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Hi all, I was wondering whether you could tell me whether this is a roo or pullet; I have NO idea - first time keeping d'anvers and the only one that hatched so have nothing to compare it too. It's 10 weeks old now. :) Actually - now I see these pics together (the first was a couple of weeks...

I was told both by the shipper, and by some folks over on the hatching forum here, that you shouldn't turn shipped eggs for about five days because it allows the air-sac to reattach itself. So that's what I did! Oh well, it's all a learning curve. As Boggy Bottom said - the d'anver I got...

Thanks for this. I candled the shipped eggs and had to chuck out two because of air bubbles. Set them for 24 hours, and then didn't turn for five days. At Day 12 we had four fertile eggs. In the end, one hatched, two had stopped day 13/14 or so and one was dead in the shell. Still, the one...

Thanks Speckledhen and Bline. The lady who sold me the eggs suggested a 45 humidity which is was I stuck too, but it might've been a little better if it was higher. There's still hope - we're only just into Day 22. I've got other chicks in the incubator though so I don't want to disturb and...

Hi all, I was wondering if you had any tips on hatching d'anvers. Last month I had six eggs in the incubator; 2 hatched (with help) and had one dead in the shell. And, of one of those chicks, I had to cull because it's legs were just so bad. :( Now, I'm day 22 of my second batch - only four...

Hatched out this little black d'anver today. I LOVE this breed; so cute. We've got another egg hatching at the moment but no signs from the other four. Will have to get some more on the go!