I have the Maticoopx incubator from Amazon, highly recommend it! I always do dry hatch and have had very high hatch rates with it. My last hatch was 9 out of 9 chicks from my own flock, 100% hatch rate. For chicken eggs, do not add any water until day 18 or 20, then bring it to 55 or 60%...
I put eggs in the incubator yesterday. I decided on the Buff Orp, the mixed green layer, the Silverudd Blue, White Leghorn, and the Prairie Bluebell (blue layer). According to Hoover’s, where I got the blue layer, they were created by crossing Araucanas and White Leghorns. Wouldn’t that give me...
Hello! I am trying to decide which eggs to hatch out this spring… if you wouldn’t mind sharing of your time & expertise, maybe I could come to a better informed decision!
I am specifically wanting dark olive eggs, or pretty green shades. The rooster is a pure (Greenfire) BCM. Hen choices...
I have French BCM hatching eggs (feathered feet). I wouldn’t ship right now due to the coming winter storms. Private message me if you’re interested at a near future date when the weather clears up. I’ve included pictures of the rooster and one of the hens. And also pictured are their dark eggs...
I was pretty sure it was a pullet, too! She’s very docile & sweet! She will come find me in the yard and fly up to me to be held. She’s actually 9 weeks, just figured it up.
This is how all 5 of the roosters feathered out. Approx 7 weeks old. The female is very different coloring, more brown with very faint barring and a salmon colored chest.
Approx 4 months later…. We have answers! Tootsie, unfortunately, didn’t survive but was a cockerel.
Buttercup, Snickers, and Chiquita are all beautiful hens!! Anticipating eggs soon!
Ordered eggs from Derrick and got all 4 breeds shipped through priority mail. 20 of 25 eggs hatched, approx. 80% success rate, which is excellent for shipped eggs. Also received extra eggs in my order!
I used an incubator (dry hatch) for most of the eggs and put a few under my broody. She...
Almost 6 weeks old. Trying to make the decision on whether to give up or not. I’m not keeping any roosters. Dad is a Bielefelder, pretty sure the mom is an Easter Egger.