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My second pullet started laying two days after the other one. Her very first egg was a double yolker I believe (haven't cracked it open). They are the green eggs in the carton - the darker green is from the black/red hen.

This is an old thread I know but I wanted to update - My chicks hatched on november 18th are now laying eggs! Well one of two are anyhow. When I get home i will post pictures of them.

I didn't see movement in it, and she is still sitting on it trying to hatch it. I don't think the chick/embryo inside is alive anymore but i don't see the harm in letting her sit on it another day.

My 7 month old Australorp/Ameraucana/White Leghorn mix breed hen that went broody is now a first time mom! I gave her 6 eggs, 2 of them turned out infertile(clear) and I had 2 quitters at different stages but two of them hatched very happy and healthy. I added a heat lamp to the coop just in...

My 7 month old hen decided to go broody this week. Do you think chicks hatched nov 21 would be too old to try to have her adopt them as her own?

I will second this. This last hatch I helped a chick stuck in the zipping phase, after it hatched it had splayed leg out behind it and couldn't walk. This issue I was treating and correcting but it also had some other neurological issues. It didn't have the coordination to eat or drink, even...

Well my hatch is complete. I had 12 out of 13 hatch, the 13th stopped/died in the shell somewhere between lockdown and hatch day. #12 pipped and started to zip but was stuck most of the day until I finally decided it was time to intervene. I helped it hatch and the blood vessels were...

Thanks, I read that article before but it seems the best advice is wait and see whenever you have temp issues up or down for whatever length of time. Anyhow, I am happy to report that out of 13 eggs every single one of them went into lockdown though I didn't candle on lockdown, I candled the...

Yesterday I checked my eggs and went to sleep around 9:30 AM. It was VERY windy and the power was out when I woke up around 4pm. The incubator temp was down to 62 degrees, not sure how long the power was out for but I imagine a while, I got the incubator plugged back in and warming up around 5...

Soooo I set eggs last Monday then this Thursday my little Ameraucana/leghorn/Australorp mix decided to go broody on me... She is only 5 months old - is it normal for hens to go broody at such a young age? Do you think I can trust her to set eggs? I was thinking about moving 5-8 of the 13 eggs...

I keep hoping my girlfriend grows as fond of the chickens as I am. Maybe seeing this next hatch grow up will win her over.