Recent content by KEarthman

Hi! Dry incubating BCM for the umpteenth time.10 days in. The humidity usually stays between 20-40%. It is going up to 45-47%. Springtime in Texas, so humidity is always a factor. We have a dehumidifier by it now and it has helped a little. Wondering if anyone else has some tricks? It has never...

Those pellets are great as long as you change them out fairly often. I love them, but they get powdery when they get wet.

A very successful BCM breeder told us that was the way he does his. 35% the entire time. Might hatch a day later. I'm testing it out right now.

So glad to read this! We just bought eggs from a very successful BCM breeder who swears by 35% the whole way. Trying it out right now!

I bought some BCM hatching eggs from a very successful breeder who swears by dry incubation AND hatch. 35% the whole time. Have some incubating that way now. We shall see.

We're in Tx and always dry hatch. Bought some higher dollar stuff from Stalling Farms. He was saying he gets his best results incubating BCM when he incubates at 35% humidity the entire 21 days. Have never tried that. Have always bumped the humidity to 65% at lockdown. Have some test eggs in...

Dry Incubating dark BCM eggs. On day 9. Would it be harmful to add just enough water to bump the humidity up to 35%? They're at 26-28% humidity.

And raise the humidity for lockdown on schedule for the oldest, or maybe delay a day or so? Would that hurt first batch? Thanks!

MAY 17-We set eggs under very broody hens. MAY 20-Same thing with 2 more! MAY 23-A bobcat killed our favorite cream Legbar roo and 3 of his ladies. We collected eggs from his remaining ladies and set in incubator. MAY 24-One of the broody's quit and we put her CL eggs in same large incubator...

Thanks for the sex-ed info. Lol.We do know not to stagger. The hens are unrelated to him. And there's a request for some of our CL eggs. So we were already going to incubate some. We just decided to fill all of the bators when we lost him. Thanks again!

Thank you. He and the hens were sweet. We also lost an Olive egger 5 days before that. We have game cams and traps ready and waiting!

A bobcat killed our Cream Legbar rooster and 2 hens 2 nights ago. He was our favorite . We have put 2 dozen eggs from his hens into incubators hoping to hatch his offspring. We know that supposedly eggs can stay fertilized and "viable" for 2 weeks. IYO, would you keep collecting his remaining...

We had 3 hens trying to go broody at the same time in different pens. The first hen we gave eggs to is content. The second one we gave eggs to last night is off of them, but "hunkered down next to the eggs. We don't know how long she's been off and it's in the 80's today. Can we try to set the...

Hi! We have a mama (who was brooding) and 2 of her 3plus week old chix she hatched in a small coop inside a pen outside. This coop is closed and has some room for them to run around. We now have 2 more hens who have gone broody! Would it be ok to give 1 of the other broody hens a nest with...

Hi! We hatched some chicks from RIR x SLW for Red Sex Links. They hatched, and they all have stripes or bars on them. Some are whitish (male?) and some are reddish (female). For the life of us we cannot get the pics to load. Would the reddish and whitish color still be the gender determining...