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    5 Week Old Chick Suddenly Unable to Walk

    Can I ask what the outcome has been for your chick did she improve with vitamins? how is she doing now? I have a similar issue with a 6-week-old serama, I'm praying that it's not Mereck's.
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    Need advice about switching incubators on day 10 ASAP

    Update I did switch incubators and all eggs are doing fine. I do have some concerns 1 or 2 of the serama eggs have a lot more fluid and are not growing as fast as the others. Some almost have no room to move. What should I do? Should I be concerned?
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    Need advice about switching incubators on day 10 ASAP

    My thoughts exactly. It has more temp drops than anything also the incubator has cold spots and hit spots in it. I had 5 thermometers in it placed in different areas and all said something different but take them out and they are all reading the same temp. Thank you!
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    Need advice about switching incubators on day 10 ASAP

    So back story I've had dozens of successful batches with about a 98% hatch rate average. But I haven't hatched in about a year and decided to buy serama eggs on a whim because ya know, chicken math 🤷‍♀️ Well my incubator has been setting for that year and I had it set up and ready when I...
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    Halloween Hatch-Along 2024

    I absolutely love my OEGB they are so far my favorite breeds hands down the best personality. I have a tiny Silver Fawn roo named Jacque. He was our pleasant surprise I had my blue OEGB hen and my silver duck wing in a pen and she went broody and hatched these guys. His coloring is gorgeous...
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    Halloween Hatch-Along 2024

    I haven't incubated in about a year, and my incubator has been sitting. I'd say I'm pretty good at at , I have a great hatch rate. But like I said its been a year. So here I go like a true sociopath buying a dozen serama eggs for $75. Cz ya know, why not 🤷‍♀️🙄 I'm use to tiny eggs and early...
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    Please help him with sudden gasping and wheezing. Possible stridor or respiratory infection?

    I have a 3-year-old buff orpington who just literally developed symptoms she was eating just fine and playing with her sisters right before I noticed this then when she was done eating she was in the coop on the roost and I heard her wheezing she was not doing that previously this is all onset...
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    Sold as Silkies, definitely NOT silkies. What are these feather footed fuzzballs?

    That's my initial thought i hatch cochin bantams and other than the color they look identical. But when i google lensed it, it also brought up porcelain d'uccle and lavender ameraucana bantams but im still saying blue cochin bantam
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    Sold as Silkies, definitely NOT silkies. What are these feather footed fuzzballs?

    Our local feed store advertised they had silkes in, and of course i needed to add a couple more silkies to my already existing flock of 60+ I have a wide assortment of birds ranging from bantys to large fowl. I already have a few silkies but wanted more, ya know, cz chicken math. 🙄 I wasn't...
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    February 2023 hatch-a-long

    Oh my goodness you are right! Like the one in the old 60s Christmas cartoons! I love it. You just officially named this little beast. Thank you. It's name is Yeti ❤️
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    February 2023 hatch-a-long

    Waking up this morning was like waking up on Christmas morning! Y'all except look what the incubator fairy brought me!! This is Dennis Rodman. (Or Denise if he's a she) I do not have any black skin silkies or anything black skinned for that matter other than my fibro olive eggers that are 4...
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    February 2023 hatch-a-long

    So far day 20 and we have 21 hatched. This is madness I wasn't expecting them to hatch so early. The others have all pipped all but a few so they have plenty of time. I have a mix of standard and bantams but y'all I swear these are the tiniest chicks I've ever had. For reference that bottle...
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    February 2023 hatch-a-long

    Day 19 gave us 10 in total. 😳 All bantys, 9 of which were blue eggs. I have a couple dozen that are starting to pip. The humidity has me nervous. The more that hatch the higher it goes but then the more they fluff, it plummets in. Literally an incubator roller coaster right now. I really need...
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    February 2023 hatch-a-long

    It's a Chinese incubator that goes by MANY names lol. Mine does not have the built in candler but here's a few like mine. I love that the lid is 100% see through but it does lose heat through the sides. But other than that it's been a great incubator. The egg turner is great, it has an...
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    February 2023 hatch-a-long

    I have one too like that I'm starting to worry about
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