I set 3 different breeds of chickens on the 31st of January and a couple of days later set some quail so they would hatch together. Its day 22, no pipping. I lost 1 breed as they weren't fertilized at all, but the others have all grown on time and were viable at lockdown. This is my first rodeo...
This is my first time ever hatching shipped eggs.
The Ancona ducks came from AZ to AL. Not entirely sure what I was thinking. Of course they all arrived with detached egg cells, so I fat bottomed upped them in a couple of cartons, let rest for about 13 hours, popped them in the incubator still...
(1) I have had chickies off and on most of my life
(2) Currently incubating
(3) Ancona ducks, svarthona, lavender orpington, quail and mosaic
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
The rooster crowing, hens chatting, egg gathering
(5) What are some of your other...