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    Crazy chick playing soccer with unhatched siblings

    (+2 eggs that didn't look far along but I put them in anyways just in case.)
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    Crazy chick playing soccer with unhatched siblings

    8 made it out - one with help since it pipped the wrong end. A 9th died in the shell with no pip at all - when I opened it later it might have not had eyes or an egg tooth. The other was not farther along than the black blob of the eye stage but was hard to accurately candle due to the dark...
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    Crazy chick playing soccer with unhatched siblings

    Moved them as they hatched and glad I did - great incubator but too small for all that activity! Babies doing great!
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    anecdotal about ACV and my chicks

    How much do you add? Will any reject for the taste?
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    Intervention: Helping Your Chicks Hatch

    After manual pipping how can you tell if the chick is alive or dead? I am new to the process - do they breath right away with beak opening and closing? Will they move, chirp, etc? Or can they appear dead but really be absorbing yolk still/resting? Also can they be weak from being stuck or...
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    Crazy chick playing soccer with unhatched siblings

    Chick just hatched an hour ago and has not stopped trying to get out! He/she has moved every egg in the incubator to a new location and even wore it's egg as a hat or might have been trying to climb back in...very tempted to remove and place in brooder that is warmed and ready. Room temp is...
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    Greetings from Northern BC Canada!

    Hi everyone! Hatching eggs for our first intro experience to keeping chickens! Won a contest for eggs so becoming a reality sooner than anticipated...was still working on the man of the house to become more accepting of the idea - thankfully he can't resist free or reject kindness and generosity...
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