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we put the egg back under her, then 15 minutes laterdecided we should dispose of it, but it was still alive. thoughts anybody???? having a hard time with this. need some unbiased guidance please.

yes, others hens laid but we marked the eggs laid and removed the new ones.

waht should I do with the egg now> Do I put it back under the hen? Im sfraid she will eat it

Yes,she started setting on aug 6, the first chick hatched on day 19, no others yet

I pierced the membrane and there was blood. THere is a tiny bit of movenment still. now what?

One on the eggs shell is halfway off, hen is eating it, but membrane is still intact. I think the egg is moving every now and then, but not sure. I candled the egg on day 19 and all was well, This is day 23. HELP!

When I candled them one of the remaining 6 looked as if it weren't fetile. I marked it, bit left it anyway. 3 of the other 5 appeared to be at about day 17-18, the last 2 were much younger, but there was movement in them all. They were all layed within a day or two of eachother (all by different...

holding a chicken can improve anyones day for sure!

6 more eggs remaining. The kids kept checking under my hen to see in any more babies had hatched. Could the eggs have gotten too cold with all the lifting her up? She never got off of them though. We candled the remaining eggs that day and they looked to be a slightly different stages of...

I have one duck who thinks he's a chicken. He was raised with them since a hatchling, he is 3 years old now. Recently he started going after one of my oldest bantams relentlessly and pinning her down to the ground. I had to seperate her from the flock (as it was easier than seperating him). Do...

Yes the spurs are crazy! But he has no idea what they are for. And his best friend is another little Bantum rooster. A Silver Sebright. Thanks for the help. I'll investigate the Serama Breed!

Can anyone please tell me what type of chicken this is? I've been trying to find out for years! In this photo, "Bello" is about 3 years old. He's a Bantum and stands only about 6 inches tall. He's extremely social and non agressive. He has a funny little crow that sounds like he's just learning...