Hi, all...I have a muscovy hen sitting. I grabbed an egg and candled it. How does the health of this egg look to you that have more experience? I don't know how long she has been sitting. It seems like forever.
Hi, all...we have a muscovy hen sitting on a bunch of eggs in a trailer that has our horse shavings in it. We change out the trailer when we need new shavings. Does anyone know the best way to move the eggs and have the hen continue her sitting? Thanks!
OK...I have heard a few cheeps but nothing else...nothing. I set my eggs the late afternoon on the 17th...all seemed viable when candled on Saturday (hard to see the marans due to the dark shell).
Plus my humidity went up to 77% all of a sudden tonight after being continually at 65% with my...
I'm very late to the party but I put in 25 marans and ameracaunas 4/17...so, I should get something soon. No pips as of yet. I did hear some chips a few hours ago. These are my first eggs layer by my own hens...not shipped. On candling we looked like we had good stuff going on...so, I am...
Thanks for all the advice. I just ordered some leghorns from Ideal...they are in Texas as I am. Hopefully they will be here soon and my little one can have some buddies. I'll keep you informed.
had 13 in bator but only 1 hatched. Don't know what went wrong. When I candled on day 18 it looked like all but 1 were quitters. And, indeed only 1 hatched. Is there anything I can do to make this lonely soul more happy? I checked with the tractor supply, local feed stores and craiglist to...
I have one that has been working for 24 hours. There is a crack all the way around the shell but he/she doesn't bust it open...it is moving around and cheeping...
My first babies hatched Monday. There are other eggs that are pipping...should I quickly open the bator and get the ones that have already hatched out? I have an Octogon EX Advanced so I am sure the humidity will come back up quickly...
TIA, Ellen