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UPDATE: EDITED Pipping has begun. We are on day 18.5. Two have pipped at wrong end. I will leave him be and hope for a positive outcome. Two have just begun pipping, thankfully at the correct end. Do you think the incorrect end had anything to do with the crazy spikes in humidity and drops...

Odd situation needing advice!!!! So Serama eggs in Brinsea Maxi II last week. I'm down to 5 days on countdown as of today (set to 18 days). Wed early am fan was making huge racket. I Called Brinsea and left a message... nothing. Thurs am called again, nothing. Going out of town so need an...

I know this is an old thread but I just went through the same horrible experience as the OP. My chick was born later than the rest, at 23 days, was a Silkie and was incubated in a bator that I have since thrown out due to its continued inability to keep consistent temps. She was born as what...

I know there are at least 3 dozen posts here and I have read almost all of them. I have also search the internet for some info. Here's what I've been doing but I need a more aggressive approach. Thanks to someone here they noticed in a picture of one of my new hens that she had scaly leg...

I should mention the nesting boxes are up off ground, no way chicks could get up and down. There are 12 other hens and a roo in the coop too. The coop is 8x8 floor space and they free range all day. I could maybe take down a divider wall on a side of her nest to make it bigger. I could also walk...

So I've got a flock house. I have a hen that has been broody for weeks and finally managed to hatch at least one so far. it is VERY cold here in VA for this time of year. 35 at best daytime. I have a heat lamp int he coop and a heated waterer so it shouldn't get too far below freezing. The...

Update: All remaining eggs have dies. When the eggtopsy was done on those that did not hatch, once again all we fully formed, head under right wing, yolk sack gone, but not pipped or hatched. That has been a very sad experience. It is hard to beleive I had better rates when using the old...

I have a Farm Innovators bator, which is being returned as soon as this hatch is over cause I hate it). Anyhow I put in eggs 23 days ago (24 by 10pm tonight). 2 hatched early on day 21. 2 more pipped and never got out during the night of day 22. Today is day 23.5. I candled the remaining 7 last...

I did not stagger them. They staggered themselves!!!!

My last hatch was a 5 day process.. by the time the last guy hatched it was kinda rank in there. We had a 90% hatch rate so it worked out great, but the smell! It, I'm assuming, was from the hatch boogers, the bits of poop from the first ones (until I moved them out) and just basic secretions...

I do fecals on my horses (i collect and read them and then deworm accordingly)but I have never had one done on the birds, nor have I ever wormed them. I was thinking it probably wouldn't hurt to do it once...esp with the invasive flying rats I have around!!!

I have not. But after some research maybe parasites, round or hook worms? We recently, (a week or so) have had a huge issue with starlings hanging around the coop. I think they found the feed so I am wondering if they haven't dropped some of their nastiness on the ground there and she is...

I have no other way to describe my hens behavior except she walks like she has cement in her legs. She is sluggish, but eating and drinking and when walking its like she is in quicksand. She even sounds heavy when she walks. She laid an egg the other day, but it was very thin shelled. No...

Yes, I understand that. But what happened and is happening now is that it is dipping below freezing. There are 2 nests with several eggs in them, but clearly not enough for one to set. I was worried that the eggs would freeze and not be viable. I have purchased golf balls and added to the...

They just started laying again. We had 2 hens setting (after a clutch of 10 was achieved) but my puppy got into the coop and ate the eggs. So hens are laying again but not setting as there is only 4 eggs. I got balls today put them in and now they are setting. I will be switching out with...