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We hatched two of our own eggs for the first time! (well, started with 8 but only 2 hatched). The mother was a black copper maran, and the Roo a Blue Maran. The two chicks came out total opposite. One all black, large comb (they were born in Oct), and 99% positive a big ol' roo. The...

I am so sad. Went outside this morning to do the usual "chicken chores" of feeding, watering, giving treats, checking each bird's weight and crops to make sure they are eating etc, and everyone was great. My Spitzhaubens (1 hen and 1 roo) are separate from the other chickens and they were...

First time hatchers here...and we got our first little hatched chick this afternoon! We made our own still air incubator out of a styrofoam cooler and have read all different things on what to do now with the chick. There are other eggs in the incubator, but fairly certain they aren't going to...

We have a mystery bird! As a chick, we were told it was a speckled sussex, but it looks more like a duck wing now. All along we thought it was a rooster, with its enormous comb, waddle, and spurs. Until.....it laid an egg! Have you ever seen anything like it? Anyone know why it looks like a...

Help! First time incubating here! We had two eggs start rolling and moving and also chirping, sometimes loudly, on day 18. It is the morning of day 20 and theres NOTHING. No noise, no movement, and still no pip. Yesterday morning, (so the morning of the 19 day) one of the eggs was chirping...