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    Assisted Hatch Question - Help!

    She is doing great! She is on the very left in the photo. I resisted the urge to do some snowshoes based on one mild crooked toe. I really wanted her to have the best chance to get acclimated with other chicks, since she was joining them so late and I figured having some vet wrap on her feet...
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    Assisted Hatch Question - Help!

    Well look who is completely out of her egg! After a little nap, she busted out completely and was stumbling around in the incubator. A little stumbly, but hoping she's just getting limbered up after being stuck twisted around in that egg for the last 30 hours or so!
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    Assisted Hatch Question - Help!

    I was able to make a bigger hole in the membrane for her and then her front end just kind of slid out. I'm starting to think she pipped on the wrong end as well - on top of everything else. She's not looking so hot right now and pretty runt-ish, but, I'm hoping that's just indicative of the...
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    Assisted Hatch Question - Help!

    Update. I tried to peel back a little more of the membrane and some of the shell away. It looks to me like her foot is over her head, poor kid. I put her back in the incubator for a little break (for both of us - so stressful!) to see if she's able to finish it herself. Once I had her out of...
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    Assisted Hatch Question - Help!

    These are very helpful. Thank you so, so much!
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    Assisted Hatch Question - Help!

    Yes, it was very helpful! I'm just not really sure where I am to gauge my next moves.
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    Assisted Hatch Question - Help!

    Yes, I read that the opening and closing of the beak means they are still absorbing, so, that was part of the reason I stopped. Did I see any veins...yes, but, I don't think they were super red. There was a little tiny bit of blood where it was torn, but, not even enough to try to stop. It...
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    Assisted Hatch Question - Help!

    Hey all - this is my second batch of eggs and I'm happy with the hatch rate so far. 10 ended up fertilized and one quit a couple of weeks ago, so, 9 total set for the 21 days. 8 chicks are out! The first seven came on the eve of day 21 (with a couple of over achievers who actually HATCHED on...
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    Broody Adoptee Success!

    Morning! At the beginning of April, I had my Amberlink hen go broody. I've had so much going on, I lost track of the days and realized she has been broody for a full month! I got a couple chicks from the feed store yesterday. The silkie chicks were the youngest and the smallest, so, I...
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    Help, please! Opened the coop this morning to an eye injury!

    Thank you - she was drinking fine this morning, but, I will keep an eye on her. Also, I've looked under the feathers and I don't see any injury. No blood or open wounds or anything like that. So bizarre!
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    Help, please! Opened the coop this morning to an eye injury!

    So, I let the ladies out of their coop this morning and one of my bantams (who is my most dominant hen) looks like she was in a scrap overnight. It could be the case that this happened before they went into their coop in the evening. I just did a head count before closing up the coop and did...
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    Rooster Rehome - Lodi, CA - Bantam PBR

    All: Last November I hatched my first round of eggs - bantam Plymouth Barred Rocks. I set eight eggs after they arrived (jostled by the post office in a smushed box) and five developed. Of those five, two quit and I ended up with two hens and one rooster. I named him Churro. But...
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    Limping Chicken?

    She does bear weight on it. She is still (very) interested in food and I have not seen any other symptoms. Any idea how much baby aspirin is safe to give her? I don't want her to be any more uncomfortable than she has to. :-/ She is by herself in the barn. She gets closed in there at night...
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    Limping Chicken?

    I have a hatchery Rhode Island Red that pulled up lame today. I've noticed her roosting on the ground quite a bit today and thought it was odd. Later I noticed the limp. I'm new to chickens and I've heard a lot about bumblefoot. I did my best to check the bottom of her foot (which wasn't great)...
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    Incubators Anonymous

    Still no movement on day 23, so, I pulled the last two. Eggtopsies looked like one probably quit right around lockdown. The other one was much closer, but, wasn't alive and wasn't positioned correctly. So sad. I could see her little black wings with white tips, just like her brothers' and...
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