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    Urgent help, may be dry membrane

    I only have chickens but I would definitely help at this stage. Mum would normally help, but if they are in an incubator it's up to us to use intervention as needed. I have had chicks whose membrane was too tough for them to get out. Sometimes I needed to use small nail scissors to cut the...
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    Yea! Brilliant! Well done! Little bird comes into the world.

    Yea! Brilliant! Well done! Little bird comes into the world.
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    Help please!! Day 23 chicken eggs. Temp was to low

    I am SO SORRY! Our incubator is set at 37.5 degrees celsius and we have very good results from that. I am not sure what the calculation is to turn this into Farenheit, but I do know that 100 farenheit is boiling point for water, so I think you may have cooked them! They should be at...
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    Post-natal mania!

    Hens beat human women by leagues when it comes to post-natal psychosis! (By the way, I am pleased to be able to say something nice about the human race in the current climate of race abuse where, by the age of 5, our small children know that the human race is horrid and destructive and...
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    Mum has LOST it!

    Once hatched, we normally move mum and chick(s) to the maternity unit where they are separate from the flock and she can concentrate on the chicks. This is a new mum and she has one live chick out of 9 eggs. She had two stillborn and the rest had not developed at all. We have moved her and...
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    Fun "Social-Distancing" Things To Do With Chickens During Covid 19

    Oof! Baby chicks! It gives you a lift in times of darkness. Hug your chickens, it gives you so much when you can't hug people. Lovely fat feathered bodies tucked in under your arm! There's nothing better.
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    Fun "Social-Distancing" Things To Do With Chickens During Covid 19

    Oof! Baby chicks! It gives you a lift in times of darkness. Hug your chickens, it gives you so much when you can't hug people. Lovely fat feathered bodies tucked in under your arm! There's nothing better.
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    Fun "Social-Distancing" Things To Do With Chickens During Covid 19

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    If feed stores closed and you can’t free range...

    yEA, Good for you. I am sure your chucks will be fine.
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    If feed stores closed and you can’t free range...

    Hi, I don't know how it in the USA, but here our farmers are still working tirelessly and there is no shortage of grain. If you have room, plant plenty of sunflowers. Their seeds contain all the nutrition chicks need. My chucks love left-overs so I tend to cook a lot more rice than we need...
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    What went wrong?

    I think you may have overcooked the chicks. Normally, blood temperature is fine. That's about 37.5 celsius. Also depends what breeds you were incubating. Some breeds have a high rate of dying in the egg late on, e.g. Shetlands. Don't despair about the incubator. It works really well for me...
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    My cockerel needs bromide!

    Thanks. i found this extremely useful. I think he has to go. As you say, the older hens tell him where to put himself, but the younger ones just flatten, and he can cause damage because he is not very good at it!
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    My cockerel needs bromide!

    Cockerel born last year is rogering everything in sight, 5 times in half an hour. Hens are looking a bit beaten up. I mean, I watched a cock pheasant yesterday wooing his girl and he was SO gentle about it. Made a little dance and then jumped up with her on the fence, and then bowed and...
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    Just call me paranoid or impatient

    I would make a small chip in the shell, and get through the membrane. Sometimes the membrane gets hard and the chick can't get out. If the shell is wiggling there's something alive in there. Mother chickens also help their chicks to get out, and you can see them pecking at the shell to help...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Long Have You Been Raising Chickens?

    Such lovely pics! I am sure all your animals are so happy!
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