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9 of the remaining chicks hatched on 10/18. All the babies are healthy and happy! Two were duds and were smelly by the time the other eggs hatched.

Will do! Thanks.

Thank you! Was hoping to hear this! Had one bantam hatch two eggs and another hatch one a few months ago. It was our first time letting our girls hatch eggs when they went broody-so much fun! I think we might have gotten carried away when our big cochin went broody this time. Will give my bigger...

I have a broody hen sitting on a dozen fertile eggs. Yesterday, when we were checking on the eggs, which we do periodically, (because sometimes other hens will lay next to her and she winds up with extra eggs) we found one of them broken, it was fertile and developing when it broke, not rotten...

I know this is a very old post but I just wanted to share my experience. We moved onto a big piece of property and a few days later discovered a feral cat living under the house. It was winter and we took pity on her and fed her and gave her a heated waterer. She never warmed up to us, hissed...

We found one of our 5 day old chicks injured in her brooder a few weeks ago. She wouldn't put any weight on her right leg and all we could see as far as injury was a swollen joint. She wouldn't walk at all and we didn't have much hope for her. I did some research on treating baby chicks for...

It looks like a slipped tendon or a disease called perosis. I can't be too sure because I have no personal experience with it. But researched it a lot when one of my own chicks was injured. People do have some success with treating it early. There is probably more info around here on the forums...