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    Chick Dead to Unknown Causes

    I use a small heat plate that provides a space of warmth for the chicks and they can self regulate when they want to be under it and when to stay away. Every day they would be out and about the brooder seeming perfectly content and then at night would go under the heater either entirely or with...
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    Chick Dead to Unknown Causes

    I don’t think so, we have an AC unit where they are kept, and I have raised the heat lamp since he first hatched to avoid baking him, but I also do not think he was too cold. He seemed perfectly content before today.
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    Chick Dead to Unknown Causes

    Hello everyone, today is a very sad day for me because I lost a chick that I had become attached to. I woke up this morning and found it’s corpse under the heat lamp that I’ve used for all of my other chicks and has worked wonderfully in the past. It always seemed to like it under there, but...
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    Too few chicks

    They are miniaturized bantams and they will be joining a much larger flock of other silkies and types of bantams
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    Too few chicks

    Noted, I don’t see why the second wouldn’t hatch, just be extra prepared. Also here are the pictures I have!!
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    Too few chicks

    A few days ago, a friend gave me 4 eggs to hatch. I candled the eggs on day 7, 10, 14, and 18 and I have been closely monitoring their development. I believe 2 of the embryos quit development, because the insides of the egg seemed to move around when rotated and closer to day 18 they were not...
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    Bantam Egg Humidity

    Will that not inhibit the growth of the air cell??
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    Bantam Egg Humidity

    Hello, this is my first time hatching bantams and was looking for advice on humidity. It is now day 8 of incubation and here is how they look. I have marked the air sacks with a pencil and did the best I could to capture the candling on camera. Any help is appreciated ☺️!
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    Unidentified Eggs

    Thanks, I’ll do that now 😊
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    Unidentified Eggs

    They are all that size and my neighbor keeps true-bantams and silkie-bantams. Also, are you suggesting I should lower the humidity?
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    Unidentified Eggs

    Noted, I marked the air sac with pencil, how do they look for an egg of that size
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    Unidentified Eggs

    Hey, my neighbors had given me some eggs to hatch, but doesn’t know what breed they are. They have been in the incubator for about 8 days now and they se to be developing fine, but I wanted to post them here to make sure and possibly find out what breed they are. Any help is appreciated! (In the...
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    *URGENT* Duckling in Poor Condition

    Should I continue daily treatment or restrict it to once a week with the addition of scrambled egg? Also, I believe the poultry cell contains selenium and vitamin E.
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    *URGENT* Duckling in Poor Condition

    About 2 CCs of poultry cell and one capsule of 400 iu vitamin e daily
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    *URGENT* Duckling in Poor Condition

    Here is an update , it’s been one week of treatment and he has shot up in size and feathered out, but his neck unfortunately hasn’t shown much progress. Is this cause for concern or will he still have this condition for a little while longer?
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