Chicken Mad

02/09/2026

Wow thanks girl! I’ll try to not eat this Egg Grape all at once 😝

We’ve updated our egg availability on our website for the dozens that have shorter turnaround times! The Best Rainbow and Sea Spray dozens have caught up, the Heritage dozen is ready to go. Marans, Araucana, Polish and Welsummers are still make us wait 🕰️🥱

https://chickenmad.com.au/collections/fertile-eggs

01/09/2026

30/36 Olives and Cream Legbars all the way down there in the Southern part of WA - yes we’ll take that! 💪

Well done Kelly on using your Brinsea to catch a monster bounty of little fluff balls 😍

30/08/2026

💓Love💓getting happy feedback - we often forget to post all our happy messages but we are absolutely chuffed every time we can make someone’s chick dreams come true!

Here is a heritage dozen that travelled a very long way - yes we had to look up just how far it went 😱🩷

15/08/2026

Happy Sunday everyone! 🎉

We just can’t wait for spring to hit and the girls to be in full production! That said, whoever has been on the job has been displaying exemplary fertility and postal viability this cold August!

The Dark and Blue Dark Brahmas are really hitting their straps and ready to post, and the white Brahmas have started chiming in nicely. The Partridge Brahmas are still a little slow but will get there soon! There is some limited availability of our Yeah Brah! Dozens.

The Polish are still taking their time - but little guys as a rule like a little more warmth - plus don’t forget we’re yet to hit the magic 13h of daylight.

As always, we only dispatch from breeds and pens we’re happy with as someone is a little pedantic (🙋🏼‍♀️)

14/08/2026

So let’s talk some incubator troubleshooting! The eggs have travelled well and are all developing but there are some early quitters 😫 (5-6 of 24 NOT 12)

So what is most likely going on? 🧐

It is within normal parameters to have roughly a single quitter per dozen - life is hard for posted eggs - and *stuff* happens DNA isn’t always perfect. What could cause 4-5 per 24 eggs?

In our experience, the most likely culprit is an *overheating incubator*. Yes, just like a politician, it’s saying all the right stuff on the dial - but incubators (and politicians 🤭) are rather prone to telling a fib! Unless it’s Brinsea®️ or Rcom or another top notch machine and has been recently calibrated, chances are it could be fluctuating or outright lying. It may have hot and cold spots, random overheating events, and so on.

We recommend always having a backup thermometer to keep the little B honest!

Another cause could be jumbling in transit - candling will normally show extremely saddled airsacs - but less likely a factor with 100% development seen in this case.

14/08/2026

Will reshare this again - since FB is so tight on pinned post numbers 😝

❤️Incubation PSA!❤️

My fellow incubation addicts - if you’re having incubation problems please try to DRY INCUBATE 🙏🏻

It is my suggestion for all my eggs (and most others too). Disregard the online manuals - they’re wrong. If using a high quality incubator, you can add water and set the humidity to 30%. If using a budget incubator, do not add water as it’ll create humidity fluctuations and hygrometers are often simply wrong. That 50% you think you need, can easily turn out to be 70% you really don’t!

This may be different if you live in an extremely dry area with very low ambient humidity - but overall this method suits anywhere with moderate humidity.

Do not add water for lockdown - the pips will create natural humidity. The only thing needed for successful incubation (besides quality eggs) is the right temperature - I recommend 37.8 (up to 38.1 for Marans) and 180 degree turning 3-5 times a day. Drop the temperature to 37.5C for the last 3 days.

I feel very passionate about this method, as many of you are aware, so I thought I’d pop it up as I get a lot of questions about it. Please don’t hesitate to ask questions if needed ❤️

Don’t forget to look through our Candling Masterclass: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1C8pV2tkX1/?mibextid=wwXIfr

14/08/2026

🥵🥵🥵 We were under some serious pressure to perform - and didn’t even know it! So glad that between the Pretty in Pastel Rainbow girls, the packaging, Aus Post handling and the client incubation everyone did their bit to create a little birthday miracle 🩷

Emails like this make it all worth while 💗

07/08/2026

Loving this photo from a client - stunning snowstorm olive 🫒😍 check out the intricate detailing this girl puts into her art 🙌🏻

07/08/2026

Happy weekend everyone 🩷