Just wanted to keep you updated! I successfully hatched 3 out of 4 babies this weekend. I love them so much! I am attaching the photo. Thank you again for all your help and compassion.
The same exact thing happened to our neighbors about a week ago. Same hole, same description of injuries of chickens. It is so similar that I thought you were in fact my neighbors posting this. We live in LaMadera New Mexico and have mountain lions and bears in abundance. Neighbors live on...
Thank you. I do have good news! I still have 4 others in an incubator and I saw the first external pip this morning. I have them in lockdown with temp at 98 and humidity between 78 and 80°. I am crossing my fingers with hopes that they will be ok.
Unfortunately, both baby ducklings were in fact dead. I have 4 more that were in another incubator and are on day 24. I will set them on a hatching tray tomorrow evening for lockdown. Is this the appropriate timeframe for lockdown to begin? I do not want to harm the little fellows and want to...
Temp is at 98.5 and humidity is at 74°. I cannot seem to get it higher than that. I have been misting them with water as well. I will try attach candling pics.
I have not listened to them as I am terrified to remove them from the incubator for to long. Would I be able to hear them by just holding them to my ear and how long is too long to keep them out of the incubator? Also, thank you so much for your warm welcome and prompt response! Greatly...
Hello everyone. I am in need of some advice. I am in the process of incubating Pekin duck eggs only because my hen refused to do it herself. I began incubating her eggs less than one week after she laid. I am on day 29 and the ducklings have not begun the internal piping process yet. I am a bit...