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    Think I messed up - low humidity overnight

    Thanks for all the advice. I chipped away some more shell and saw it's beak "chewing" and knew it was still absorbing the yolk. The chick hatched itself out of the shell about 5hrs after I increased the humidity and assisted. 2 other eggs have since pipped :yesss: Picture of the chick in question:
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    Think I messed up - low humidity overnight

    I'm hatching out the 8 mixed eggs that made it to lockdown: 3 Gold Partridge Brahma 1 GPB mix 2 olive Eggers 1 Aracuna 1 Marans Lockdown on day 18 and the GPB were wriggling, adjusted humidity to 70% and waited. First GPB egg pipped on Day 19 and hatched Day 20 (he's doing fine), second...
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    Are these all roosters?

    I just have bad chicken luck 🫣 my first attempt ended with 0/6 hatching. Second attempt was 5/8 (lost one) and they now look to be all roosters. I'm going to attempt another hatching. Hopefully these will have better luck 😂
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    Are these all roosters?

    Hi all, I believe I am super unlucky and have hatched all males though my sister (an experienced owner) says 1 pullet 3 roos. Just looking for confirmation/speculation before I look for more chicks. Breeds are: Cuckoo Maran (sister thinks pullet), Aracuna, and 2 unknown though 1 does look like...
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    Spraddle leg? 2 day old chick

    The knee joint is larger on the injured leg. Sometimes it holds it off the ground and the leg shakes like a shiver. Almost like it doesn't want to put weight on it, standing one legged. The chick is eating and drinking fine. How would I administer the B-Complex?
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    Spraddle leg? 2 day old chick

    I hatched a mix of 5 eggs on the 4th-5th of November. The first to hatch was this cute black and gold Aracuna chick. I moved all the chicks to the brooder yesterday and they all just went to the brooder plate and sat underneath. I didn't notice anything wrong at that point. This morning (6th) I...
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    Indecisive about coop

    Thanks for the replies everyone! I'll do a bit more digging into open air style coops to make sure this is a good fit for us. I know making one would probably be the best, I just don't have the skills or the mental bandwidth at the moment to create something like that. Maybe in a few years I'll...
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    Indecisive about coop

    I'm curious as to what modifications you have made to it. SEQ is very similar to Orlando (I used to live there) weather wise, probably not as humid though. No hurricanes either, though we did get hit with a tornado a year or two ago! I like how easy it looks, which I know is cleaver marketing...
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    Indecisive about coop

    Hi all, I'm looking for some wisdom around coop designs for my 6 chickens who should be hatching in the next 10 days or so. I have a brooder for them, so am set for a small bit. I do not have a coop yet. Initially I was set on getting an Eglu Pro, but the price tag and the ventilation situation...
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    What to do?

    Thanks for your wisdom. I have a separate temperature and humidity gauge that has been in the incubator and have been using that instead of the factory presets. The eggs were handled by me, though I cannot be certain that my 5yo didn't manhandle them while setting up to put them in the...
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    What to do?

    After much research and finally having enough land to have chickens, I started incubating 6 Aracuna eggs on October 5 that I purchased off a local person. I am now day 9. 4 of them did not develop past day 3; 1 looks to be developed to around day 5 with no movement and what I believe is a blood...
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