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    HELP is this disease or molting??

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    Will old eggs develop to full term?

    I've been getting very low hatch rates with my incubator. only about 20%-30%. I've been curious to see how older eggs do (some two weeks old). All of them develop to full term but then only a few of them actually hatch. Could this have something to do with how old the eggs are? or low humidity...
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    Chicken stays in one place all the time

    My young silkie hen (not yet laying) never leaves the coop. She stays inside in one corner and will never move if I don’t pick her up and move her. She is definitely at the bottom of the pecking order. It’s been like this for months and I finally just brought her in to my house the other day and...
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    Silkie chick colors?

    Can anyone help me identify these silkies? I believe the one on the left is splash but not sure about the one on the right. They are from hatching eggs that I ordered and the possible blue, splash, lavender, white. also if it is lavender will it be a problem to mix it in with my splash/blues...
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    Chick with dislocated toe?

    I’ve added pictures below. Thanks
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    Chick with dislocated toe?

    I added pictures below
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    Chick with dislocated toe?

    it’s the last toe that looks twisted and almost like it’s bent the wrong way? The chick doesn’t react at all when I’m touching it. There is also a very small scrape near that toe.
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    Chick with dislocated toe?

    I have a 6 week old Silkie chick that started limping and after examining, the only thing I could find was that one of the toes is crooked and wonk bend. Should I try to adjust it?? Any other ideas of what it could be?
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    Duck eggs hatching help! Double pip??

    Thanks for your help. It may have been a weak spot
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    Duck eggs hatching help! Double pip??

    No. One on each side of the egg. Both on the wider end and almost directed across from each other
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    Duck eggs hatching help! Double pip??

    First time hatching duck eggs and one has a very small crack that appeared about 45 hours ago. It’s a tiny crack and not protruding at all. I thought that might have been the pip but today (about 8hours ago) it pipped in another location.. so do I count that fist little crack as the pip?? Or do...
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