😭 This is the worst hatch I’ve ever had! My first chick was attacked and hatched two days early. Two other chicks hatched yesterday and when I put them in the brooder with the first (Rocky) started attacking them. She just wouldn’t stop, even with toys, drawings on the brooder, and me playing...
Oh man, I have more serious chicken drama! I went out of town a couple of weeks ago and my pet sitter forgot to check one of the nesting boxes. So of course one of my hens went broody and I came home to her sitting on a clutch of 9 eggs. I had no idea how long, so I just locked the coop and let...
Hi everyone! I have a sick hen that I’m hoping you guys might have insight on. Grace Jones is a six-year-old free-range barred rock that suddenly started exhibiting symptoms of sour crop this morning. Yesterday she was scrounging like normal. This morning when I went out to take care of...
I just had the first of seven eggs hatch this morning and it appears as though this little one didn’t fully absorb its yolk. It just came out a few minutes ago. It’s cheeping away though and flipped over onto its feet. I can’t open the incubator because I have the other eggs pipping. It’s hard...
Hello everyone!
I’m relatively new to hatching (I’m on my second batch with the first being a 2/2). Here’s my issue. I had to leave town for an emergency and a friend of mine who watches my chickens and goats is also watching my incubator. The first two days it was fine. We are now on day 16...