Chicken breeders or Folks in South Africa?

[Gwyllm]

I have 3 broody hens now they are collecting all the eggs they can its hilarious and exciting, cant wait for the little fuzzballs

Be sure to post pics when they come

 

[Colin Fow]

I have 3 broody hens now they are collecting all the eggs they can its hilarious and exciting, cant wait for the little fuzzballs

try and keep her with a few eggs about the same age (laid 2-3 days apart) after that once the first eggs hatch she will just abandon all the eggs that haven't hatched yet.

 

[Nanna34]

try and keep her with a few eggs about the same age (laid 2-3 days apart) after that once the first eggs hatch she will just abandon all the eggs that haven't hatched yet.

Yip I mark the eggs daily so I know which ones to take out every day

 

[Colin Fow]

Yip I mark the eggs daily so I know which ones to take out every day

lol you just such a good mommy lol , when do you expect a few fuzz balls?

 

[Nanna34]

lol you just such a good mommy lol , when do you expect a few fuzz balls?

Should be end of the month hopefully

 

[Nanna34]

Ok I am now the proud owner of 3 Silkies lol, a lady sold her roo and 2 hens at the feed store to me. Will put up picks when I have them

 

[Nanna34]

Had a long afternoon went to check on the hens and all the eggs were gone, one of the builders decided to go help himself to all the eggs. I am still very upset, but I see Molly laid two eggs already.

The pups are settling in nicely my sister and her husband fell in love with Toks and sleeps by them now.

 

[Nanna34]

Does anyone have advice on diy incubators, we are doing one for the girls school project.

I took an old cooler box and placed a lamp, small bowl of water and a thermometer as per instruction (also washed everything with Virukill so its sterilized). My sister suggested we replace the lid with a sheet of glass so we can see what is happening without opening the box too much.

As soon as the temp is right Im going to put some eggs in from the broody girls (We have about 8 eggs now since this morning) maybe two from the Ausies and two from the Koekoeks.

I really hope its a success the girls are so excited about this.

 

[Gwyllm]

So we got a taste of Africa last night, car got broken into, but thankfully only the radio was taken. Getting a bit tired of this...

 

[Nanna34]

So we got a taste of Africa last night, car got broken into, but thankfully only the radio was taken. Getting a bit tired of this...

Sorry to hear