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    Broody Hen that killed chicks, do we try again?

    We had a broody hen but she killed one of the chicks after hatching. We removed the rest of the eggs and transferred to the incubator but didn’t have much luck. She’s still super broody - can I give her another chance to hatch/mother a clutch of eggs? Or is it once a killer always a killer? Help!
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    Can I move to brooder?

    This little one had a bit of a rough hatch. Ended up assisting after 48+hrs post-pip but he's doing so great! Is this fluffed up enough to take him to brooder? It's been about 18hrs since hatching. Also there are different aged chicks (from a couple days to a couple weeks older) and I don't...
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    Stuck Chick

    So it's ok to open the incubator if I choose to do so?
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    Stuck Chick

    Baby still alive and moving but no progress for 8ish hours. What should be done at this point? Two fluffy chicks walking around in the incubator, 2 eggs haven't pipped. Day 22.
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    Hatch Rates

    We incubated 18 eggs and by lockdown we were down to 5. Currently 3 have pipped and 2 have fully hatched. My question is - if we made some kind of mistake which caused the others to not make it - why would SOME make it? Wouldn't none of them make it if we did something wrong? Seems like...
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    Incubator got shaken.

    Thank you for this - so reassuring! I guess all the "instructions" on incubating eggs have gotten to my head. I've read about a million different ways I'm likely to mess up. It's like being a first time parent again! 😅
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    Ended 14th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along—Guess When BYC Will Hit 26 Million Messages!

    4/06/2023 3:33 am
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    Incubator got shaken.

    My husband moved the piece of furniture that our incubator is laying on without remembering that we had it on there (yeah, I don't know how you forget something like that either. :(🤦‍♀️). It must've jostled the incubator and the eggs inside it. We are in lockdown day 18 and the eggs visibly have...
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    Incubating Newbie

    I candled yesterday (day 14). I removed one egg that showed a small crack and some weeping. I saw several that had only a dime to nickel sized dark spot or "eye". It seems like that would be some that stopped developing like a week ago. Should I take those out now or give them another day or...
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    Incubator humidity went looowww day nine

    How did hatching go? Were all the eggs successful after that drop?
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