Oh, and the two that had yolk swirling in them, they were seeping. A little blotch of yellow was caked up on the side of the egg, it was pretty small so I never really noticed it.
I just candled. Three of the eggs have a big, dark mass in them, two of them actually look like there are feet in them!!
2 of the others are just swirling yolk.
yeah I have heard of them hatching on day 24, I have just lost hope. I don't see what happened though. Besides the slight temperature falls and rises in the first 4 or so days, everrthing has been steady and correct. They must have been duds. I will post pics of the candling.
I am worried now. I was away from my house over the weekend at a band festival, and I came home hoping for some little chicks, but sadly, there was none.
I hope they hatch tomorrow
I am thinking that I should go ahead and start thinking about a brooder and what to make it out of. I am probably going to use a cardboard box. Is this a good shelter for them? We have cats and I am going to keep them in my room, but I want them to be safe from predatorrs. Any Sugestions?
I think it is a good idea, especially someone who knows alot about the health of chickens. I am not sayinbg that some of us don't know about chicken health and emergencys, but I think there should be an EMT crew.
I saw where they had that NestBox, and I think I will just build my own. My dad waants to buy them because we don't have a way to cut the wood and putting it together. I was looking online for some that would be big enough for Barred Rocks, because they say they need bigger nests because of...
I was looking for nest boxes and I was wondering if the hens would like this kind of nest box.
http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/product/single_nest.html
Thanks!
Yeah its a chicken. Its a bantam of some sort because of the feathers on the feet, I don't really know what it is. Its nice to see a fellow Georgian on BYC. Welcome!!
I agree with Silkielovr, chickens are treated ALOT worse here then they do in Africa. Go to kentuckyfriedcruelty.com and watch some of the videos that they have. It is nasty though.