agree with this suggestion but I have always had better hatch rate when I don't rotate eggs for first 7 to 10 days.I always spray my eggs with hydrogen peroxide place eggs big end up in incubator and leave them alone till day 10.
After that I begin rotating till lockdown.
My rooster is standing in front of her in bottom picture.There is massive size difference yet he is scared to death of her.She is giving him stink eye and he is frozen in fear.
I'm only incubating 5 eggs.My niece has been asking me for a couple chicks for months but I told her she had to have coop before I would hatch any chicks for her.
A few weeks ago I happened to drive behind a Petco and there was chicken coop in dumpster. It was brand new display model that had...
I have 1 little White Leghorn that I'm more and more impressed with everyday.She is a undersized hen with beat up scraggly feathers.She is always dirty and really not much to look at.She is 1st out of hen house whenever I go out to feed flock. She is always hen to run up to me when I have treats...
This forum seems to have such wonderful loving mothers and it hurts me to here how sad or upset there child's lovelives have made them.The truth is that's life .Mothers can't chose who there daughters love.They can only accept and support the choices there daughters make.
I recently started incubating a batch of eggs and decided to use Styrofoam 8 egg carton as my way to hold water for humidity.It really works well for fine tuning humidity .I just add water to one egg holder in carton at a time till humidity is just right.5 spots in carton puts my incubator at...
You think a possum feels bad when it's killing your chickens?I dont like killing anything but it's my responsiblity to keep my chickens safe.I feel zero remorse for drowning that possum.I'm sure there are other methods of killing it that might be considered more humane they just didn't pop into...
My Doodle is super cuddley but he is also very good hunter and guard dog.I have ranch in Sierras and he goes out patrols property all night long.He's killed coyotes,bobcats ,racoons pretty much anything that comes inside fence line.At the same time he has never hurt my chickens.He has bit a...
I only live 1/4 mile from Bay and City gives burlap sacks and plastic zip ties out for free to make sand bags in winter.Maybe I should send you a few of my burlap sacks for your wardrobe