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    eggs not turned

    We left for over a week so my eggs didnt get turned and I had a great hatch rate. This time however is not turning out so good. We had temperatures go up and down in the incubator to the point they reached 108. So far I have had 10 hatch 2 died right now I have 8 live chicks out of 54 eggs. I...
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    baby duck wants to swim???

    I wait tillmine are a week or so old give them a feed pan with a block in the middle and about 1" of water. I have been known to put them in the bathtub too just make sure you supervise if you do.
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    Issues with Lockdown Date

    So this is my second hatch in my little LG. I feel my hatch rate is good but I am having an issue with lockdown. This time may be extenuating circumstances. I went on vacation for a couple of days and my eggs sat for 5 days and were not turned. The problem I am having is they start hatching...
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    My First Attempt At Hatching

    Of the nine I left in the incubator I 2 that were not fertile these were dark blue green eggs and I could not see through them. One that died early in development. Two that had developed more but still were far from where they should have been. Four that were almost completely developed and I am...
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    Any setting eggs today (10/18) or an hatch date Nov. 6-12th

    I am getting ready to set another round of yard birds today breaking down the incubator cleaning and resetting. I have over 50 and it is only suppose to hold 44 so not sure how this will work out for me. I hate to hold eggs that long for another set but I will just have to see how everything...
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    My First Attempt At Hatching

    awe you will come home to pretty fluffy chicks I like it best that way wake up and they are all running around and being noisy
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    My First Attempt At Hatching

    I knew nothing about candeling when I started. I am currently using a mini meg light but I saw at Auto zone one of the high powered little lights so I might try that. The best advice I can give is candle every day in a dark room. At first I saw nothing and then because I looked at my eggs every...
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    My First Attempt At Hatching

    I feel for your daughter nothing gets to me more than people that do not keep up with their animals and I include cats in this. I have three dogs in my household and NONE of them run loose I have never allowed it. It is just cruel to me they get hit, kill livestock, bite someone, get sick or...
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    My First Attempt At Hatching

    My other chick finally hatched this morning he/she is drying out now. I am actually really pleased with how this came out it was a learning experience and I was afraid it would turn out so bad.
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    My First Attempt At Hatching

    Let me start out by saying my hens and roosters are very young I just got them this spring and they just started laying about June. I had one little bantam hen that was sitting on 6 eggs and all my hens had started laying under a building so who knows how old these eggs were for sure. Hubby...
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    Goose with hurt foot/leg

    I wanted to give an update on my goose. She made a full recovery. We were just patient with her and kept giving her electrolytes and the antibiotic. I didnt give her a lot of pain medicine hubby was afraid if we gave her too much it would damage her liver. It took about 2 full months but now she...
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    Biting Stinging Pests harmful to Chickens ?

    I recently had a bad experience with an Americana 4month old hen. She got her head lodged under part of the cage which didnt hurt her just made her immobile. The fire ants attacked her and hubby when he went to get her out. It was so sad her face was about three times its normal size. I tried to...
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    Problems with neighbors

    I have dealt with someone like this before and the best advice I can give is first off get an attorney someone that can be your record keeper. Then everything let me repeat that EVERYTHING goes in writing. He complains you answer in writing on such and such day you brought this to my attention...
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    Best Online Hatcheries? (MyPetChicken?)

    I have ordered from McMurray I will not use them again I was not impressed with their chickens at all. We lost a LOT of birds from this order out of 25 ordered we lost 8. I know people do have good luck with them but I just wouldn't do it again. I have received chickens, ducks, geese, and...
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    Golden Sebright question??

    If I remember right my sebrights had a little white on them especially in their chest area they lost this with their first molt. I have learned not to judge them until they get through those first molts at about 6-12 weeks it seems their permanent colors start to set in. Nothing scientific there...
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