I'm looking to y'alls expertise to help me eliminate some of these eggs, & clean out the incubators so I don't have any explosions along the way.
@Kiki @muddy75 @FortCluck @Nabiki @R2elk @007Sean @BantyChooks @KDOGG331 & all BYC candling experts!
is it possible for a rooster and hen to mate after a few hours of being introduced??
I borrowed a rooster for half a day to see if he would mate. That was 2 days ago.
My chickens never sit on their eggs but today one was sitting on 6 of them! Do you think they could be fertile??
Hello there, I have a guinea hen who has been sitting on her eggs for roughly 32 days. I candled them in the beginning to see if they were fertile and I don't think so but I think she knows they are. She has gone broody in the past but only sat on her eggs for three nights maximum. Since she's...
I have a broody silkie hen that raised babies back in February. She had been broody for about 5 days when I gave her some baby chicks, who she cared for wonderfully. Now shes at it again but I don't have any baby chicks on hand to give her, so I gave her fertile eggs. But every time I check on...
I just dusted my coop and some of my girls since they have some lice.
I was already collecting eggs prior for incubation and just realized that I have no idea if the eggs tomorrow will now be ideal after this treatment for incubating?
Thoughts? I used Gardstar poultry dust. I'm hoping I can...
My two female muscovies have just started laying eggs! I was excited to have some fir baking that were non fertile. I have a larger flock of khakis and pekins hens and only one khaki Drake. I was fairly certain that he could not mate with my muscovies because I have yet to witness it. However...
I finally have room to get myself the Sebastopols I have been wanting for years! :celebrate
Unfortunately it seems there are quite the waiting lists from most hatcheries, and the quality standard isn't the same as what is found from most breeders, so I'm on the hunt.
I'm either looking for 3-5...
hello!
Certainly I assumed our eggs couldn’t be fertile as we culled our only rooster maybe 8 weeks ago, however this egg looks like the target I was told fertile eggs would have and we had what I swear looks like a tiny chicken fetus in one of them.
Pictures attached below. Can anyone with...
Day 7 into incubating Silkie eggs. Candled today and 2 out of 12 had blood rings so I removed. I thought it would be more clear to me if the others were doing ok but seems the air cells were too big, maybe some still detached?! I was nervous and wanted to get them back in right away. Eggs were...
I have a Welsummer hen laying on eggs that are supposed to hatch in a week or less. I live in Michigan and it’s currently VERY cold and snowy, I’m scared that if the chicks hatch while I’m away they might fall out of the nesting box and just freeze. I have a little tent set up with food, water...
Hi all! I am new to raising ducks, and have 4 female runners, they are about 15 weeks old. We have a large pond in our backyard where we let them free range. We have about 7-12 wild mallards that also enjoy our pond. They get along just fine. My runners like to follow the mallards everywhere...
Hello! I've just listed three batches of eggs on Ebay and I thought people interested in raising emus of their own might want to check out the listings. I'll go ahead and update this thread when new listings are made throughout the laying season. If you have any questions, don't be afraid to...
I finally got a fertile egg Sunday :celebrate Then Monday I found my blue silkie, Pong, broody and sitting on 3 eggs. I left them, hoping they are fertile. Yesterday,. I went out and collected 4 eggs in other corner and put them in the incubator. Fingers crossed that they are also fertile :fl ...