Hello, I am new to raising chickens and have my first eggs in the incubator. My sister has a flock and gave me 9 fertile eggs (that's the max my incubator can hold for chicken eggs). I candled them at her house and found one was cracked so she swapped it out with another one. I am so excited! There are 3 brown eggs, 3 pink eggs and 3 green eggs. The rooster is a Barred rock and the hens are either Araucana, barred rock or a sexed link that I can't remember what she called the hen. I candled the eggs on day 7 and had to remove 2 eggs. One quit growing early and the other had a blood ring. There was movement in 6 eggs and one of the green eggs was hard to see through. Half of the egg is dark and the other half I can see light when I hold the egg on the light at just the right angle. The eggs are loosing weight at 16% so I will check them again on day 14. I tweek the humidity twice a day to keep it around 45-55% and the temp is steady at 37.9. I just built the brooder and am in the process of adapting my shed to be a coop. As for me, I am a retired physician, live alone in Arizona, have raised many different anamals and this will be my first time raising chickens. My plan is to raise dual purpose chickens. I live within the city limits so I can have 8 hens but no roosters.
Welcome to chicken keeping (and BYC)! You're gonna love it. If you have any questions feel free to let the good folks here know. They're a wealth of knowledge just waiting to be tapped.
Hello, and welcome! Glad that you joined! I'm in Arizona also. You are welcome to come and chat with us other Arizona member's in our states thread here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/arizona-chickens.31227/page-6998
Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens. Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC! Thanks for joining our community!
Hi and welcome to BYC and congrats on your new hobby. I wish you the best of luck with your hatch. Here are some links to key resources: List of guides on how to use the site - announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3 Great resource for beginners = https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/learning-center.11/ Good starting point for browsing the site - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/ Interesting feedback on how members manage their flocks -https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archives Best wishes Pork Pie
Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined. I'm working on a shed to coop conversion myself. It still takes a long time to get it done!
Good morning and welcome to the BYC flock! I haven't gotten brave enough to try incubating eggs yet, but I have my first hatch being mailed from a hatchery soon. Best of luck with your eggs.