no sundown she sat tight throughout we had a few days and the temp outside got upto 25 degrees celsius which is hot for ireland is it possible thats what happened
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I went out this morning at first light too investigate the smell it was the eggs , it was the worst smell i ever smelt i got sick ,this was my first attempt at hatching with a broody hen what went wrong.when i use an incubator i have no probs with rotton eggs.
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My brahma has been brooding her eggs now for 18 days and when i go into the coop its reaking i picked up my chicken and she is all bald and smelly underneath ,is that natural
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Im just in my second batch now and i have encountered the same problem as last time and am gutted.I had 4 chicks hatch out of 20 fertile eggs in my last batch and on day 24 i decided too pull the plug and check the remainder 16eggs all the chicks were fully formed inside the egg but never...
Yes its very normal i had 3 hatch out of twenty 2 days ago on day 21 im on day 23 now and there is another one pipping so im waiting on another 15 i think and ive heard peple havinf hatches 7 days late lol so relax and enjoy if u candled them up too the end and u are sure they were fertile then...
i no its my own fault really but i did think it wud be ok for 2 mins ill never turn my back again...catfish and arctic fox if i had those predators i wudnt go outside myself lol
I heard a lot of chirping when i went into my house for a cup of tea i looked out the window and low and behold a magpie was in the pen with the chicks they are 2 weeks old and i left them out for a while today as its a lovely day i live in ireland so we have too make the most of nice weather.I...
Hi all heres a pic of my susex with his head buried like an austrich i think shes trying too escpe too victory lol
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk290/hunyerdog/rockyspeckles.jpg
and heres my cohin going too fall into the hole lol the love it the bigger the better...
gd luck catchin em lol....mine jump through the wire and when i go out too get them they jump through again lol so i have too go back around and start the process again phewwwwwwwww lol