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What is this "egg shaped" object in my chicken? The chick is around 5 months, I dont remember the gender. Two chicks had this. The thing felt firm/solid and had a yellow content - didnt smell, the other chick's 'object' had a brown'ish smelly content. Only two have had it, of like 30 chicks so far.

10 days ago I put 54 eggs in the incubator. The eggs had been storaged at about 10 degrees C, and turned (mostly) one time each day. The eggs were collected in 14-18 days. 11 eggs didnt develop at all. Now, after 10 days I have just removed 15 eggs, which were all dead, rest look fine. This...

Hello fellow geese lovers I could imagine this is a newbie question, so bear with me My geese community has rapidly expanded from 3 to 27, and I have (surprisingly) discovered that my beloved geese eat a lot. So in an attempt to prevent bankruptcy, I consider supplementing my gosling-food...

They are 14 days. If they were to get a tiny tub, I would of course make it in a way that they always had a way to get out, I wouldn't want those little thingies to drown. I did in fact have a kiddy litter pan in mind, I just think it would be annoying to carry it outside and dump it (yes i...

My little ducklings arent ready to come out in the open yet, and I keep them in the barn. Seeing how much they love water, I would like to give them a small tub where they can swim. But since I dont want to change their water all the time I wonder: How long does it take water to become "bad"...

No I dont cool the eggs, I did earlier but I thought it really didnt help much - if any. But I could be wrong. I will start to cool these 2 right away though. Thanks for the suggestion.

Hello people My last 2 goose eggs are supposed to hatch in about a week, and they seem to be doing well except for the really small air cell in the eggs. I believe that this is because 3 other groups have been hatched in the same incubator, therefore the humidity has been higher than it should...