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    piece of egg stuck to chicks bottom

    My eggs hatched yesterday!! We had to help one out, it had been 24 hours and the membrane was all dried up. Anyway, no it still has a piece of shell stuck to its bottom, and a little blood on its head. Should i do anything?
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    Egg Hormones?

    Thanks for the opinions everyone. It wasnt that I was afraid of hormones per say, just wasnt sure. I haven't stopped giving her fertile eggs either, shes going to get the one day or another, so might as well start now.
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    Egg Hormones?

    So, not to sure where to post this. But this seemed like an okay spot. So I have a bunch of hens. And a banty rooster. And I've been eating their eggs, and also been feeding them to my 9 month old. But yesterday my dad said something about there being hormones in the eggs? Because they are...
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    Incubator Help.

    Ive done it! Temp is still at 100 and humidity is at 55%! Now time to get the eggs. So heres a new question. Does it matter when I turn them? 3x day but does it have to be the same time everyday? I know they have to sit flat, bigger end higher. Any thing else? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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    Incubator Help.

    So, Ive done alot of research, read some books, and asked a lot of questions. We are now in the testing and regulating phase. We have a small fish tank set up, with a heat lamp, and some water and wet paper towels inside. The temperature is staying strong at 100F, but the humidity wont go...
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    Help! I want to hatch some eggs.

    So ive read alot and asked alot of questions. And we are now in the testing phase. We have a little fish tank set up with a heat lamp, the temp is going good at about 100F, but the humidity is only at 20%. We've added more water, added some wet paper towel to it. And its only come up a bit...
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    Help! I want to hatch some eggs.

    So, Ive got a banty rooster and some hens. But not sure if the hens are broody, Ive got some nest boxes set up for them, with some eggs in them! Ive caught 2 of them laying in the boxes a couple times, but its pretty cold right now! Not to sure if they are going to hatch. So we want to make...
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    New Chicken Owners!

    Hi! We are from New Brunswick and found 21 hens on Kijiji, so we went and got them!! We also have a Buttercup Bantam Rooster, he was our first. Now we are looking into hatching our own little chickies! We've got some in the coop now, but Im not sure if our hens are broody, Ive caught 2 sitting...
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