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I have a hen that got broody and I let her keep 3 eggs for the last few weeks and this weekend one of them hatched. The box is no place for the chick to stay long, and to make matters worse a 2nd hen also started setting on eggs in the same box a week ago, so it's getting crowded in there. I...

I have 8 chickens that free range my property and am missing a hen. She is a Bantam Silky, about 4 months old. I am not sure when I saw her last, she cold have been missing for a day or two. Is it likely that she has nested somewhere? I would think she's too young, but I have a Bantam Silky...

One of my hens has decided to set on her (and others) eggs and is in a bad spot. She's up on a ledge in the coop and the only thing I worry about is how she will manage the chicks when they hatch. How can I move her and the eggs without disrupting the hatch? Thanks for any suggestions!

I have a hatch in process and so far 12 have left the 'bater for the brooder and we're starting to get a good look at them. I would swear that a couple look like roosters already because they seem to have a much more defined comb and also from posture and behavior. So my question is, on day 1 or...

I read somewhere recently that you can add something to the chicks water, some sort of vitamin powder? I have runt chick that looks like it could use some miracle grow!

I have 21 eggs that were due tomorrow, but one hatched this morning around 8am. about 5-6 others have made a small hole in the shell (pipped?) throughout the day. I have a LG still air 'bater, which I can pull out one of the small plastic windows to snatch up a chick... So my questions are: 1-...

I got them yesterday at the feed store. I asked when they were hatched and the guy said Wednsday, and if so they are 5 days old now I guess. What makes me question that is because they have some feathers on the wings. I would think it takes longer than a few days for feathers to come in. The...

Is easter Egger a real breed? I bought two "EE" pullets at the feed store, but aren't they really something like Americaunas or Arauncanas or something?

So I made a home made 'bater about 21 days ago and this morning the one of 9 eggs that developed hatched! In the beginning I was adding 1-2 eggs a day and at first my temps were very inconsistant and got over 106 a few times. I guess by the time egg 9 was added I had got it settled down enough...

I know that sounds like a silly question. I have one lone survivor from 9 started eggs and it was due to hatch yesterday. It has been rocking for about 2-2.5 days now, and I swear I heard peeps this morning when I added more water to the 'bater. Earlier I could not take the suspense and picked...

This has got to be the most suspense I have ever had to endure! This one poor egg that has dealt with my home made 'bater, temps going up and down, etc. Now it's day 21 and it has been rocking for at lease 1.5 or 2 days, and I'm starting to wonder if it will hatch. Is it normal for eggs to rock...

So here we are, on the finish line, day 21, egg has been rocking for a day or two. I get home for lunch and look to see if it's piped yet, nope. Then I notice the thermometer says 90. 90???!! And one corner of the 'bater is dark. Has the thermostat messed up? Try to turn up the temps and light...

You can click on the picture to see a larger image. So I think my rooster has bumblefoot. I read some info earlier on how to treat it but I ran into some problems. I did see a few scabs on his feet but I see similiar on the other foot and it's not swollen. I tried to cut out one scab on the...

Rusty has been limping for about 2 days. Tonight after he roosted I picked him up and we checked out his feet. One looks normal, one has alot of swelling under the foot and around a toe or two. No obvious cuts, thorns etc. Any ideas? I guess he could have broke a toe or bone in his foot...

If a BCM roo and a Blue PR make a baby will the BCM trait of dark eggs be passed on to the chick? My PR's lay a light brown egg now but will daddy pass on the dark egg gene to a chick?

I bought some day old chicks last spring locally and was told they are blue plymouth rocks. Two oare black with a greenish-bluish irridescence (sp?), two are grey with maybe a gunmetal bluish and two are like a dirty white, not bright white like leghorns. So my question is, is there a range of...

I have a LG still air incubator, not the best I know.... I set 40 eggs on Wednsday and am wondering how many chicks I might end up with. I know there are alot of variables. #1 all eggs were either from my hens or from a neighbor and no more than 4 days old. All are assumed fertile due to...

First off this is my first real attempt at hatching eggs. My first go round in a home made incubator had very inconsistant temps and I think cooked the eggs. Out of 9 eggs only two seem to have anything dark in them when candling. Anyways I got a used 'bater which brings me to my next question...

So I know this is not the ideal incubator, and I could add a fan but honestly I just want to try the incubator out as is before I go modifying it like I do everything else! I got it as part of a package deal off craigslist with a bunch of other chicken supplies. It did hold temp well within...

Last weekend I was picking out chicks on McMurray Hatchery's website. I picked out 2 hens each of 5 different breeds that looked pretty cool. I proceed to checkout...guess what you have to order at least 25...dang I don't really want 25. So I start looking on craigslist for chicks and someone is...