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    Broody Hen Thread!

    HELP!!! The incubator STINKS, I mean REAALLY STINKS, from the 2 exploded eggs. Do I chance the rest and clean it out or leave it and wait it out? Seriously I need HELP.
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Well, #3 egg exploded last night some time, WOW does it smell in the incubator. I can take out the egg and the pieces but man, seriously YUCK on the smell. Thats make 2 that have gone POP. Is this in any way harming any of the rest, if they are any good that is?
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    I just got done candling them, I know for sure I lost 3, one of which exploded. I also have 3 I see NO air sac in. and the other 9, ????. The air sacs are anywhere between half to 1/8 of the egg and as far as motion. I am seeing NONE. But I am really, REALLY new at this. I have turned off the...
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    New Member

    Hi ALL, New member here. Like most I came because I have questions and was looking for answers and found this site. Lets see, we have a Silver Phoenix pair, 4 RIR hens, 2 something hens, 11 White leg horn hens and 1 White leg horn rooster. We live in Texas, north of Austin. My...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Couple of questions. Can a Silver Pheonix rooster cross with a RIR or a Barred Rock? I had a hen that was broody, for some dumb reason all my chickens lay in the same box so I was leaving things alone. I went to check about 3 days ago and most of the eggs had been broken. I gathered the...
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