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    Oh NO!!!!!!

    I’m pretty sure I figured out what happened. And....it’s all my fault. I was thinking that the thingie that hangs down in the incubator might hurt them some way so I hung it outside the lid between where the top closes down on the bottom. Evidently this cause the temp in the incubator to either...
  2. Frady’s Chicken Lady

    Oh NO!!!!!!

    I found the first couple hatched at 6 am Friday so 48 hours. The last one hatched yesterday afternoon. I keep two incubators. One for hatching and one for warming until they all have hatched. I have never had issues doing it this way before this time. I’ve also read that chick’s don’t need food...
  3. Frady’s Chicken Lady

    Oh NO!!!!!!

    In the last two days I have hatched the cutest batch of 9 chicks!! Last night at 9:00 they were all fine. This morning I went to check on them and they were all dead. I had them in the incubator with the air holes open. Does anybody have a clue what could have happened? The temp was still...
  4. Frady’s Chicken Lady

    Chickens are dying!!!

    The ages vary anywhere from 6 months to 2 years. One of these had no symptoms. Just was found dead in the coop. The other 2 stayed away from the flock and then was found dead. One was found in the coop and the other I had placed in a cage to try to help and died before the end of the day.
  5. Frady’s Chicken Lady

    Chickens are dying!!!

    I have been a chicken owner for several years now with a flock of anywhere from 20-50 birds. Every year a few birds die for no apparent reason. However I have had 4 birds die recently within about six weeks. 2 were just found dead in the coop and 2 had been staying away from the flock so I...
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