The Broody Bunch Michael King 17:23 Add Comment broody, Chicks, Hatching, Hatching Eggs Edit Here's the story, Of a lovely lady, Who was sitting on 2 very lovely eggs. both of them were Swedish Flower, Like their mother, Though t... Read More
The Dry Incubation Method for Hatching Difficult-to-Hatch Breeds Michael King 18:55 Add Comment Hatching, Hatching Eggs, Incubating, Incubators Edit ~ By Karen I hatch a LOT of eggs – generally more than a thousand annually. Over the years I have had a great deal of luck with the Dry Inc... Read More
Shrink Wrapped or Sticky Chicks? Why Chicks Have Difficulty Hatching Michael King 17:46 Add Comment Chicks, Chrissy in CA, Hatching, Hatching Eggs, Incubating, Incubators Edit By Chrissy in CA Hatching eggs isn’t always as easy as setting eggs in an incubator, waiting 21 days, and waking up to chicks on the twenty... Read More
Update on the Cracked Egg Michael King 08:03 Add Comment Chicks, eggs, Hatching, Hatching Eggs Edit If you have not already read the story of how one of my fertile and developing eggs was cracked, you can read it HERE . I should mention tha... Read More
The Story of a Dropped Egg - A Not-So Crushing Experience Michael King 13:00 Add Comment eggs, Hatching Eggs Edit I had 3 Swedish Flower Hen eggs in the incubator and all were developing nicely at day 6 when another of my girls went broody. Once I was s... Read More
Broody Hens - A video Michael King 10:37 Add Comment broody, Hatching Eggs Edit A video I took today of the behavior of two broody hens. ( No hands were harmed in the making of this video. ) Read More
Tiny Heartbeat - Chicken Embryo at 48 Hours Incubation Michael King 07:37 Add Comment anatomy, Chicks, Hatching Eggs, Justine Edit By Justine - At 48 hours into incubation, I candled my eggs to see if I could see veining for the first time... just out of curiosity, as ... Read More
How To Pack Fertile Hatching Eggs to Ship or Mail Michael King 18:25 Add Comment Hatching Eggs, Leigh, Shipping Edit By Leigh - It's mid- M arch , and you know what that means... it's time to hatch eggs! If, like me, you keep pure breeds and sell th... Read More