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    Our First Broody-Hatched Clutch!

    Hello all! Our girly just hatched 6/7 eggs (rejected the last one) and they’re up and walking about the coop. The other hens don’t seem to mind them and neither does the rooster, thank god!! My question is, our coop is raised off the ground by probably 2 feet or so with a ramp with small...
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    First Broody Hen

    Hello, I’m sorry if this has been asked before. I have incubated eggs and candled them at the recommended periods. Do I need to do the same with the eggs my hen is hatching herself? This is both of our first times dealing with this so I’m wanting to make sure it goes as well as can be. Any...
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    My First Successful Hatch

    Update: The black one is a cockerel- he crowed earlier today!
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    Chicken pecked badly, need advice!

    I don’t have any experience with eye injuries. I know you’ve been given lots of advice on here too! My girl was scalped, she’s alive and doing great to this day, when we first introduced her and her siblings to our flock by one particular bully (whom we rehomed). The healing process was weird. I...
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    My First Successful Hatch

    Neither have crowed or even attempted to. I’m hoping they’re both hens. I wing sexed when they were a day old and they both appeared to be female. The black one is getting its wattles and comb a lot quicker, however both my hen australorps did as well. I’m hoping for hens :fl, but not much to...
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    My First Successful Hatch

    Thank you! It’s a warmer fall day, so they got some time outside. Here’s the two of them now.
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    My First Successful Hatch

    First pic is from October 1st! Second pic is from the 5th when it was warm out and the last is from the 16th, again when it was warm out. They’re fully feathered now however, it’s been chilly so I haven’t gotten any good pics of them lately will post an update weather permitting soon! Their...
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    Tiny egg?

    O oh okay! She is roughly 8 months old.
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    Tiny egg?

    This isn’t her first egg though. That’s why I am a tad concerned. Could a fart egg happen although it’s not early in their laying timeline?
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    Tiny egg?

    Collected eggs today and noticed the little guy on the right in the nesting box? Could this have came from one of the hens or has another creature managed to lay in the coop? Has this happened to anyone else? I cracked it an it is looks a normal egg, just… tiny. I poked it (ha!) and it feels...
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    My First Successful Hatch

    I posted sometime last month about having some trouble with an incubator that was loaned to me and ended up having to sadly dispose of the eggs I had been dutifully watching over. I’ve figured out the ins and outs of it and with success hatched a few chicks from my very own flock members! The...
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    Incubator Help!

    I have one but I think I’m just going to count this one as a loss. I’ve been looking and I don’t think the air cell is big enough for them to pip through. Going to count this as a loss!
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    Incubator Help!

    As I’ve gathered… I think I’m going to count this as a loss.
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    Incubator Help!

    Gotcha! I figured as much once I read the reviews of the majority of them. Hubby didn’t want me spending ”too much” money on an incubator so borrowing this one was my only option. I turn the eggs 5 times a day and make sure to refill the water reservoir. What sort of defects may occur if the...
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    Incubator Help!

    I’m unsure, it is borrowed and we weren’t given a manual unfortunately. I’ve attached a photo of the incubator to my reply to see if it helps determine.
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