My friend in the NW who is holding my hand through all this says I should try eggs from different sources. I have a friend in Laurens who has had good hatches say that she will collect some eggs for me. Also there is a person on Craigslist show girl?. I could get some of her eggs. Maybe I could get some eggs from some of you? I started this(we homeschool) kind of as a fun project. It did not turn out fun. Most people say though that you just have to learn from your mistakes and try again. I want this to be a positive experience for the kids and me! So any tips will be helpful! I am not looking for show quality or any breed in particular. We have a barred rock chick. BTW I tried medical tape on its feet but he pecked that right off! lol! I will try the band aid but I need a smaller band aid than what I have--it is an angry bird band aid which makes me laugh!! It will be nice to meet you all! Neat to meet others with chickens!!
I have no idea when it pipped today since I was at work..so it might have been trying for a long time. Plus it didn't help that it decided to pip on the wrong end. Overall, it was a bad incubation since I had to stick it in my old incubator and the thermometer in there is really hard to read. Better luck next time I guess! My broody is still sitting on 10 call duck eggs and 4 chicken eggs so about 2 more weeks and I should have duckies and chickies. I'm going to take the call eggs from her and hatch them in my 
Yay.. My oldest babies are graduating from the brooder tomorrow (weather permitting).. So now we will have 5 left in the brooder for another week or 2 ?? (not sure on ages exactly).. But the main issue is we have to get a duck coop built immediately.. Please don't get me wrong I love the Pekin Ducks, but they are super duper noisy and messy.. Where I usually clean the brooder once a week, I"m having to clean 3-4 times a week due to the ducks..Ugg.. and this week has been hard to keep up since Faith has been PASS testing all week in g'ville.. makes for long days for sure..
