It is a bit unusual! But not too unexpected for April in our part of Northern CA. It feels odd since like not even 10 days ago it was 90…which IS unusual for April in my experience! Weather this year seems rather bipolar everywhere! I relish these cooler days before summer hits…and it’s brutally...
I have an almost totally blind hen and she too pecks at the air and misses the food bin a lot. Also struggles with foraging. She does best with things that have a strong contrast to them. So I got white top feeders and waterers with red bases and cups and she’s doing better finding things! I...
I checked the two eggs I'm waiting on and I could hear them cheeping still and moving around, so I am hopeful today will be the day! I'm getting very impatient :D
I’m still waiting on my two eggs that made it to hatch day. One has externally pipped and the other internally pipped. I’m always so nervous they won’t make it after getting this far. Ugh. I’m getting my hopes up but worried I will be disappointed ☹️ shipped eggs always let me down 😩😩😩 Out of 18...
My 3 d’Anver eggs are due to start pipping tomorrow and I keep checking them to see if they’ve internally pipped yet 😆 I just worry so much in these last hours that they will end up DIS 😩 I really want all three to make it. They look strong so far based on the veining, but I’m so paranoid 😩
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This is what I do as well! It runs daily around 29% so I add a tiny bit of water every few hours to raise it to 35%. I’ve had much better hatch rates since I quit trying to be at 45-50%. I never knew until last month that dry hatch meant not ADDING extra water but using natural humidity instead...