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Hello! My black australorp Phyllis went broody. I thought one of my family members checked the eggs but turns out they didn't take all of them, so....... Turns out 2-3 eggs have babies in them. I can't just let the embryos die. That would be awful! So, I'm gonna clean out my incubator from my...

Hello! I have baby chicks in the incubator currently and I am just waiting to get a brooder for them so that they can go in there soon. I've been seeing a lot of weird fuzz in my incubator. It's the length of chick down and I am expecting that that is what it is. But why would baby chicks lose...

Hello!:frow It is day 20 of incubation and 7 chicks have hatched today so far, and it looks like 2 are on their way!!! But, there are still some that need to hatch. I incubated eggs at different times, four were added on the day after I set the eggs. Eggs #21 and #22 (the only surviving out of...

Hi! So far 6 or 7 eggs have quit out of 24. I'm on lockdown. But what I find very weird is that most of them that quit were from one of my hens, a sapphire gem named Gert. She is 2 yrs old and is very healthy. Never had any illnesses or anything except for frostbite. The roosters are very...

Hi! I have eggs in the incubator that are going to hatch next Friday! I've been preparing for their "arrival" into this world, I got some tweezers from Dollar Tree just in case I need to assist a chick in hatching. I also got this little multi-reservoir dinner plate (don't know what else to call...

Hello! I've always wanted to get bantams. Specifically cochin bantams. I've read many good things about bantams, that they are nice, like to cuddle, and other good things. However- I've never had bantams before. I've only ever had standard-sized. I don't have any experience with bantams. So I've...

Hello, the other day when I candled (2 days ago,) I ran across one egg that looked very odd to me. I saw a dark blob which is the embryo of course, but the embryo was not moving at all. It had no blood ring which led me to think that it died recently. What puzzled me the most was that there were...

Hi all! Disclaimer: This is not an advertisement😆 I just really like this brand of feed. It has really worked for me and my chickens love it. I've seen a lot of threads and posts saying that their hens are laying hardly any eggs. I want to share with you what chicken feed I get MY chickens...

Hi all, well today is finally day 12. I candled yesterday and all was looking well 😊 I was wondering if I was supposed to pump up the temp after day 12 like it says here? (screenshot) Or do you just let it be? And also, what does day of transfer mean? Thanks so much!:)

Hello! Well yesterday was day 7 for the eggs. I candled them, and surprisingly only three out of 24 eggs were either yolkers or quitters. I decided to dissect them to see what happened. But I'm still puzzled. Can you please tell me what probably happened? I already know what happened to the...

Let me explain..... I was going to turn eggs by hand (that is the big ones that couldn't be turned) and that stupid finicky cord attached to the incubator is so loose that it came out, and apparently the incubator is programmed to automatically turn the eggs when it's plugged in, so it turned...

In my former thread that was asking what temp and humidity works for you I totally forgot to mention that I was doing a dry hatch☹️ So my question is, what temp do you use for dry hatching? I am currently doing around 100.5, but is that the proper temp for dry hatching? Also, is it okay that my...

:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot Sweets-themed hatch-along is FINALLY here!!!!! I am setting 24 eggs chicken eggs (they will be "mutts"), 7, 11, 13, 8, and 9 and are already claimed by my family, but all the rest you guys can name! There are several people who...

Hi guys, yesterday I put my eggs in the incubator, and I also put my hygrometer in just in case the incubator was reading it wrong, but the temp keeps on fluctuating. The lowest it's been is 97 degrees, and the highest was like 100 maybe. Most people put hygrometers in their incubator to see if...

Sorry, I have another question, I feel like I'm bombarding everyone with questions 😬 After I post a thread asking something I feel like I have more questions, so that's why I keep on coming back with more. Okay...I heard that you have to sanitize the incubator to prevent bacteria from the...

Hey all!:frow I couldn't find any sapphire gem threads, so I decided to make one! The sapphire gem, aka the blue sapphire or the sapphire blue, are a hybrid consisting of a blue plymouth rock and a barred rock that originated in the Czech Republic. Sapphire gems have definitely gained in...

Hello, I have a few questions regarding dry incubation.... I'm curious about what temperature works for you for dry incubation. Also, do you put the hygrometer inside the incubator or outside on the counter to measure the ambient humidity? On this thread, people say that for dry incubation...

Okay. So here's my plans, please tell me if they won't/will work. I am getting 2 chicks very soon at my local hatchery, one maran and a silver laced wyandotte. Well, I also want 2 cochin bantam chicks (they are my dream chicken.) I have a big coop and a small coop. The big coop is 23 ft long...

I've always wondered what mix my olive egger rooster, Benny, is. He has some very cute traits such as a little "mohawk" right behind his comb, which has me thinking, since cream legbars have crests could he be part cream legbar? I have no clue for sure, but maybe you guys could tell me? Just in...

Hi guys:frow, well I'm back with another question. So all of my eggs are the same exact shade of brown, which is a light tan. Apparently there are 10 possibilities of who laid them. I don't want to accidentally incubate some of my new chickens' eggs because their father could have mated with...