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Hatching eggs is exciting. My first time around I could not stop watching them. After incubating several times it still is fascinating. Wait till they hatch the obsession gets intense. Have fun!

You have a beautiful rainbow of eggs. I believe the hassle may be one reason. Another is they are concerned that some will not stay true to the breeds maybe.

Yup went to Costco and purchased batteries. We keep a pantry of goods for hurricane season. Have propane filled up. Living in FL means you need to keep things on hand. We do not live in a coastal community but we have had damage from storms such as Irma that ran up the spine of the state in...

Some random one. Like others I typically keep my ringer off. I have my Garmin watch connected via Bluetooth so it vibrates when a call, email or text is received. I ignore that a lot too.

I hear you. I was as well. All other hatching experience was using the typical standard of keeping humidity at 50 and raising to 60-70 during hatching. One thing I will mention is I live in FL where humidity is a part of everyday life. The first 18 days the humidity was about 25 to 30%. I...

I did my first dry hatch in a Maticoopx 30 last month. I did not use water in the incubator until day 18 and then I only filled the smallest channel with water. Only time the humidity went up over 50% was when chicks hatched which always brings the humidity up. Some who dry hatch never add...

I am into Adult Contemporary music.

So egg-citing. Can’t wait to hear they are doing the chicken break dance…pipping, zipping and popping.

That is unfortunate that you cannot have roosters. Totally understand.

Welcome to the chicken hut. Yeah Roosters happen even if you bought female chicks only. I have two speckled Sussex, at least one ISA Brown (I think they are that breed) and one buff Orpington roosters that where to all FFC (future female chickens). Roosters make great warning alarms and lawn art.

I love your drawings. Love the red hair.

Thanks! I would love to hatch more but at this point I have 72 chicks ranging from almost two months to 2 weeks. I will have to live vicariously through and other hatching. Come in little chickpeas…

Time does fly when hatching chicks. It doesn’t seem so the first few days but then all of the sudden you need to stop turning and just sit on your hands for the hatching to commence.

I’ll take one of your choosing and name it Josie.

We are new owning Speckled Sussex. Ours is coming up on 8 weeks and we can tell that we have one cockerel (they were all to be hens) and possibly a second one. One has a prominent cone and wattles appearing. The other has a cone and little wattles. The rest do not show a cone nor wattles at...

We raised a single chick once as a storm disrupted electric during incubation. He was the only one who made it. His name was clearly “Stormy”. We put a small stuffed animal in his brooder box with him. It should help keep it from chirping for attention. As a matter of fact Stormy had his...

Welcome to the fowl house Ann!

Welcome to the roost. With a lot of experience here in the coop you can post pics and someone here may be able to tel l you. I like Roos as they are eye candy for your yard.

Over 10 years ago we started chicken math in SC by buying a gentleman’s coop and flock. He posted them for sale at a TSC. My husband saw it and was able to get everything he had. The man had feel ill and could not manage them. It was nice large coop with laying hens and a number of roosters...

That turner malfunction stinks. You got this! Hang in their little ones we are all cheering you on.