staggered hatch

  1. Apples235

    Mama hen rejecting all but one chick?

    Hi new here, hopefully can get some advice as have had chickens for 5 years now but first time hatching my own chicks (well my broody did). Apologize in advance for the novel! Mama hen has recently hatched her first clutch, but I'm wondering if she has bonded with only one of her chicks? First...
  2. chantels1

    The things our kids bring us....

    So I had an emergency. My 15 year old brought me 4 nests of bantam Cochin eggs. Various stages of development!!! (I have since educated her.... ) she let them sit outside for 2 days. 105 during day, low 70's at night. Eggs were cold. I candled and one was internally pipped 2 others ready...
  3. C

    When one set of incubator eggs is a week behind the others.

    I recently purchased three different breeds of bantam eggs from three different breeders. Because of a USPS foul up (or fowl-up?!) the Serama eggs had to be reshipped and were set in the incubator a week later than the rest. I am unsure what I should do when it's time to remove the automatic...
  4. chantels1

    Incubation and hatching question

    we had some eggs we wanted to hatch from our hen. We got a rooster about 3 weeks ago. So I collected 4 eggs, and set them in the incubator. My daughter also brought home 5 eggs that day. (July 5th) I set all eggs at the same time, but should have thought to candle the ones she brought home...
  5. Mnop

    Chick dead in egg?????

    Hi all! :frowI need a little help here. I had a broody hen that had a total of 6 eggs under her(laid by 2 maybe 3 different hens). We have no idea :confused:when she began setting on her nest because she was hiding in the yard. They free range and when she didn't go in the coop to roost we...
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