At last my eggs neared the hatching day, which is day 28 after incubation starts. I had the humidity up and the temperature down, and I was ready to take them off the Read more
Today I set up my brooder, and prepared the eggs to hatch. The brooder kit I got is quite ingenious. Two rolls of plastic can be unrolled and taped together to make the walls. ...
I candled my eggs again today, exactly sixteen days after I started the incubation process. The results were great. Of the twenty-two eggs I had recieve...
As my eggs have incubated over the past couple of weeks, a few questions have arisen. First, as I previously mentioned, the temperature spiked after I placed the eggs in the Read more
Today we are testing samples of a brand new thermostat that we hope to start sellin...
Have you ever checked on your chicken coop and wondered if a predator got in your coop because of all of the feathers scattered around? You check around for holes in your poultry wire and then count your chickens and joyfully find that they are all accounted for. So where d...
After my Incubator was stable and ready to go, I ordered eggs. I got a variety pack with 4 types. The Khaki Campbell Duck, a extremely efficient egg laying breed, with as many as 320 eggs a year, the Indian Runner Duck, a very unusual duck that can not fly but runs or walks...
As I waited for the eggs to arrive, another question dawned on me. ‘How long do I need to keep them in the brooder after they hatch?’ The answer is not a matter of overall time, but temperature. You start with the temperature near the temperature of the incubator (99.5 Degr...
As the fall and winter months begin to set in most people notice that their chickens don’t produce as many eggs as they do in the summer months. While there are many different possible causes, we will focus on only a couple important factors that h...