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    No pip - Past hatch date

    I opened them enough to see if there was any movement only to find none. They were fully developed, absorbed the yolk sac completely and would have been perfectly fine to hatch HOWEVER one was a crossbeak and the other had a beak issue that it was very soft and seemed to be missing a big chunk...
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    No pip - Past hatch date

    All of our eggs hatched between Friday and late Saturday night (it is Monday). Two remain, and one I am not sure if there is any movement because it is a dark green egg, but the other is still moving. It has not pipped, but movement is slowing down. I don't want to do nothing, but I don't want...
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    Layer or sayer ??

    The hackle feathers (hard to tell in pics) are pointed, which was what sold me.
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    Layer or sayer ??

    I have two other roosters- different breeds, but same coop. We have cameras in the coop and the only birds who have bothered this one is the youngest of our pullets. They kind of pick on everyone and everything (literally... the dog, cats, chase squirrels, just really mischievous). One of the...
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    Layer or sayer ??

    My Lavendar Orpington isn't laying eggs, nor is he or she Cock-a-doodle dooing at almost 8 months old.. first orpington and these feathers are very different! With other birds, no signs of interest in females, no males interested. That comb just recently got bright so I expected an egg.. I am at...
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    First Incubation - Mixed Dates

    I think I made a big oopsie without thinking about it! This is my first incubation and I did this without even thinking about it. I think I REALLY messed up bad, but know some of my errors. 1. Hatching pullet eggs (only layers we have right now) 2. Have eggs in the incubator from three...
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    Freshly hatched :)

    Hi everyone! I just joined BYC Forum! I have been doing the chicken thing for almost two years. I started with half of a dozen just for eggs, but this year realized what exactly "chicken math" meant. This spring I got a few and somehow that turned to forty. Mostly the typical backyard breeds...
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