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    Newbies

    So after 2 failed attempts using an incubator, we finally hatched some wonderful little fluffballs under our Cochin Bantam. Nature is a lot more reliable than technology and so much better when you hear the chirping under the hen who is clucking away. Now for the hard part of rearing the little...
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    Broody being bullied off her nest

    We are up to day 14 today, I will keep you updated of the progress
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    Broody being bullied off her nest

    Thanks for the replies guys, the RSL just wanted that nest box to lay in, I have now moved the broody into a coop on her own and will see how she does, do I still need to candle the eggs to check development or best to just leave them?
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    Broody being bullied off her nest

    Hi I was incubating a batch of eggs, when after 7 days I discovered I had a broody hen. I placed the eggs with her and ever since she has been sitting on them, only getting up twice to eat and drink. Today I discovered the more dominant hen in the flock removing her from her nest and proceeding...
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    Duck eggs

    Mine is a Khaki and I'm located in the UK so we are in the winter now, with only 8 hours of light as well, she has laid every morning before 6:30am which is what time I let them out.
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    Duck eggs

    Mine came into lay in the middle of November, I have 2 Drakes with mine so they sort of helped, she was 26 weeks at the time of first lay
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    Is my egg hatching

    I am at Day 23 with my last remaining bantam egg, I candled this morning and I could see the beak at the membrane right next to the air sac. I haven't got a hydrometer so don't know my exact humidity so I added a wet kitchen towel to increase it to hopefully get the little one to pip. I have...
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    Bantam Egg

    I decreased the humidity and it began growing again, thanks for the advice
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    Bantam Egg

    Its circulated air and the humidity is hard to tell as it doesn't have a monitor on and I can't fix one as their was no space so just a case of following manufacturers guidelines. The air cell was developing as normal up until now, I have put in a piece of sponge soaked in warm water to try and...
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    Bantam Egg

    Hi I am at day 15 of incubation of my bantam eggs and I have noticed that the air cell has not grown since day 11 when I last candled, is this a concern? I would say 2/3 of the egg are covered now and I can still make out veins, since I am new to incubation I don't know what is normal and what...
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    Bantam breeds that lay blue pink green eggs?

    My splash Araucana is very friendly, she has a great personality too and if I'm honest she is my favorite lol. The Lavender is a scared little lady, now o don't know if that's because of her previous keeper, I got her when she was 14 months old. She is the bottom of the pecking order as she was...
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    Bantam breeds that lay blue pink green eggs?

    I have a Blue Araucana Cockerel that has fertilised my Gold Laced Wyandotte bantams eggs. I have set them in the incubator to hopefully get some smaller coloured eggs. I have a Lavender Araucana and a splash Araucana so get blue eggs from these, 2 leghorns give me white eggs and then a variety...
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    Welsh Harlequin Eggs

    Tried the feel test, they feel the same so leaning towards a chicken's egg. I have 3 Leghorns, 1 lays pure white and then the other 2 lay like the egg in the picture. I also have Austolorp, Wyandotte and Brown Leghorn as well as Red sexlinks, add to that the 2 Araucanas and I have quite a variety :)
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    Welsh Harlequin Eggs

    I have a Khaki Campbell and a Welsh Harlequin
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    Welsh Harlequin Eggs

    The left egg is the unknown
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