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I know this is an old thread, but does the .1ml count for added propylene glycol?

Can this even be possible? She has been in the nesting box all day sitting on an egg. I have never heard of a leghorn becoming broody. She even pecked me when I looked underneath her.

She past away last night. I did a necropsy on her this morning. I believe it was an impacted crawl that had soured. Thank you all for your help (serious sarcasm).

One of my chickens just dropped this. What could be the cause of this? She is acting lethargic. I have had a drop in egg production in my flock, so I know something is wrong. When hubby gets home with the wazine, we will be begin deworming. I also want to start Amprolium right after...

Why is it that it's recommended to throw eggs away?

I have a rooster that did this. http://www.answers.com/Q/Do_roosters_lay_eggs

We have lost 4 chicks in the last 48 hours. Nothing seems to be causing this. THey are healthy and active and then we check on them and one will be dead. What could the cause be?

I have a hypothosis. I think having chicks already hatched in the incubator helps the chicks still in the eggs break through quicker. It seems to stimulate them. When I leave my chicks in for the whole 24hrs before opening, it seems the next ones hatch quicker, but when I take them out, there...

at 24hrs, they are not active enough to touch the heating elements in my hova-bator. I am curious about the taped egg as well!

I would only open the incubator up every 24hrs. Any more and you'll run the risk of drying out the membranes on the pipping eggs, which will make it hard for them to break through. Chicks can go 2-3 days without anything to eat, but I would stick with the 24hr rule.

That is good to know! I keep liquid bandaid around. I will have to try that as it's better then just tossing the egg.

Thank you for the peace of mind! I did put one of the cockerels from the first batch in with the second batch right before they roosted. There was a bit of quibbles from a younger cockerel and him. The younger one is the one that was being mean, but they seemed to work it out pretty quickly...

Thank you for the input of putting a larger one in with the smallers. I think I will try that!! I am sure hoping it will be a fit, but am fully ready to do something different if not. I'll post the findings!

I incubated them from the current hens and rooster I have now. The parent hens and rooster have a bit of mix in them, and hence do the chicks. They look to have a lot of RIR and Golden Lace in them. They all seem to be pretty mellow. I wonder if I just sent them side by side in their cages...

I have no idea. I am just interested to see if taping is successful. I have heard that bacteria can form in the egg and cause problems. I have always just tossed the eggs that had even a hair line crack. I am watching to see what happens with your egg!