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    Broody crushed egg day 19. Help!

    Update- she crushed that egg overnight and did the same to a second. There’s one left that has pipped and I hope this one survives.
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    Broody crushed egg day 19. Help!

    I did not have an incubator. I can put some coconut oil on it to help it not dry out though!
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    Broody crushed egg day 19. Help!

    Little beak has pipped and the little one is breathing and chirping, so that’s promising.
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    Broody crushed egg day 19. Help!

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    Broody crushed egg day 19. Help!

    My GLW has been sitting on three fertilized eggs. Today is day 19. I went to check in her and heard peeping, looked under her and found one egg half crushed with half the shell gone. Chick is alive and moving under the membrane, which isn’t pierced on the crushed side. I looked in the other side...
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    Best breeds that are good with other chickens and kids?

    We have a couple light Brahmas that are great with my 4 and 7 year olds. They tolerate being snuggled on occasion too.
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    Cackle Hatchery “Rare Breed” mystery chick

    I’ll get one in the morning. Those ladies are in bed now. My experience with Cackle has felt felt pretty disorganized as well. Last year they told me I was getting Colombian Wyandotte chicks and I ended up with a couple Delawares.
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    Cackle Hatchery “Rare Breed” mystery chick

    I thought she might be some sort of EE or Olive Egger. My daughter has named her “Shark Claw”, which I’m on board for.
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    Cackle Hatchery “Rare Breed” mystery chick

    Hi folks! This 8ish week old pullet came from Cackle Hatchery’s “rare breed” selection. Any idea what she is? Sorry there is no pic where she’s not being held-she’s a feisty one.
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    Wannabe homesteader in Wisconsin

    Thank you! We have 5 adult hens and six eight-week old pullets. This is my favorite of the little ones
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    Wannabe homesteader in Wisconsin

    Hi folks! My name is Lindsey and live in southern WI with my partner and two young kids. We have a flock of (currently) 11 chickens who free-range on our acre and a half. We have been keeping chickens for a little over a year after we both started working from home full time. We have a few...
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