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    4 legged chick Clover

    I would seriously think about culling her. She may be in pain as she starts to grow and also if her vent is in an awkward position that may cause her pain too when she begins to lay or try to. I don't like to think about it myself but for the good of the chick.
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    4 legged chick Clover

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    What WON'T your chickens eat?

    Ours like cabbage. I can string up a cabbage, suspend it in the run and that thing is gone within a half hour.
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    Large BR Pullet about to be 36 weeks and hasn't laid!

    Some marans don't starting laying til the 8th or 9th month
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    Transitioning from roofed to roofless run

    We're going through some of the same problems. Complaint-driven town. New neighbours. My son has hatched and owns the chickens and made a good coop and run. My son has mild autism, learning disabilities and adhd. He is high functioning so doesnt look or act most of the time like someone with...
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    Comment by 'Ladyroe571' in article 'Top 10 Chicken Predators'

    We trapped a family of 5 raccoons and drove them 10 miles out to a woods and released them . Never seen them again.
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    Newbie hatcher

    The eggs were purchased from a local farmer.. and pretty fresh. Thanks we will try again
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    Newbie hatcher

    We believe the new hatchlngs may have moved the eggs around. Some of them were pipped on the inside but not the outer shell.
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    Newbie hatcher

    We believe that they may have been jostled around a bit from the newborn hatchlings.
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    Newbie hatcher

    Sorry the birds hatched on the 19th and 20th days.only 3 hatched. We left them for 24 hrs then removed them quickly.they were in an incubator that turned them automatically. We waited for the others to hatch but nothing. We waited a couple of days then candled. We could see them and they were...
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    Newbie hatcher

    Humidity was between 40-60 % from day 1 -18. From day 18 and hatching was 75-80%, with misting no more than twice a day.
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    Newbie hatcher

    Today is the 25th day.. we candled them and actually opened one egg up. Fully formed chick inside with feathers but dead Looks like it was shrink wrapped. What would have caused that? We believe all the eggs are like this save the three that hatched.
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    Newbie hatcher

    Yes we did. You could see the chicks but no sound or movement.
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    Newbie hatcher

    So we have made air holes in the air pockets. Now what should we expect and how long should we wait. We're not getting any movement or sound. Thanks for the advice. Really appreciate it.
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    Newbie hatcher

    We candled them but see no movement.the first 3 hatched on the 19th day of incubation. Its now 23 days.
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