I think I am having an incubating anxiety attack. I just put my last eggs in the incubator, and this is it. If they dont hatch then I will be pm-ing yall looking for juveniles. I counted what I received and what hatched since March this year, shouldnt have, but I did. 30/167. That is 18%. :/ I...
Thanks I was wondering if it was two months, one month, 6 weeks ..... I too am extremely finicky with these. I keep adults separate for 3 months. Just didn't know about the juveniles.
I have a question for y'all chick experts. All mine I have hatched out or bought as day old chicks. I bought 4 chicks yesterday that are 4-6 weeks old. How long so I need to keep them separated in quarantine until I put them in with my others ? I dusted them with DE already even though I didn't...
Check out these two threads
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/738943/the-great-egg-shipping-experiment/1030#post_11058939
I have chicks hatching today. All shipped. I have them upright in the cut up eggcartons. The eggs that had nice aircells have already hatched or are currently pipping or zipping. I have three eggs that had horrible huge saddle aircell.... Not a pip wobble or anything yet.... But if they are...
Check out https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/738943/the-great-egg-shipping-experiment
Great, friendly and helpful folks there with lots of photos on shipping. I was one of the first "test shipment" recipients.
Welcome to BYC! You would get a quicker answer if you would post that question on this other thread. https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/5/incubating-hatching-eggs