My chicks are on day 20 and most of my eggs have pipped. However, the humidity is on 46%. Can I add water to the incubator? I dont have to open the lid to add in any water I can just add it from the side. But i also dont want them to drown from the influx of water. Any help would be appreciated
I recently bought hatching eggs from someone and 100% of their Black giant eggs were infertile. He has a 4 hen to 2 cock Ratio. When I told him about it he said I was the first person this ever happened to. He also incubates his eggs and told me that of the 96 eggs he set in his Bator only 34...
I have a rite farm pro 3600 incubator (think that's what its called) and ofc the temperature says something completely differently to the two hydrometers I have in there. 101F is coming across as 37.5C on my incubator. Should I set it to 101F? or to 99F(reading as 35C). I have had hatches with...
my newly hatched RIR chick has splayed leg so I thought just to make a brace and they will be fine. However after splinting its leg and making a brace out of straw and rubber bands it keeps falling over. If you balance her, she closes her eyes and then falls over, peeps a bit and then stays...
Hi everyone.
I'm on day 19 of incubation and I noticed the humidity was on 54% so I upped it a bit to the 70's. However, it's not until I finish putting the water I realized four (4) of the eggs have drops of water on them. Is this bad? Will they die? Sigh I want to cry please help
Hi. Someone recently told me that they give their laying hens 14% protein pellets and their hens lay really well. However, I would like to know if I can switch from Laying mash to 14% protein layer pellets. Would there be any adverse effects?
I purchased these black giants on August 3 from a breeder. However after about 2 weeks it was noticeable that some were pure black with a greenish tint(normal black giant color) while some were black with a brown tint and then there were at least 2 or 3 that had this white and black feathers. To...
Hi I'm looking for some fertile eggs (different breeds) and hatching eggs as well.
Im located outside the US.
5 hours away from FL and 4 hours away from NY
Hi I'm from the Caribbean
I was always involve in farming but recently I've seen how profitable egg production is and thus, I'm trying to expand my flock.
I currently have white giants, white leghorns, ameraucanas, American layers, black giants.
I have a really good incubator and I'm presently...