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Mixed breeds. My cochin boys with my girls. The most interesting chicks came from my bantam columbian rock hen. Quote: I am pretty sure they use the term straight run a an excuse to dump as many roos as humanly possible. For obvious reasons people don't want as many roos as hens so they...

I've been a bit busy here but my hatch went alright, though the fertility was not astounding. Most of the blue and green eggs were infertile so no chicks from Annabelle. :( Overall I had 14 fertile eggs and 12 hatched. I also had 2 little zebra finches hatch too! The finches were a surprise. i'd...

I am so jealous of your stunning birds!

I'm sorry for your loss.

Vaseline. Clean the area and put a little bit on it. That should help with the poop sticking.

I hope they are fertile. She was not very rooster tolerant and didn't really squat for them. Her eggs are dark so I can't tell yet.

Well Annabelle took a turn for the worse over the course of the night and we lost her a short bit ago. It was all very sudden and unexpected. She was a good bird. I really hope those eggs of hers are fertile and I can get them to hatch. It would be a small blessing if I could at least have some...

I am so sorry.

Pretty kitty! It looks like we are due to hatch at the same time!

We gave her a soak and used some preparation H on the tissue, but it seems like a real catch 22. She cannot pass the large egg because of the massive prolapse, and I can't really get the tissue back in with the egg in the way. It is a tennis ball sized bulge. I gave her some calcium and have her...

oops, double post.

oh yes. The hatching addiction is a very real thing. I hatched for a year straight! The only way I was even able to keep myself in check over the last year was to forsake BYC until I was in a position where it wouldn't be really foolish to keep hatching. As soon as I saw chick pics again I...

The good news is the farm innovators is working without issue. I desperately hope I can hatch those 4 eggs from my olive egger Annabelle because of the bad news.... She is in serious trouble. When I let them out for the day she had a weird waddle so I scooped her up and he has a really severe...

Ugh, I think the heating element on the bator is messing up or something. No matter how much I turn the thing I can't get it up past 85°!!! I take back every recommendation for the Brinea Octagon 20 I have ever made. The first one I had that did this was used so I figured "Oh well, it was old"...

My hatch is already off to a terrible start! I slowly tweaked my incubator to get it to just the right temp and it was doing good.... then last night it rained and now I can't get this stupid thing right!!! I can't get my temp out of the 80's and my freaking humidity is staying in the sixties...

I have several but my Brinsea Octagon 20 is my best and the one I am currently using.

I finally got the bator running! I have 20 eggs in right now, all mixes of the cochin boys and different girls. I may throw a few more in tomorrow if they lay any. They decided they were too busy today. I just hope I'm not too rusty and I get a good hatch in 21 days!

Wasn't the sunset today just stellar? I took pictures to!

I wouldn't worry about getting them out before it's been over two days. They will be fine. They are designed to go that long without eating for the rest of the clutch to hatch. Mamma wouldn't take them off before then if they were naturally incubated. That's what the yolk is for!

Check with Nanachicken on http://www.louisianapoultryfanciers.com/ and see if she still has those BCM's I sold her.