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    Shell less eggs Why and how to correct

    You're welcome. I noticed your location. I used to live in Milford, NJ. Was born in Jersey City.
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    Cockeral without spurs?

    Andre, Spangled Hamburg/RIR cross Reuben, EE roo
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    Cockeral without spurs?

    I have two other roosters, an older EE., Reuben and a Spangled Hamburg/RIR cross, Andre, I am sure the eggs are fertile by someone. The cross was hatched here under my broody hen ( I acquired some fertile eggs from a friend), the hen cannibalized all the chicks she hatched so I saved this one...
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    Shell less eggs Why and how to correct

    I save my egg shells and have my egg clients save me them as well. I let them dry and grind them with a mortar and pestle. I toss the ground shells in with their feed and mix it in well, about a tablespoon daily for 20 hens. Since I have been doing this I have not gotten anymore soft shells or...
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    Cockeral without spurs?

    This is Pete:
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    Cockeral without spurs?

    Thank you for your reply. The feed store in question only sold pullets in April, no straight run. They had EE's and Buff Orpintons and RIR's in separate bins. The EE's were the only bin with varied colored chicks, as one would expect. I understand one may have been erroneously sorted at the...
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    Cockeral without spurs?

    On April 2nd of this year, I purchased 6 EE pullets from the local feed store as day olds. At about 12 weeks it was becoming obvious that Petunia was developing a very bright comb and some saddle feathers. A few weeks later he started crowing and attempting to mount his brood mates. He has not...
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    Wrong end up Incubation, please help

    Thank you for your reply, I am using a Farm Innovators Pro series 4200 inncubator with a fan and auto turner. I stopped the auto turner at day 18 and upped the humidity. The eggs have pointed side up the entire hatch. I have not candled, i did hear some cheeping in day 22, but the motor is...
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    my broody hen killed the chicks

    I had a broody do the same with fertile eggs from a friend last year, she killed and partially ate the first two to hatch, I managed to save the third one and he is a gorgeous Spangled Hamburg/RIR rooster now. I bought two day olds from a local hatchery to keep him company so he wouldn't be an...
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    Wrong end up Incubation, please help

    It would be really helpful for someone with experience with late hatches or malpositioned eggs to chime in, please. Please?
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    Wrong end up Incubation, please help

    This is day 25 and all are floating, what do I do now, just wait and see if they pip?
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    Wrong end up Incubation, please help

    This is my second go around with hatching. First time I got seven chicks out of 20, they are doing great. This time I set another 20, established more consistent humidity levels and it dawned on me at day 21 that I had set all the eggs pointed side up! I have been kicking myself, I am so sad. I...
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    Is she drowning?

    Thank you, she was not zipping, her clutch mate was. She was gasping and had not progressed while the other kept making progress. Sadly as her clutch-mate broke free, I watched her breath her last. what a mixed bag of emotion. One wiggling and thrashing in the incubator, the other laying on a...
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    Is she drowning?

    thanks, I read and reread and bookmarked that article, it doesn't address what I am seeing. she is still in a puddle and still gasping but not peeping. The other one is zipping right along.
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    Is she drowning?

    Anyone???
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