Hello there,
I seriously need help. I have a variety of hens, different ages. About 4 months ago, the older hens where producing eggs like crazy. then all of the sudden everything stopped.
I though it was due to the florida intensive heat (in previous years the hens had stopped laying for a...
Oh and I forgot to mention that we have 3 more starting to break the shell. so it might have been a late hatch after all. Thank you all for your support!!!! I felt like I had you guys holding my hand through all of this :highfive:
this is the hardest part!!!! Thank you everyone for your help!!!!!! This group is such a blessing!!! If any chickie makes it I am naming it BC! (for backYard Chickens) :)
wait, what do you mean by "make sure all aircells are facing up"? they are all laying on the side not on the pointy end as they are not on the turner anymore. Do I need to candle them and set them so the aircell is facing up?? oh man, this is as nerve wracking as having babies!!!
Chickens Really, I did candle them right before we were supposed to take the egg turner out and we saw a lot of the eggs had embryos moving. they didn't look to me like they would be ready to hatch in 3 days, but I figure I didn't know what I was looking at (but they sure where moving). The...