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    Any BC Breeders out there?

    Hello I'm looking for same in victoria. Please let me know if you do :)
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    Late hatching and drying out

    Hi there, sorry to hear about your chicks i don't know why that is happening... do you turn the eggs by hand or have an egg turner? My first hatch was in February... all hatched!! And this hatch i started near the end of April with about 10 eggs, while i also had a broody hen sitting on 8 eggs...
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    Advice needed.. chick eggs in incubator at different growth stages

    Thanks for the reply, I hope the chicks make it!
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    Advice needed.. chick eggs in incubator at different growth stages

    I started to incubate about 13 eggs 2 weeks ago.. and then ....... one of my hens who was sitting on 7 eggs decided to quit, So I candled them and they are all at different growth stages due to other hens laying eggs with her. So now I have all these chick eggs at different growth...
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    April Hatch Thread--Come Join Us!

    Hello Everyone!! This is my second time hatching chickens. My first time was in February and only 1 chick didn't make it out of 8. I have Silkies and wyandotte hens and an australorp roo. In my bator I have 7 eggs and one of my silkie is sitting on 9 eggs... hee hee, I don't know how she can fit...
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    Need help sexing silkie/australorp cross and SL wyandotte/australorp cross

    Thanks I have troubles with that chick because my wyandotte hens have a double comb and one of them is more red. see pics below: But one thing that I noticed today is that my silkie chick has more of a whistling chirp and the wyandotte sounds more raspy, but my hens make roo like sounds, or low...
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    Need help sexing silkie/australorp cross and SL wyandotte/australorp cross

    Well, I have 2 chicks hatched Feb11, 2013. One is a white silkie/australorp cross and the other is a SL wyandotte/australorp cross. The australorp side is my beautiful rooster. I need helping in determining their sexes. See pics below: this is my silverlaced/australorp cross( 6 weeks old in...
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    Silkie Cross Thread!! PICS!!

    I like the black silkie x. What is she crossed with? :)
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    2 week old silkie/ australorp, what sex?

    Thanks, they are 2 weeks old. :rolleyes: I guess I have to wait a while:D
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    2 week old silkie/ australorp, what sex?

    Hi, I have silkie white hens and an australorp rooster. Is there a way to tell the sex? All three chicks have 5 toes, one is really small , mostly white. And another has mostly black with white on the chest only and another is light grey with black? All also have tail feathers growing in and...
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    Baby chick throwing itself on its back?

    Hi there, how is you chick doing now? One of mine would do the same thing when first hatched for the first day. I got great advice from someone on this forum, I used a mug wrapped with a cloth and put the chick in the centre deep enough so it couldn't.t jump out. Did this for about 3-4 hrs in...
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    Baby chick throwing itself on its back?

    Hi there, how is you chick doing now? One of mine would do the same thing when first hatched for the first day. I got great advice from someone on this forum, I used a mug wrapped with a cloth and put the chick in the centre deep enough so it couldn't.t jump out. Did this for about 3-4 hrs in...
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    FEB HATCH-ALONG THREAD ...COME JOIN US.... EVERYONE!

    Help! I have a chick that just hatched this morning. And. It keeps flipping over on to its back. I tried wrapping it warm cloth in a cup and still in the bator,, but it keeps jumping out then back on its back again. Thanks for suggestions. The chick is a late hatch by 2 or 3 days.
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    FEB HATCH-ALONG THREAD ...COME JOIN US.... EVERYONE!

    Hi everyone! 4 babies have hatched yesterday and I have 1 more that just pipped this morning. It has been almost 12 hrs and only make a little hole:( does it need help out? Thanks for tips
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    FEB HATCH-ALONG THREAD ...COME JOIN US.... EVERYONE!

    Thanks, I guess it must have been day 20 yesturday. I had 2 chicks hatch so far todayI was wondering if you know how to tell the breed mix of chicks. My silkie hens are white and and my rooster is an australorp. I have a chick that is mostly black and the other is yellow with some black. My...
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