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I learned a lot reading the posts on this hatch along and from my own mistakes. When's the next hatch along? :pop

28 chicks out of 48 set is my final count.

I started with 48 chicken eggs. 39 went into lockdown and 28 made it to the brooder. My biggest hatch so far. Last year I only set 24 eggs at a time. The end of a hatch is so sad I ended up with 5 dead and 6 that never even pipped. What is this water test I've seen mentioned a few times...

:thI just checked, I think it's intestines. I'm guessing nothing can be done?

I woke up to the stuck chick still stuck so I helped it out. It's alive but not very active. On day 15 I dropped a green egg on its end and patched it up. It had been pipped nearly as long as the partial zipped egg so I softened the membrane for it as well last night. It hatched but it's way...

Thanks I'll try that.:fl

One of my eggs has been zipped about an inch for the last 12ish hours. I can see it breathing but it hasn't moved. Do you think it will finish on its own?

I have 19:jumpy hatched, 13 pipped, and 7 still waiting.:pop

If their dad was a barred rock they should all have white spots on their heads, boy or girl. If the mother was barred and the father was a solid color, only the males will have spots on their heads. Worked for me last spring.

Chicks in my brooder.

12 :jumpy hatched so far another 1 is zipping and at least 10 more pips! :yesss:

:jumpy:jumpy:jumpy3 chicks so far!:celebrate 36 to go. :fl

Woke up to at least 9 pips out of my 39 eggs! More than a day early! They were set the evening of the 10th.

For number 1, last fall I had a red ranger hen go broody she always felt warmer than the other hens so I'm guessing she was also warmer while brooding. She hatched out 3 girls and 1 boy. For number 2, I read somewhere that the chicks will have the size of the mother and the color of the...

I just found out I have a broody hen! She's setting on 2 golf balls right now in the main nest box. She's sleeping in there tonight; I forgot to check the last few nights. She's nearly a year old. If her broodyness sticks I'm thinking about putting some chicks under her after they hatch in...

I I'm not sure about quail but with chickens that is likely a vitamin b deficiency. I add apple cider vinegar to their water because it has a lot of different b vitamins.

I haven't been on BYC in a while so I just saw this and realized I set eggs on the perfect day to join this hatch along. 48 chicken eggs set on march 10th. I candles them on day 7 and all but 4 had started to develop. There are 44 eggs in my incubator now.