hatching chicks

Hello! Just joined and I am so thrilled!!! Anyways, I have 18 chickens, (three being roosters) And we have one batch of 8 that is around 7 or 8 months and then we have a 5 month batch of ten. I have a incubator coming and have researched like crazy about it and so I now know all the details (...

Hello everyone! I am in the process of rebuilding my flock after suffering several losses earlier this year. I recently acquired a Cuckoo Marans cockerel who should be sexually mature in the next few weeks. I also have a barnevelder hen who hatched a clutch last year and has already attempted...

I live in So.California and have been raising chickens in a rural city for the past two years.I started buying day old chicks from our local feed store. I currently have 17 hens an 3 roosters of various breeds and truly enjoy them and their different egg colors, learning from them through daily...

my hen hatched her fist egg on Tuesday night. The eggs hit 21 days on Wednesday. This morning (Thursday) still no other chicks. All eggs were started at the same time. I didn't candle at all during this hatch. Should I candle now? I've seen lots of different opinions on how long to wait before...

How do I candle eggs properly? I found a chick inside an egg this morning and I don't want anymore accidents. Two eggs it looked like there was something inside and my brother just smashed one of them and it was just gone bad but I'm not sure about the other one.

Hello BYC! I'm very new to chickens, especially Seramas. I never realized that I had a rooster until my boyfriend pointed out that the hens were broody! (My rooster has a weird breathing problem... so his crow is very very soft) So, long story short, how long is the incubation period? One...

Post your photo of your favorite Chick here. New pic, old pic. The chick that tickled your fancy! Description not necessary but bet you like to brag if you have a favorite chick! Keep on Hatching!

I have done 4 hatches so far in my incubator, and this problem occurs in all hatches, to about 25-50% of the hatch. It has occurred with chicks from several breeds, and also to a Chinese painted quail chick, so I know it isn't a genetic issue. The incubator is a little giant still air...

Ok, so this is my first time incubating and I bought a dozen eggs from a local chicken farmer. Over the course of the incubation we have had to throw out 6 of them, and the ones left should be hatching any day now. One of them had this chunky looking yellow/brown stuff on the outside, but there...

So, its about day 13 with the eggs under my broodies. I assume I am supposed to candle them soon, but honestly, I have no idea what day I'm supposed to do that and what to look for. Can anyone help?

So my last chick in a completely unexpected clutch is finally about to hatch, and this happens: This is the third egg this hen has crushed by accident, the other two chicks were killed and I frankly do not trust her with this one. About half the shell is gone, along with part of the outer...