Doing my last hatches of the year.
First I have 3 silkie eggs, 3 store bought eggs from some local farmer, and 4 mixed breed bantam eggs. 10 eggs in total, due to hatch around 04.05 - 05.05. They're under my broody hen Okakley, so I'll be calling it Oakley's batch.
Second I have 6 silkie eggs...
was making donuts today, and unfortunately my ladies aren’t producing as many eggs as recently it has been getting darker and gloomier, plus it was raining recently. so we had to buy store bought eggs, embarrassing!! but i cracked in an egg we collected today (top) and a store bought one...
Hey guys, I just found this great forum and had to sign up immediately. I am currently trying to hatch some eggs with absolutely no luck. I’ve done pigeons before. We own a lot of pigeons but chickens isn’t as easy as I thought it would be. The pigeons weren’t very easy either! So I had built my...
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I was just thinking and got curious who had tried these and what their success rate was if they did. I know I’ve read about a few people on here trying it but can’t remember much details and would love to hear from others too. Of course I won’t be trying this as I don’t have the room atm and...
This article was originally a poster I made for 4H, but then I decided to make it into an article so others can enjoy it. It took a long time, but I finally finished, so here it is. I added in more information, and kept most of the old ideas too.
In this article I will be referring to eggs from...
Well, I purchased 3 dozen Cotornix Quail eggs from the grocer and they're in a Little Giant bator now on day #7. Out of all of them: one embryo is noted tumblesaulting around, a perfect airsac and lovely red veining.
I am happy even one was fertile! Now the worrying for the remaining portion...
Ok... so last year I tried to incubate an egg from Trader Joe's and failed.
Anyway, I decided to try again...
I have a heating pad set up in a plastic shoe box with a container of water as a way to incubate the egg.
I've read about someone that used a heating pad before but one thing though...