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    non fertile rooster?

    I did not check before but I thought had seen red spots before eating a few(have been eating for a while). had the rooster for a year been with the chickens since they were adults (started as chicks) both of my roosters and hens are in separate large coops they have never been together and...
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    non fertile rooster?

    Im incubating 2 18 egg clutches right now. The first clutch is from chickens I bred last year very successfully and the other is my first time. The hens are about 18m and the rooster is around 2 I think.Rhode Island reds. One rooster to 7 hens. I just candle lighted them due to hatch in 5 days...
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    Molting or mite

    Ok I will do that, does giving them egg increase them eating their own eggs? Not a problem mine have ever had but not a habit I would want to inadvertently start.
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    Molting or mite

    I have 5 Rhode Island red hens about 18 months old been laying great for months. They get a layer crumble an fresh kale an other fresh veggies bugs an snails an oyster shell. They aren't free range but have a nice large coop that I clean regularly. Some of them aren't laying as regularly an...
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    New to this, have some questions...

    Thank you for the tips I got a digital thermometer hygrometer to help with fine tuning
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    New to this, have some questions...

    OK i will try that, i had read the other, that seemed high to me, but again learning. thank you so much for all your input.
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    New to this, have some questions...

    I keep it at around 85% for the first 20 days then up to 90% for the remainder, they breach at the same point as the others.
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    New to this, have some questions...

    It's defiantly a breach crack, i inspect the eggs very thoroughly before placing them in the incubator. the chicks inside appear to be fully developed, It looks like there is a lot more fluid in these eggs than the others, the chicks in these eggs appear to die just after breaching. Thank you...
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    New to this, have some questions...

    So I started incubating Barr Rock chicks, i recently started my little flock with a rooster and 2 hens, i have Little Giant incubator, with automatic egg turner and circulation fan. My first clutch of 8 was 100% succesfull. since then i have had 1 or 2 eggs that crack but then a yellow clear...
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