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I candled my eggs tonight( I didn't know when they would hatch they were rescued eggs) and one of them was striking against the air sac! It wasn't through yet but this is my first hatch so I was wondering when it would get into thr cell and then when to expect the external pip. Any ideas?

I have a light brahma bantam rooster and an aracona rooster. I have about twenty hens and pullets combined but on of my supposedly female buff Cochins looks like a male. I don't want to keep the bantam roo but what can I do with him? He is two years old and I don't want to eat him, I can't sell...

I have two light brahma hens and I was wondering if they are a breed that goes broody easily. Is there anything I can do to encourage them to go broody? They are a year old now. Also I have two roosters, one grew up with these two girls but neither rooster will mate with them but is not related...

I have two roosters in my mixed chicken coop, one is a two year old light brahma (sp check) bantam and the other is a year old ( I guess he is still a cockerel, aracona. The aracona is the one getting all the ladies while the bantam just gets to watch (ewwwww). I don't have any more bantams but...

Two months ago I ordered ten chicks from McMurry hatchery. All ten were girls but now at two months I'm wondering if one of my buff cochins is a male. It is a little bit bigger than the other one and is getting a redder comb and wabble thing. . . The thing under there beaks. Could it be a male?

I have 9 duck eggs in the bator, one looks like it died ( it came from a different nest) and the other 8 look healthy when I candled them. The problem is I don't know how old they are. They are mallard eggs and completly dark when I candled them except for the air sac. How do I know when to lock...

Last night I candled my seven day old chicken eggs. In one something was off and upon closer observation I descovered there was two independent babies! I researched and found out they both can hatch but it would be difficult. Is there anything I can do to boost there chances? Any help would be...