waiting

Hey friends so I have some eggs that are due to hatch soon, but they are are looking underdeveloped. Lock down is tonight but I was wondering if it is better to lock down now and just give them a few extra days, or postpone lock down for a few days.

As of October 5th, my 15 pullets are 18 weeks old. I also have a cockerel from my MIL who is 2-4 weeks older. I am (im)patiently waiting for my first egg. In the meantime I’m going to post a profile for each of my chickens. One a day. Hopefully it will help the next 16 days go fast and maybe...

Hands on a tree branch :)

Hello all!! I’m in day 1 of lockdown and my once active eggs are eerily still. Is this normal from your experiences? Air cells look good (maybe slightly on the smaller side but in my opinion almost perfect). They’re in a Brinsea Mini Advanced II and laying on sides with low part of cell face...

We have a Muscovy Mother duck that was hatching 7 duck eggs and 2 chicken eggs, the chicken eggs were put in different days so they can hatch all in the same day. The duck succesfully hatched all the duck eggs and only 1 chicken,i gotta admit,the other one (the other chicken egg) was put after 3...

Hey guys! Long time no post! :D I joined BYC in April 2018 when I was just mildly interested in maybe getting some chicks. I bet all of you, if not most, have some poultry, because what's the point of joining when ya don't even have some poultry of your own to talk about? ...Right? :confused: So...

UGH!!! :barnie The waiting is KILLING ME! For the first egg(s). They are only 14 weeks so they have a while to go yet.... How old were yours when you got your first eggs?

My wife and brother-in-law spent a month preparing our yard for Chickens. The coop was built (many tips taken from these forums), fence built,..etc..etc....and finally, as of June 23rd, we were ready for chickens So, my wife's niece (which has many chickens and is much more knowledgeable tan my...