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    How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)

    Does these photos/rules apply to bird eggs of all types? I have some turkey eggs I'd like to incubate. Thanks.
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    Incubators Anonymous

    I'm using an egg turner for the first time on this hatch. Due to hatch on Friday. DO I take the eggs out of the turner and just put them on their sides upon "lockdown?" Thanks!
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    How long should I wait?

    Thanks. I'll try to be patient... But it's not my best virtue :-)
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    How long should I wait?

    I have 20 eggs in my incubator. Candling looked good until "hands off" which was Sunday. I increased the humidity to approx 65%, and today is day 22...no pips. This is my 2nd attempt at hatching. My 1st one had 3 dozen eggs, and only 3 hatched, 2 of which died within 24 hours :-/ This time...
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    Incubators Anonymous

    GAH! Day 22, still no pips! I'm afraid I'm gonna get a big fat goose egg on this one :-(
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    Incubators Anonymous

    I have a batch that's supposed to be hatching today. This is my 2nd hatch. my 1st was mostly unsuccessful: I had 3 hatch out of 38, and 2 of the ones that hatched died within 24 hours. This time, I monitored the humidity much more carefully. Before lockdown I had several I could see moving...
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    NEED HELP! Introducing new 12 week olds not going well!

    I have 3 pullets (2 jersey giants, 1 maren) and 1 roo (bantam mixed breed) that are all approx 12 weeks old. I'm trying to introduce them into the main chicken house where there are 4 fully-grown chickens (1 EE roo, 1 bantam cochin, 1 RI red, 1 sexlink), I had them in the hen house separated by...
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    Pure OEGB & d'Uccle mix

    I just sent you a PM. Please let me know if you don't get it.
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    Got new chicks. Does one have Pasty vent?

    Thank you so much for the info. I did put some prep. H on it earlier today. How often should I be putting it on? How often should I be soaking her? Thanks again, B
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    ** BUY IT NOW ** 12+ COCHIN BANTAM hatching eggs from 15 VARIETIES ** NPIP **

    We just lost our bantam partridge cochin roo to my husband's STUPID DOG! We only had him a week!!! Anyway, I've recently started hatching, and am hoping my first batch will hatch on 3/1/13. If that batch hatches okay, I'll be in touch to order some eggs, for sure :-) Oh, and PS, we found a...
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    Got new chicks. Does one have Pasty vent?

    I got 3 chicks yesterday from someone on craigslist. 2 Jersey Giants, and a Maren. I'm pretty new to chicken raising, and haven't encountered a pasty butt before. The new Maren's (approx 2 weeks) vent is protruding from her hind end, by about 1/4". It looks pink, but not really inflamed...
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    Broody hen gone WILD!

    My Bantam Black Cochin went broody about 4 weeks ago. I bought her some fertile eggs to sit on, and she sat on them for about 5 days, and then she just. gave. up! Now, I have 7 eggs that were fertile, and I'm not sure if they're still good. I have an incubator, so I stuck them in there...
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    incubating eggs

    I just finished making my homemade incubator, and am excited to get started on my first batch. I have a broody hen, right now, so I ordered 6 hatching eggs, which will be here tomorrow, and I'm going to put those under the broody chicken. But, I would also like to start hatching some of my...
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    What kind of chickens are these?

    About 2 weeks ago, we had a chicken massacre at my house ! My husband's STUPID DOG got a hold of all my chickens (3 JJ's, a barred rock, and 2 speckeled sexlinks) and killed them all! So now, we have learned from THAT mistake, and have reinforced the chicken coop, and the built a dog run...
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    Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

    About 2 weeks ago, we had a chicken massacre at my house ! My husband's STUPID DOG got a hold of all my chickens (3 JJ's, a barred rock, and 2 speckeled sexlinks) and killed them all! So now, we have learned from THAT mistake, and have reinforced the chicken coop, and the built a dog run...
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