I am not a stupid person, or a careless one, but we all screw up sometimes. I am still a little rocked by what happened last weekend. I am ashamed, but figure if I can spare any peeps or peoples, it is worth any grief I may take for telling this story.
I lost an entire hatch save one chick to...
The incubator where my last hatch were decimated is back in operation, and I woke up to 5 happy, healthy new peeple today! Thanks to the folks who were so kind while I went through that very sad batch!
One barred rock (Alma,) one buff orpington (Princess, from my first hatch,) 2 big white birds that are not the leghorns I thought I was getting (The Twins) - a straight run pair of birds from a batch I got for a quarter the day after Easter last year, one of whom is a nice broody, hen (Momma)...
All my girls go lay next to my brooding hen, and she tries to scoop them all in and sit on them. I have marked a dozen for her to hatch, but have been pulling others out daily. Yesterday I got an order for hatching eggs, and wondered if these eggs would develop if I pulled them out and then...
I am distraught at this point. I have a small flock of Buckeyes, I have been incubating their eggs for couple months and have no problems with the chicks that are 1 week and older. 3 days ago, my babies started falling on their backs and dying. I have found a few before they die, they are...