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    LOOKS LIKE SHE WANTED TO EXPLODE

    We've been hatching our own for the last two years. The ones we hatch are more hearty. Especially Ameracauna's. Hatching two (today and tomorrow) for a friend. Hatched a dozen solid birds outta twenty eggs this year. The CA Whites and leghorns were production birds we rescued. Lotsa...
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    LOOKS LIKE SHE WANTED TO EXPLODE

    Thanks for the heads up Flock Mistress. I am going with EYP now that I have read up on it. Looks like hers was infected with bacteria. The other white does not look infected and it looks like she is absorbing the egg back into her system. Funny thing, my 6 CA whites and leghorns have been the...
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    LOOKS LIKE SHE WANTED TO EXPLODE

    Hey Gang, I culled a 2 year old California White yesterday. She could not walk and her belly was so swollen it shined. She was hurting. We have 24 hens and this white looked like if you hit her with a pin she'd explode. There are no worms in their droppings and now I have another...
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    Please, I really need an answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Thanks Gabrielle. So 70% humidity will not hurt them 2-3 days early? I am thinking these chicks are late bloomers despite having a perfect environment. Thanks, Kurt
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    Please, I really need an answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Has anyone left their chicks to pipe and then hatch an incubator at 55% humidity with much success? I have 24 hours to move them to my second incubator at 70-75% humidity and not sure if they're ready to move. (It's a staggered lockdown as not all eggs have the same lockdown date) There are...
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    Has anyone left their chicks at 55% humidity during lock-down?

    Coming up on day #18 for some 9 eggs entering a staggered hatch. 4 eggs need to go Saturday to the second incubator waiting in the wings which is purring @ 99.5 and 72-75% humidity for the last 4 days before the switch. My question is, the current incubator with the nine eggs has been...
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    Humidity - Eggs with dates to hatch June 5-12th

    Will keep you posted - going to move the eggs in a staggered approach from one incubator, to a second unit I build this week exclusively for lock down. We have all the parts on hand for a second unit. :)
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    Humidity - Eggs with dates to hatch June 5-12th

    Aprijc, Decided quickly - have all the parts and a duplicate cooler to build a second incubator and will move the eggs from one incubator to the next on day 18. Took me an afternoon to build the first. From 99.5 degrees and 50% humidity in the first to 99.5 degrees with 70-80% humidity in...
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    Humidity - Eggs with dates to hatch June 5-12th

    Nope - they're in there - all eleven eggs - we're new to incubating. We have three hens that naturally sit and wanted to try incubating as well. The three hens got three chicks this year out of 20 eggs. One girl, an orpington with a broken leg did a lil' damage at first breaking a good...
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    Humidity - Eggs with dates to hatch June 5-12th

    Hey gang, We just built our first incubator and it's a beauty. Tested it for a week and are purring at 99.5 degrees with 50% humidity. Have the set-up ready to increase humidity on day 18 of the first eggs. Question - we have been collecting eggs (2 as of today even) and wondering how to...
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    my roosters killed my chicks. is that normal?

    To address this we tried something new this year. I let one of my Cochins set on eggs this year and put her in a fenced brooding box in the middle of my chicken run. When the chicks hatched and grew the older chickens could see them for weeks and vice-versa. They did everything together for 7...
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    Rooster In Hiding

    Did that same process with younger chickens last fall - never thought I'd have to do it with an ole- timer...
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    Light bulb in coup for winter

    I use the original red heat lamp [with clamp] that I used when raising them with a daily timer plugged into the extension cord. Here in Missouri last year we got snow a good six times and it was 2-5 inches each time. I also put a thermometer in the coop [4X6X5] and it kept the coop a cozy...
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    Rooster In Hiding

    I have two roosters that we hatched together and raised together now 18 months old. One is an Ameracauna and the other a Buff Orpington. The buff has a good 2 lb advantage to the Ameracauna, however, since their birth has always played second fiddle to the A. The A is the cock of the walk...
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    Rescued: Rooster's top beak trimmed at nostrils;NEED ADVICE.

    As far as his wounds are concerned I would get an antibacterial gel and keep coating them once in the morning and once at night to keep infection away. Second, for feeding I'd find a way you can get him soft foods with good sources of protein. He's gonna want protein to grow and heal. Lotta...
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