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    Eggs stopped being fertilized

    That is still occuring daily 😂, that's why I was surprised to see them stop being fertile suddenly.
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    Eggs stopped being fertilized

    I hadn't considered that! Thanks!
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    Eggs stopped being fertilized

    No new additions, I gave all the hatched chicks to my family. I have a small flock of 6 the three mature chickens (silkie mix roo, silkie hen, and a bantam brahma hen) I have three other silkies of undetermined gender 😂 they are about 5 months old and have been with the flock for several months...
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    Eggs stopped being fertilized

    The rooster is young, probably about a year old. Temperatures were in the mid 70s for a few weeks only the last week has been much, much colder, overnight lows in the 20s.
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    Eggs stopped being fertilized

    Thanks! The first few I assumed I just missed seeing the bullseye but I've been certain to check lately and none of the eggs have a bullseye anymore.
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    Eggs stopped being fertilized

    Just wondering if anyone knows why eggs would stop being fertilized? I have a silkie mix rooster and two hens (one silkie, one bantam brahma) and for a couple months all the eggs were fertilized. I cracked the first few and saw the bullseye. Then I incubated 9 and all 9 hatched. For the last 2...
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    What do I have here?

    Thank you!
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    What do I have here?

    Thank you so much for the advice! I definitely do not think the auction is for me, I am way to stressed over the unknown 😂. Luckily we quarantined and my sister who works for a vet was able to give us treatments for parasites.
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    What do I have here?

    Thank you so much for your help! Any guesses to the mix?
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    What do I have here?

    Hello! I'm very new to chicken keeping. Went to a local auction for the first time and came home with a chicken. The auctioneer said we were bidding on a young silkie. Once I picked up my new chicken I realized that it doesn't look like my other silkies I currently have. Can anyone help to...
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