Sorry about the cold temps and cracked eggs. I hope it warms up soon! Good luck with your hatch!Wow, Sally, I am impressed. Yes, I took 83 into lockdown yesterday.The recent ridiculously below freezing spell has put a huge dent in my layers production, so my next setting (2/23) will have more older eggs (e.g. up to 15 days old). Practically every egg laid over the past 5 days has been cracked due to freezing, even with me checking on them hourly.
My first hatch is feathering out nicely. Chicks are currently ~22 days old.
Premier1 needs to explain how they missed this pose. The lid is supposed to keep chicks off the top of the brooder plate...
Sounds like you should have a talk with smart old Linda and maybe she can tell you were the secret spot is.
I'm don't how many hens "horstmanspoultry" has but before you order anything from them I would also ask him if he would be willing to try a different shipping method. Like Sally always says "ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU ARE THE CUSTOMER REQUEST HOW YOU WANT YOUR EGGS!!!" Yes, it may cost extra to get them packaged better but better packaging means less headaches for you and your eggs should arrive in better condition. I'm buying some eggs for EHAL from a lady in NC and I made sure before hand that she was willing to package them how I wanted. Be clear that your willing to pay the extra cost for it as well. There are reasons behind the way Sally packages her eggs. The lady I'm getting eggs from read both the documents and was able to actually learn from them, even though she's been shipping eggs for many years.
Very nice!! Adorable helper!!!!Here's the virtual tour of my coop and barn!! Some parts are still in progress.
Try again...you must've counted one twice
Looks like 12 to me!what do ya'll think?
I agree. That does look like a pretty big chick. Maybe lower the humidity levels? Maybe if the air cell was smaller than it should've been, the chick was allowed to grow more than it should have. I'm still learning about how some of this stuff works, so I'm not sure.
