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    Lower leg abnormalities

    So I think this chick is about 3 or 4 days old. Hatched under a hen with two other healthy chicks. But when I found them this one wasn't standing and its back leg was sticking up to the sky. I bought it inside under the brooder and ended up doing a little splayed leg split as its thigh was...
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    Attacked by animal

    So something type of pine Martin got into my coop the other week, killed all but my Cockrell and one hen. Came back again two nights after and found a different way in, killed the last hen and has injured my boy. I can see it's tried to get around his throat, there were small bits of blood on...
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    Eggs appear to be dying between days 16-21?

    It is automatic, so turning isn't a problem. The eggs are of different mixed breeds, the batches that weren't from my hens are from hens who either brood their own eggs or, the first batch (which my own hens are the offspring off) incubate and raise their own chicks on a large scale. I could be...
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    Eggs appear to be dying between days 16-21?

    Hi, bear with me while I explain! 1st hatching ever, 7/12 eggs viable all hatched. I followed the booklet that came with the incubator 45%humidity I think? until day 18 then pump it to 50-60% 2nd hatch - eggs from a different friend whos hens go broody so she's never hatched in a hatcher but...
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    Chicks dead in shells AGAIN

    To clarify, I tried dry incubation for my second hatch but after the shrink wrapped chicks and much lower hatch rate, decided to go back to doing the exact thing I did for my first hatch. All three egg batches were picked up by myself from (two different) friends places which are only 15 minute...
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    Chicks dead in shells AGAIN

    I'd lowered the whole hatch, perhaps I didn't lower it enough? I can't say I was tracking the air cell exactly but I kept an eye on it and the development of the chicks. I only candle day 7 15 and 18 roughly By the end the air cell was roughly 1/3rd of the egg What humidity do you do your dry...
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    Chicks dead in shells AGAIN

    I tried this on the second hatch, my chicks had shrink wrapped when I opened them on day 25
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    Chicks dead in shells AGAIN

    37.5-37.8c throughout 55% days 1-18 65% days 18 onwards It's baffled me also!
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    Second hatch dead in shell

    Repeat post - apologies!
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    Chicks dead in shells AGAIN

    I hatched 7/12 for my first hatch, unfortunately one downed. They took a long time to dry in the bator so I thought for my second (eggs from a different friend but I know had a high hatch rate) I'd lower the humidity a little. I feel like that is the reason my second hatch I got 2/10 and the...
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