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Okay this sweet baby hatched after a long rough go in the incubator where I finally helped and it came out beautiful!! It’s definitely my favorite! It is about 5 weeks old now and the colorings are so unique! The wings tip feathers are largely all white as shown and the breast checkered like...

My 12 chicken eggs have changed color going lighter during incubation and I’m on day 20 and they are more noticibly changing color. I have a homemade still air incubator and they have all grown beautifully to lockdown. I’ve canceled and kept great accuracy with temp and humidity. Any ideas whya...

I just added more warm water and some sponges to raise humidity and it’s reading 65 but now the temperature has also gone up to 102 and 103. I put the thermometer closer to the bulb to get the warmest read and eggs are usually a degree or two cooler as they are a couple inches further. How can...

I made a DIY still air incubator and am on day 16 of great looking growing chicks from our own chickens. In a couple days for lockdown, what is the ideal temp and Humidity for this style? I was going to do 65 and 101f. should I add more holes for ventilation and air? If so where and how big? I...

(1) We are not new to chickens as this is our 3 flock in 10 years :) I also grew up with a dozen chickens in our flocks all throughout my childhood. Our first flocks as a family was 7 girls in 2013 in New Zealand. (2) We have fifteen1-3 year hens, one 2 year old rooster, eight 1 month chicks...