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    Air sac on the side of incubated egg

    Thanks for replying. The air cell looks stable and is not moving also the egg is on day 15 and the chick is moving. Any advice as to how to help the egg hatch appreciated. Thanks
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    Air sac on the side of incubated egg

    Hi I'm incubating some eggs which have been fertilised by our rooster. I have candled the eggs and we are on day 13. In one of the eggs the air sac is on the side of the egg and not in the top pointy end. Is this going to be a problem for the growing chick and hatching?. The chick is growing and...
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    My 9 mth old roosters face has gone much paler

    Hello I have a 9 month old rooster who up till last week had a red face. In the last week his face has gone much paler and is almost white. In all other ways he is the same - his behaviour has not changed at all and he seems healthy and normal. Is it a thing that young roosters go through at...
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    When to put dirt in my brooder

    Hi I have 3, 4 week old chicks and 3, 2 week old chicks and was wondering whether it would be ok now to put some dirt from the outside coop into my brooder so that the chicks develop a good immunity. I have 6 hens outside and will want to start introducing the chicks to them when they are a...
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    Sick 3 week old chick

    Hello I have 5 3 week old chicks. One of them has suddenly become extremely lethagic and is sleeping all the time. She was very active up until about 5 hours ago and now wont stand up and is sleeping constantly. I have given her some nutri-drops in her water to try to revive her but she is still...
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    Sick 3 day old baby chick

    Hi there We have a flock of 6 hens and a rooster. We have just hatched 5 chicks by incubation. 3 of the eggs were from our own hen and rooster - they are doing really well and seem to be thriving. The other 2 eggs we got from a local farm who we know have hens and roosters and so guessed they...
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