Recent content by GlicksChicks

Is #19 taken?

Hello! Can I adopt #19 and name them Custard? 😁🍦

I check my development on day 7, 14, and 17. Then I leave them be. If i have any questionable eggs on one of those candling days, I will check those eggs around 2 days later. If they seem like they aren't developing like the others and/or I see no movement then I take them out. I definitely...

I understand! I do the same even though I know it should be okay. What breeds are you hatching?

Hopefully now that you are using the towel you won't have to stress about it!

Around the sides and the back. I avoid covering any air holes.

Of course! I am happy it helped! I hope it makes your incubation experience stress free!

No, only humidity.

Yes, a broody hen isn't the same temperature all the time, so temperature fluctuating slightly should not hurt. You should only be concerned if it does it alot and if it starts to fluctuate more degrees than that.

Maybe try giving them some boiled eggs and/or some meal worms for protein to help bulk up. Try to target that chick the most for feeding the protein treats to. There is also a chance that she is just growing different as well. Some chickens lag behind, either for genetics or illness. Since you...

The father of all of my chicks is a Buckeye. You were talking about marans, plural, carrying two copies for the feathered foot gene. I don't know if you are thinking that both parents are marans or if you are saying that A maran can carry two copies of the gene.

Even if her father is a Buckeye who does not have feathered feet?

I use a Nurture Right 360 incubator and I do 100.5 fahrenheit for my dry hatches! I would prefer to avoud fluctuations, but as long as it is not a severe fluctuation and it doesn't stay too low or too high too long then I wouldn't be as worried, but I would be worried if it happened alot. When...

Thank you so much! I Love my chickens!

Not very much, but they have some feathers on their feet.