I'm not sure what to do. I have 2 Bantam hens that are broody and have been sharing a nest. I had given them a golf ball to see if they would stay on the nest and they stayed there for a week. Well today I took the golf ball out in exchange for 2 regular chicken eggs. I would like for them both...
I just had a chick hatch and my humidity shot up to 76 in my homemade incubator. I have all the air holes open. Is this normal or do I have to worry about it?? This is my first hatch and I'm so worried of losing them.
So I'm going into lock down today and I was wondering...I have my eggs sitting in paper towel rings and I was wondering do I leave them in the rings or take them out? Which is better?
I was wondering if anyone every successfully hatched a thin shelled egg?
I have one large egg right now in my incubator that I would love to see hatch. So far I had to repair it twice with wax where some cracks formed.
I do have to give kudos to this forum. Anytime I have come up against...
I have been lurking around the board for awhile now and figured I better come an say Hi. I have always wanted to have chickens and on a whim last summer I bought 5 bantam chicks. Then my quest began on what I'm going to house them in. That's when I stumbled upon this message board. After...