one of the incubators being used
using modern and top incubators mean we can be sure we hatch good strong birds, the incubators we use are brinsea and r com witch are some of the best incubators on the market.
a small hatch from an hold laced wyandotte run
as you can see feeding top quality means that our chicks are big healthy strong birds, that hatch well and we have a large percentage for are chicks live long lives. one of the most inportant things we find when hatching is not opening the hatcher, while hatching is taking place as this allows all the heat and humidity out, witch can stop or cause chicks difficulties when hatching
here you can see the first sigh on a chick starting to appear as they first break a hole inside the shell hatching is one of the most personally interesting things in poultry keeping, when the chick is ready to hatch day 18-21 they will pierce the membrane inside the egg and take there first breath of air from the air sac within the shell before using there" egg tooth" to chip though the shell the whole way around the egg before pushing and breaking out of the egg shell! it is truly amazing to watch
let mum do the work
we love to let are own birds hatch the own if they want to, in this picture you can see a call duck haply raising her young in the joy of the sun shine.