Nancy my first thought was that the incubator was a problem, so I borrowed 5 eggs from a friend who owned buff orpingtons and hatched 3.
I can understant anyone jumping the gun and thinking I have a serious epidemic going on here.
Even the simplest bacteria can cause infertility or a live...
oh good grief walkswithdog..
get a grip.
I didnt write about the weak chicks during those years .. that just didnt make it.. or couldnt get out of the eggs.
Those 3 chicks that hatched out where the ONLY 3 eggs under that hen.
If you read my op slower you would have read that the other hen...
Each year for the past 4 years I would set 60 to 100 eggs in my incubator and under hens.
I would only have 3 to 6 chicks hatch out. I would put meds in the water and nothing improved.
I was finally put in touch with Peter Brown the "chicken doctor" from
FIRST STATE VET SUPPLY...