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Have 43 eggs & today is day 17. But there are 10-15 eggs that have been advanced from the moment they were placed into incubation. They traveled from Tennessee to Florida, in the heat. I am unable to get a good photo to show what I am talking about so hopefully this explanation will do it...

Anyone else out there on or about my date of setting eggs? I have 73 BO's already set & warming nicely. Did the first candling tonight. A few are a little iffy on fertilization but I will check back tomorrow or the next day. Seen only 3 with veins. The rest have that beautiful burnt orange...

Eggs shipped 8/2 from MyPetChicken to Florida. (Buff Orph) Received on 8/4. Placed under Broody on 8/5. Placed in incubator on 8/7. (She sat on all the eggs - fertilized & un-fertile. Set her up in her own home, she flew the coop & left the eggs. That's when I said enough was enough.) Now...

My broody BR, "Big Mama", kept sitting on ALL of the unfertilized eggs in ALL of the nesters. Fine. I'll hook ya up. Created a seperate section for her, in a beautiful, secluded wooden chicken coop with lots of room to run inside chicken wire and I ordered 8 BO eggs. Then we made the big...

WTB ... NON-Bantam ... Light Brahma hatching eggs. I'm in Florida. PM if you can help.

Light Brahma's ... the late bloomers ... but I'm hoping someone can offer a good guess on possible sex with these 6 week olds. Both are the same age but "Sips" towers over "Axle". I'm PRAYING someone says roo. I'm thinking both are pullets. More photographs await if needed. Here's to...

http://www.chickensforbackyards.com Wondering if anyone has any experience or knowledge of this company? A search proved nothing here on BYC.

Today I buried "Leghorn". A sweet, gentle, dark brahma hen. She stopped eating 3 days ago but was drinking lots of fluid while lathargic. Not egg bound, no respitory issues so I checked on the boards last night. Possible worms based on the poop indentifier page. I was too late. But I...

Silly as this may be, a friend of mine grew up with a mom that butchered her own chickens. To this very day, 30 years later, she still talks of the "smell". Said "she knew" when her mom was cooking up a raised chicken, there was a certain "stinky" smell that let her know it was from their...

Found 2 week old laying on back, bent over food container, upside down. The other chicks were running all over him. That was 6 hours ago. He came from a farm at 3 days old. Why is he dying?? "Mork" died the same way. He TRIES to open his eyes but can't. He TRIES to get a good breath...

Today is lock down for my 2nd batch of eggs. As many know, my first try was BAD !! Even Mork died 11 days after birth. This batch started at 49 & I have 28 very strong eggs thriving. I'd like to see them all hatch. SO .... if I put them in at 8pm, when I go into lock down today, should it...

Today is lock down for my 2nd batch of eggs. As many know, my first try was BAD !! Even Mork died 11 days after birth. This batch started at 49 & I have 28 very strong eggs thriving. I'd like to see them all hatch. SO .... if I put them in at 8pm, when I go into lock down today, should it...

My new chick "Mork" has a rapid heart beat. Not really sure about his breathing but that little heart of his is beating a mile a minute. He seems tired but eats & drinks. The other thing is his lower abdomen. He had putty booty so I cleaned him up. Now his belly is a bit swollen & he has...

I've read it. Do not put large eggs into a bator because the chick can be larger then the size of his shell. Did I listen? No! But in my defense ... .... My Dixie Rainbows lay only extra large eggs. There's no in between with them. It's extra large or not at all. With them being a dual...

Went to a farm & the farmer handed my husband a blue green egg to eat. I put it in the bator instead but husband has no clue what name the farmer used. Can anyone name some breeds? I know it was not an EE as he had mentioned earlier that he wishes he would have kept his.

I pulled him out of the bator today ... day 25. There was life yesterday. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/48421_0816101227.jpg https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/48421_0816101230.jpg

My ordinance reads: (1) "LIVESTOCK. Chicken farms & commercial livestock breeding or raising are not permitted. Domestic animals shall be permitted provided that same do not become a nuisance or annoyance to the owners of the other lots." (2) "Residential purposes shall include use of the...

I feel like I'm posting comments every where on BYC ... hoping to get an easy answer that there's still a chance with my 3 Barred Rocks (shipped) & 1 Mystery egg (mine). I REALLY need some hand holding because I'm losing hope. It's now day 22. There's no way I'm pulling them out just yet...

My BO girl "Hockey" (6 months, still not laying) began to puff up her feathers. (She has a respiratory infection & is on medication. Also gave her some vitamins today.) She turned her butt in my direction & I hollered "What is that coming from her?" My husband thought a tap worm. This huge...

What is happening to the chicks during the "3 day" lock down? Do they sometimes hatch earlier then 3 days and be all healthy? Are they beginning to move around inside the shell? This is the one thing I have not read up on & I keep staring at them ... waiting ...