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I am going to set 30 eggs tonight around midnight, anyone else setting that wants to hatch along? These eggs will be to help replenish my general laying flock. I am setting a mix batch of white leghorns, jersey giansts, black copper marans, partridge penedesencas, barred rocks, brahmas and...

I had a broody momma setting some eggs, only one ended up hatching. She has been okay with it, but not the best. She runs away from it often and now after only about 3 weeks she has completely left it and is back to laying eggs. Guess the motherhood gene/hormones are not strong with her. he...

Several weeks ago I posted a few pictures of this Dark Brahma...got mixed answers regarding the sex. So here it is now at 15 weeks. No crowing yet, but also not showing the submission of the other chickens the same age. What do you all think now? I thought for it to be a hen it would...

Late last night around midnight I set 9 eggs. Five of them are from Silkie hens with a Showgirl Roo and the other four are from a Showgirl over Frizzled Cochin. These are shipped eggs, that out of the nine I only ended up with 3-4 with detached air sacs. I am at high elevation so I am...

So I thought sexing these little guys would be a no brainer and very cut and dried. Then I hatched six and have a few iffys. I started looking on line and found that it is not so simple. Some males can have a dot, some don't. I also read that some males may not have a dot, but their stripes...

I have two incubators that are full, with some staggered batches. Today I noticed that one of my hens has decided to be broody. This is her first time, so I want to give her a few days and see if she is really serious or just testing the waters. I have 5 silkie/showgirl eggs that are at day...

This is my first attempt at hatching shipped eggs. I have three sets of shipped eggs that all come from an elevation of less than 800 feet above sea level to my house which is about 5600 above sea level. I had read that humidity should be bumped to avoid moisture loss, but wasn't really sure...

Okay I am looking into buying some eggs that will be shipped to me, I have never done this before, so I am unsure of the timing. Here is my situation. I currently have eggs in my incubator I am hatching for the neighbor. They should start hatching on the 23th of this month. I am really...

Silver Laced Wyandotte hen. How about a BLRW roo over a blue laced red splash wyandotte?

This will be my first attempt at incubation. I have 18 eggs in a Brinsea Octogon 20 Advance with the humidity pump. The eggs are all barnyard mixes from my neighbor and she will get whatever hatches. :)

Because of the configuration of my coop, when I had two hens go broody I ended up having to move them to dog crates within the coop on day 18. Well on momma now has three 6 day old chicks and the other is set to start hatching in 2 days. I had to move them because other hens where trying to...

I have a Dark Brahma that was the packing peanut with my order. It is 6 weeks old and is smaller than the other chicks, considerably smaller than the 2 other Brahmas that we have that are a week older. I am wondering if it could be a bantam or if it is really slow to develop. I thought it was...

I have a six week old naked neck pullet. Today when I was giving them some grapes she grabbed one form my hand, turned around to run off with it, tripped over the feeder and smacked her neck on the bricks I have that elevate the water. She kind of stumbled and shook her head a bit, ran off and...

My loving husband, who understands chicken math, ordered me the Brinsea Octogon 20 Advance EX incubator package. I am over the moon excited and have been browsing the egg sales. :) Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Mother's Day to me, Happy Mother's Day to me.... okay, I am...

Aside from this board and ebay where else do you all buy fertile eggs? I have heard mixed reports about ebay regarding not getting what you thought you were getting. Is there another board or list somewhere I have not found?

Went to check on my broodies this morning and found this egg. She is at day 19 with them. I think it looks like it has been stepped on and a piece of the shell is missing. I candled it and could still see a bit of movement. I put it back under her for now. Do you think it will survive? My...

How does she know to not move them anymore? And what about the humidity? It is very dry here where I live and there is not a lick of extra humidity. My girl is on day 18 now and I am very much looking forward to Wednesday and Thursday.

Two weeks ago I gave my broody seven eggs. I tried to move her a few times from the nesting box that she was in, as it is a high box and in the "general" use coop. All the attempts to move her resulted in her leaving the eggs and not wanting to be anywhere but that nest. So I gave in and put...

She has been broody on and off since Thanksgiving. I finally gave in and gave her some fertilized eggs my neighbor gave me tonight. We set her up with a nice safe place in the coop, she nestled right down on them, it was heart warming to see. I am keeping my fingers crossed for her and the...

So way back in January I ordered 35 pullets. The weekend they were to arrive we found our way to the feed store and bought 2 pullets. So then our shipment came, they sent 38. 40 chicks! Way back in January when I decided to order from the hatchery, my thought process was that I would order...