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This chick Draco, is 3 weeks and a couple days old now. His crest has developed faster than their sibling which has near no crest and who is 4 weeks or so. Lately I also noticed he has a pair of leg bumps on his legs. Not sure what breed they are, all I know is the rooster was white and the...

Would say it depends. She can only sit on the eggs for so long before her chick needs food and water. Chicks can survive up to 3 days without food after hatching due to the yolk it absorbed in the egg. Putting a newly born chick with a batch of week olds is a bit risky. Could easily get bullied...

Hi hello, I am a newbie on chicken hatching and brooding but just thought hop on the bandwagon. Though do take my advice with a pinch of salt. I would say leave the eggs and chicks with the mother hen and avoid handling on days 19 and onwards if possible. The reason for this is the more...

Good to know ! Seems like I stressed for no reason regarding the turning of my eggs while they were in storage 😅. I was doing an experiment with the local egg lady's eggs since I realized one of her eggs I cracked were fertile. Was a bit worried that it wouldn't work since they were in a...

This makes sense ! I didn't know you could store eggs in the fridge and still have them hatch ! This was very helpful.

Oh okay ! Thanks ! I was a bit lost as to how much storage conditions really mattered because I heard you had to tilt them every now and then while in storage. Thanks again ! The article was quite helpful.

Hello all, I am honestly a bit stumped. I am wondering why the eggs in my incubator are developing when they have been stored incorrectly ? They have been stored pointy side up in an egg carton for who knows how many days long and not rotated at all ! I have seen a handful of videos and...

Thank you ! I was worried that my current batch would end up bad but they seem fine. I think I was careful enough with the eggs, though I did have to travel through a flight of stairs. I might've put them in too early without allowing them to come to room temperature. Least I'll know for my next...

For some context, our bantam was broody last month and now has 3 lively chicks. She had a clutch of around 11 because of inconsistent checking and due to other chickens sitting on her to lay their eggs. (There are other nest boxes !) 4 were closer to lockdown and the other 4 less than 7 days old...

Oh, good to know ! I wasn't aware that the water test could hurt as long as the water wasn't cold. Will definitely keep this in mind for next time. The mirror idea sounds great ! Thank you !

Hello ! First post on this website, I am hoping that some people have some words of advice for my situation. Note : Am new to incubating and raising chicks overall. So as of near a month ago, one of the bantams of the coop went broody. She had a clutch of about 4ish eggs but the numbers kept...