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    Eggs with no air cell?

    Also, I should note that these are from a farm and not shipped.
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    Eggs with no air cell?

    I also have an air cell question. This is only my second hatch and on my first hatch I took over incubation around day 8....so this is probably just ignorance but for future reference I thought I'd ask. I'm currently very early into incubation (day 3) on this second hatch and have found 2 of my...
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    allergy to my chickens, mites, straw or hopefully something else?

    I have a question related to this as well. This has been my first hatch and I now have week old chicks. I clean everything daily, pine shaving bedding once every two days. That said, i try to handle them twice daily...in short timeframes to get them used to me, but not stress them too much. The...
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    Help with shrink wrapped chick....

    Well, an update. Apparently it was shrink wrapped and I probably should have helped. Baby is out but much smaller and wetter than the rest. It seems really weak and unable to dry out. I have done all i can think of at this point to help it (sugar water, put under heat) & so far, not much has...
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    Help with shrink wrapped chick....

    Can someone offer advice? I was doing what would be a staggered hatch (my first hatch) with two eggs to hatch a week before the others. Well...lets just say, that did not happen. They have all ended up hatching one after another. That said, I'm concerned this one may be shrink wrapped after I...
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    First hatch with complications.

    Thank you both for the advice! Red horse ranch: your right, i didnt think about the bumping around the others would get from the first hatch, so that should work to my benefit on hatch day, when I cannot open up the incubator due to possibly "shrink wrapping" the hatchers. Sphinx: Thank you...
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    First hatch with complications.

    I had a friend start me on my hatching journey by supplying me with 7 assorted eggs from her coop. That said, 3 of the 7 are one week ahead of the others. I'm currently incubating in a brinsea mini advance. Now that my 1st hatch draws closer to lockdown, I'm trying to work out the logistics for...
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    Newbie!

    Hello all! I'm a newbie to all things backyard chicken...but falling in love quickly! I'm originally from Alabama, where our family members owned chicken houses I used to help out with each summer. I learned quickly that was not the summer job for me, after finding myself torn between my love of...
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