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My boyfirend's mom's guinea keets were attacked last night, and by the time we heard them and made it out there, one was missing, one was fine, and one was obviously injured. The right wing is missing from the first joint onward, all that is left is the first section of bone. There is no skin or...

I had to save my eggs from the hen two days ago because she was killing them as they hatched, and I have no incubator. Last night, I helped one hatch. This morning, three had pipped, but one was dead. I don't know at what point I should help the two remianing pipped chicks since the membrane is...

My broody hen killed three chicks as they hatched and we had to take the remaining eggs from her. Of the remaining seven eggs, one has hatched, one was a dud, three have pipped and two have not, though they were alive yesterday. I wasn't prepared for this and am trying to hatch them in a box...

I had to assist a chick in hatching in sub-par conditions (because the hen was killing chicks upon hatching) due to no incubator, low heat/humidity, the chick's lack of progress in hatching itself, and membrane drying. The chick is now 14 hours old and can't walk, can't even really stand. Its...

Our hen killed three chicks upon hatching, so we took the remaining six eggs away from her. One was cracked but I wasn't sure why, so I made a small hole in it to see. There was a chick. I did the float test with the other six and five are alive, one is a dud. We have no incubator and weren't...

Our hen killed three chicks upon hatching, so we took the remaining six eggs away from her. One was cracked but I wasn't sure why, so I made a small hole in it to see. There was a chick. I did the float test with the other six and five are alive, one is a dud. We have no incubator and weren't...

We had a black copper marans hen sitting on a clutch of ten eggs in her own chicken tractor apart from the flock. She was doing beautifully, though we had to take her out and feed her food and water every few days, though we kept food and water next to her. We knew the hatching would begin...