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Hi all, I am trying to decide the best treatment for my young rooster. He has two broken toenails, and one is quite swollen and he limps. He is already lowest on the pecking order and spends a lot of time hiding. Now the hens bully him relentlessly and he has already lost weight. I have la 200...

Thanks amylynn, that link was very informative. Humidity was a source of great confusion for me, everyone seems to say something different about it. I guess all I can do now is learn from my mistakes and do it differently next time. I think my thermometer/hygrometer was accurate, there was a...

Hi elemes! I also posted this under incubating/ hatching and got some good info on humidity and Temps. It looks like I had temp too low, and humidity too high, and some of the eggs I used were not fresh enough. So I did everything wrong. Initially, I was told humidity should be 50-60%, and once...

Thanks for replying! I wonder if my humidity started too high. It was around 60% until the end when I bumped it to 75. The temp has been 97-98 all along, pretty constant. Since that 2nd chick hatched late, nothing else has tried. Day 25 now and I'm about to give up. Even if they were late they...

#1 of 2 a day ago Are my eggs going to hatch?? I have 30 eggs incubating, it is now day 22. So far, one healthy chick has hatched, and 2 others pipped and then died. I also removed one rotten egg and one that didnt develop. Temp has been constant, maybe went up a degree yesterday, but came back...

Update: one more survivor hatched, and another pipped and died. Are they weak chicks? What causes this? Waiting for the rest of the eggs to pip....

Are my eggs going to hatch?? I have 30 eggs incubating, it is now day 22. So far, one healthy chick has hatched, and 2 others pipped and then died. I also removed one rotten egg and one that didnt develop. Temp has been constant, maybe went up a degree yesterday, but came back down overnight...

Hi, I have a hen pecking issue with one of my girls.. The 'head' hen was separated while setting on a nest, and when it became clear her eggs would not hatch, I put her back with the flock. Now she is at the very bottom and being bullied relentlessly. My chix free range all day, so the only time...

Hi! I am wondering how long to let my setting hen keep her eggs... She is at about day 25 now, and still no pipping. She did leave the nest once on Day 4, and got confused about where her nest was, so the eggs went cold. I was sure they wouldn't develop, but I left her setting just in case, and...