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I wish I had time but my twins high school graduation is in just a couple weeks. Luckily my wife is handling most of that, but that means I have to pick up some of her normal chores to balance things out and keep her sane. The garden needs lots of attention this time of year. Also the sturgeon...

I have been clicking around on Hoover Hatchery’s website. For now I’m thinking she is likely a prairie bluebell, starlight green egger or one of the other creativity named mixed breeds that they keep coming up with. I’ll probably just consider her to be an Easter egger until I’m convinced otherwise.

The chicken run expansion is nearly complete. I pushed the east wall out 8 feet adding an additional 128 square feet of space to accommodate the additional birds. I still need to finish up some of the predator protection like netting on top and skirting at ground level. I’ll probably loose most...

I saw you had one thinking about it but hadn’t seen she was fully committed. Congratulations

Cock-a-Doodle-DON’T. Don’t you do it Dutch Baby. 5 weeks old today and the wattles are beginning to turn color and swell up.

I’m still reading every post over there but haven’t posted myself in a while. Yard work and garden projects are taking a big portion of my free time right now

The incubator has been turned off and eggtopsy complete. Most of them looked like the developed up to around day 14-17 then quit. In hindsight I believe I was too hot. There are definitely spots in the incubator that are warmer than others I think when I raised the temperature I created a hot...

Sorry for the long winded post but I’ll try to give updates of all the chicks hatched in this thread. I think I’ll candle the eggs currently cooking later today and make a final decision on whether or not to continue incubating these eggs. I know it’s not impossible for eggs to hatch late but I...

I brought the other 3 out all at once late last night. Lacy must have heard the chicks peeping before I even opened the door because she was calling for them. They all ran to her. When she stood up to let the chicks under I grabbed up every egg I saw. I’m not sure if I got them all because some...

I took the one that hatched out to my Wyandotte. At first she snapped at my hand then at the chick a couple times and the chick ran from her. The chick was just standing there peeping for a minute or so while she watched. Then she started clucking to him. He followed her clucking and when he got...

I really wish I knew what is going wrong. Honestly it’s not even about wanting more chickens it’s about wanting answers. The simple answer is let the hens do it for me they want to do it and they are far better at it than I am. I’m about to go way off topic but this is my thread and we’re all...

Still no additional pips or peeps. The incubator is still running but I’m not really hopeful of additional hatching. I’m not sure where things went wrong but clearly something went wrong. Anyway time for plan B. The one that did hatch has been moved to a brooder. He looks healthy and is eating...

I don’t know if it’s wishful thinking or possibly a pip that is out of my view but the humidity just shot up.

Nothing that I can see.

Still just one chick. I can’t see any new pips

I went outside to do some yard work. When I came back inside I heard loud chirps from across the room and thought that doesn’t sound like a muffled chirp inside an egg. Sure enough the top half of his body was clear out and he was trying to step out of the bottom half.

@UrbanHomesteadTX #11 is out. It’s hard to tell since he is so wet but I’m pretty sure it has a white head spot making it a boy

I’m not convinced that these eggs are actually late to hatch yet. They were set on April 9 at 2 pm. If you count the 9th as day zero my math says hatch day starts at 2 pm today. My current time as of this post is 10:50 am I still don’t see any pips from my viewing angle but I hear chirping. It...

I heard more chirping last night I don’t see any pips yet. I haven’t really been up long enough today to listen for any noise

I just got home from work. I don’t see any pips. I think I heard chirping but when I got closer to listen it stopped. I tried whistling and chirping but didn’t get a reply.