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It could be possible that she is broody. But she is switching which nest she sits on. She comes out when I go out to feed and then goes back. She doesn't get aggressive with me when I touch her, trying to peck at me etc. the wound is quite serious (but healing) from what I can see and the other...

One of our hens is injured. It appears it was probably by rooster spur. She is staying on the nest away from the flock. She will come out to eat but goes back. Is this ok? I have clean her wound with antiseptic and blue blue wound spray. I hope this was the right course of action. Any and all...

We had one of our hens go broody and decided to let her go. It's been a game of wait and see. These are our first chickens and have only had them for about a year. Yesterday I noticed we had a new chick, today there are 3. She has a couple more unhatched so I am still watching close. I was...

If I were a betting person I would say these are hens. I can usually tell once they are older. But as chicks I am clueless. My granddad was the best at guessing. He had a sixth sense I think lol

Thanks so much! That would be great.

All but one of our chickens are sex link/Americauna mix I believe. They were given to us by a friend of my husband who was getting out of raising and keeping chickens. We have purchased one Rhode Island Red hen. So I guess I will be sticking with the waiting game. I have a single hatch chick...

Is it possible to sex the chicks by visual clues? How do you all do it? Right now I seem to be using the wait and see method.

I'm starting to think I am going to be a meddler. I try really hard to leave them alone but I check them so much. I never have it open long enough to change temp or humidity. With the incubator I have the window get almost impossible to see thru once I raise the humidity. So I will open to peak.

Th Thanks so much

Ok... I checked the egg. No movement. No chirping. So I think this little guy didn't make it. Two hatched on day 19 (yesterday). One this morning/lastnight. So they are a bit "early". I am going to keep my eye on the rest for another few days.

So far no new pips only a couple of eggs that were rocking. (I had a few questionable ones when I candles so I chose to leave them set. They will be wait and see). The membrane of the half zipped egg looks a little dry so I will wet it. See if touching the egg maybe shows movement. **I am also...

This is my second attempt at incubating/hatching. Our last hatch only yielded one bitty so I think I am nervous. So far this hatch is going very well. Three bittys have hatched so far and we have a few eggs rocking so I know it won't be long. My question is concerning one of the eggs that...

We had an early hatcher today. Put them on lockdown just last night. Guess this one was eager to meet the world. (6/6)

Thanks! There is still not sign of hatching so I am pretty sure the rest gave up. I'm sad that we only had the one to hatch. I will do the float test today (day 23) but I'm almost positive they won't hatch. I don't know what could have gone wrong with them. I candled on lockdown day and they all...

I still have the single hatch. The other eggs are still and silent. I am a bit worried to be honest. Letting the little guy stay in the incubator until tomorrow he seems very lively and has even left a little gift for me to clean up later. I don't know what the float test is. Is there a thread...

Chick finally pushed out. It is moving around very well. The membrane did seem kind of dry and I had to reach in a pull a piece that stayed stuck to its back. I have the humidity at 70% and have made sure to maintained that since Monday when I locked them down. Do you think this was a fluke or...

I have been keeping an eye on this same chick for about 3 hours now. The egg is mostly, if not all the way unzipped but the membrane seems to be holding together extremely well. *note-egg shell falling away from the membrane*. The chick seems to be energetic and vocal. However, I have read that...

I am currently waiting as well. This is my first time incubating. Had a tragedy yesterday with one of our chicks but this morning I have one hatching and it sounds so healthy chirping and doing its thing . It isn't fully out of the shell yet so I keep watching. I have a feeling this will be my...

Thanks for the quick replies. I did take it out to check and the chick had died.

I apologize..... I think I did the thread thing wrong. I am a newbie here.