hatching chicks

  1. S

    HELP!! Emergency! Hatching chicks

    I’m have several chicks that have already hatch but one that just hatch has blood coming from it umbilical cord and the dried chicks are pecking at it!! How do I remove the dried chicks without losing a ton of humidity. I have one left that’s still pipping.
  2. Little Tala Bug

    Broody hen rejected early chick

    Hi all! I posted a few days ago about my hen, Henrietta, going missing for a couple weeks, only to be found with a clutch of eggs. They are meant to hatch tomorrow, but one hatched this morning. It has a very small amount of unbroken yellow yolk sack protruding from its backside but...
  3. R

    How to keep my incubator at the right temperature?

    Hello! I am new to this site but I have seen many people’s questions get answered so I figured I’d give it a shot. This is my second time hatching eggs in this incubator (Little Giants Incubator) and the temperature DOES NOT stay at the correct temperature. If the set temperature is at 99.5 the...
  4. LyddieB

    Letting broody hen hatch her eggs

    This will be our first time letting one of our broody hens hatch out her eggs, so I have a few questions if anyone can help answer. Do we separate the hen from the flock when her eggs hatch? How long does she stay/help raise (with) the chicks? How long before she is laying eggs again? Thank all...
  5. Ankaa

    Need help understanding Charlotte, NC chicken laws

    I am new - hoping to hatch and sell chicks for the first time over the summer, but do not understand the incredibly strict yet vague guidelines for Charlotte, NC when it comes to poultry. Do I still need some kind of permit if the chicks I’m planning to keep and then sell won’t be more than 3...
  6. M

    Big Chongus: the biggest green egg I've ever seen has hatched

    A few weeks ago, the kind woman I bought my incubator from offered me 12 free eggs to start my hatching journey. Peering into the basket, I saw many shades of green and dark brown eggs. One by one I sorted through which eggs I wanted until my hand paused on the largest green egg that I have ever...
  7. lavendermarie

    How to go about lockdown in an incubator where you add water to the inside?

    Hey there! I have to lock down my incubator soon and I wanted to know how to go about lockdown. My incubator has a little slot on the inside where you put a sponge for the humidity. This means you have to open the lid to insert it. How do I go about this during lockdown? Do I just quickly open...
  8. lavendermarie

    Tiny broody chicken

    Saturn, my golden laced sebright bantam x light brahma bantam cross has gone broody just last night. As you can imagine, she’s a tiny thing. And I didnt get a chance to look that well as I didn’t want to disturb her, but I think she’s sitting on about six eggs? Possibly a couple bantams, a few...
  9. lavendermarie

    Incubator recommendations?

    I’m looking for a new incubator! My budget is about $100, more or less. I’d like it to be automatically turning and preferably I’d like to be able to see the chicks while they’re hatching. All the reviews I’m reading on amazon are so terrible for all the incubators I look at. So I wanted to hear...
  10. Cloverr39

    Turning eggs during lockdown

    I have 19/25 eggs going into lockdown today and the other 6 still have a week to go. For now I just open the incubator real quick and turn them 4 times a day. I have alarms set on my phone every 3,5h. My question is when the eggs start piping is it still safe to turn my 6 eggs or are the...
  11. S

    Why do my broody hens keep swapping between several nests ? Consequently poorly incubating and hatching no chicks…

    My hens keep going broody and beginning to sit on fertile eggs in our egg boxes within our coop, as desired. But they continue to swap to other nest boxes at random points within the incubation process, and abandoning live eggs. Sometimes they even swap back again, furthermore abandoning their...
  12. B

    Broody Rhode Island Red with mean sisters!!

    One of my RIR's has FINALLY become broody - she's been sitting on the nest for about a week now. I was ecstatic when I realized what was happening, because they have been great egg layers, but this is the first time any of my hens have been broody!! The problem is, her sisters keep trying to run...
  13. Signs  you have a broody hen

    Signs you have a broody hen

    Do I have a broody hen? I remember getting extremely excited every time my hen Dora slept in her nest. I thought she was a broody. But no. The next morning there was a gigantic pile of poop that needed cleaning up. So how do you know if your hen is broody? You find your hen sleeping in her...
  14. J

    Two broody hens sharing one nesting box on 15 eggs

    Three of my hens went broody at once. Two have decided to share a nesting box. (Nesting boxes are raised so not on the ground.) The chicks should be hatching any day. My concern is whether or not they are all going to be overcrowded (potentially suffocating and trampling on chicks) as that will...
  15. T

    What rooster breed should l get for hatching eggs?

    Hi guys, so l have 2 hens and l had one rooster but it died. So my question is that what breed of rooster should l get for my hens depending on my hens' breed? So here are the details of my hens: White Hen = Cochin or Brahma or a cross of the two. Brown Hen = Cochin or cross of Brahma and...
  16. Littlefrenchyinbigtexas

    A bit of warmth and sweetness for Valentines’ day

  17. PioneerChicks

    Cluck N Crow Farm

    Sorry about the doubles on the poll! Hi there! I'm an Idahoan living on just less than an acre who has been raising chickens since 2013, I think. I can't really remember. I keep (just under too many) chickens, a pair of Birmingham Roller pigeons, bees (well, they swarmed, but I'll be getting...
  18. CHlCKEN

    I’ve never hatched before! Help!

    In my years of keeping chickens I’ve never hatched eggs. i have always added to my flock buy purchasing day old chicks, but honestly it isn’t the same as watching them hatch right in front of you. I’m considering maybe hatching this year or next spring. I’m very interested in the Cream Legbar...
  19. Roxane Bay

    Hello from Ompah Ontaro - Roxane Bay

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens and I hatched 4 chicks for my daughter who does raise chickens. Incubation started July 4, 2020 and hatched one July 26, 2020 and 3 July 27, 2020 (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 4 Chicks...
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