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I need advice, this is my first time incubating guinea eggs, today is day 8 and knowing that they've still got about 20 days to go, what is it that I should be looking for? I know with chicks, at day 7 I can tell something is happening, I see some darker spots when I candle the eggs, but I don't...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? In my knowledge level, I consider myself to be a newbie, got my first chickens about 4.5 years ago. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 53 ? (3) What breeds do you have? Red Sexlinks, Black Sexlinks and barnyard.. (4)...

There is blood in the shell, like maybe he pipped into a vein, still has a strong chirp, do I try and assist?

have you ever tried the scotch tape over a hole in a egg that you were incubating? how did it turn out? I opened the lid to my incubator the other night to candle, I discovered a hole in the pointed end of a egg, the embryo was still viable at that time, They are not very far along in their...

I'm sure there is a post here that asks this question, but I can't seem to find it, I've recently hatched some eggs, out of the 6 chicks that I kept for myself, I've lost three, I noticed them kind of panting/gasping on day two, I had them drinking with ACV in their water, just a tiny bit in a...

Do chicks out grow pasty butt? or is there something else besides washing their little butts that I need to do ? my chicks are from Tractor Supply, I've been washing bums since the first night, I've done it 2x more, todays wasn't any where near as bad as it was the first time. Everyone is back...

Can being taken away from the rest of the brood send a chick in to a downward spiral ? Gave a chick to a friend and she told me that it was fine one moment and then was barely chirping the next.. any idea what it might be? she wasn't sure if it would live through the night.

I've got a chick that I am caring for, for a friend, he/she was attacked by flock due to being put straight in with them from the brooder. I went in this morning to check on everyone, I have some chicks that were hatched about three days ago, they are in separate pens. The patient started...

I need help on how to treat, I just went and got one of the chicks I'd hatched for a friend, she'd put her and her hatch mates straight in from the brooder/grow out pen in with the rest of the flock, came out a half of a hour later she found her bleeding missing her tail feathers. I've got her...

Can someone tell me what's causing this? I've been seeing the chickens pecking each other.

Has anyone tried using motion sensor lights as a deterrent for night time predators? our main issue is coyotes, so far knock on wood, I've not had a issue, current coop is close to the house and there are flashing Christmas lights on our dogs "run" that I turn on when I hear them close at night...

coop and run now, I am sorry if this didn't make any sense when I posted, A: I still don't know for sure how to post pictures, especially in a new thread, B: I can't get my phone to talk to my laptop to be able to post that way. What this is, is to show the new coop size, the run etc.. the new...

I'm still trying to figure out how to post pictures, my chicks are now between 2 to 3 days old, my first hatch, 6 eggs hatched out of 6 eggs incubated, this is my first time hatch. I'd thought that they weren't eating till this evening, I went in to check on them and the feeder I'd filled...

:celebrate:celebrate Good Morning, today finds me sitting at day 21, the chicks have been on lock down since the 18th, I am not sure exactly what a hatch rate means, but if it's how many chicks come out of their shells and say hello to the world, right now I guess I am sitting at about a 60 to...

Hi, I'm doing my first incubation and I am worried that I will not get a hatch, my humidity level has bottomed out at 10 and spiked at 70, day 18 will be Sunday (11/18/2018) I've candled once already, 3 out of 6 look like they have something going on, the others I am not sure about.. I have the...

I'm in Golden Valley AZ, have been wondering what to do with the heat that is coming and the girls. Any tips on keeping them cool? The run is facing west so I'll have shade cloth on at least 2 sides and the top. Also how many windows you have in your coop? I am thinking at least two.