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    Should i feel a "plop" in an egg that is around 2 weeks of incubation?

    I ask because my first time broody is setting and i was counting the eggs to make sure she still had the same amount and had not stolen any more. i picked up one egg and as i was turning it over to look for my pencil mark, i could feel something go "plop" to the other end of the egg.....not real...
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    My Broody hen is on and off her clutch all day

    Are these eggs just a loss or is there a chance they will hatch? I have always had a banty cochin be my broody and this is about a 18 month old Buff Orp. She gathered the eggs all up out of the different nest boxes and has been sitting on them about 5 days so far, but today and yesterday she...
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    Nothing fits that i have read for my chickens

    And they they have stopped laying. Here is the summary: 1. Flock age - 8 of them were a year old in May. The remaining 10 were hatched March 1. 2. The "old" flock layed great all through last fall, winter, even in the almost 0 degree weather and the 100+ heat. (through the winter time without...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I have a question......my broody has faithfully sat on all 11 eggs underneath her and i have 10 baby chicks ( had to help out 4 of them after 24 hours because of super thick shell and membrane...all are fine now) and she has one egg left......i did the float test and it floated as a viable...
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    what would i get with an EE roo over...

    i hate the wait i have a total of five chicks that have hatched now, with at least two more in the process....so far they all seem to have the pea combs but bright yellow eggs....3 of them are definite chipmuncks in coloration with one being just a mottled brownish red color and one being...
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    One chick has hatched, four eggs are chirping inside

    Thanks! i have a question.......today is the second day that the first chick has hatched and there were 4 more this morning.....two more pipped and opening up the shell, etc. but momma hen hasn't even thought about coming off the nest to show babies where the food and water are......will she...
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    what would i get with an EE roo over...

    i didn't hatch him, but it got him from a breeder here local, and i have two roos from her batch that i got straight run, i have four other EE hens (did have five, one got killed) and they all lay blue eggs...........so i am hoping he came from a blue egg he's awful purdy i have a broody...
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    what would i get with an EE roo over...

    What kind of chicks would i get with an EE roo over either a Production Red, Welsummer, Barred Rock, Black Sex Link, SLW, or BA? i know they would be "mutts" but would i have a chance of getting a "colored" egg layer?
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    One chick has hatched, four eggs are chirping inside

    and four other eggs i can't hear anything inside.....saturday was day 21 and it wasn't until today, Sunday, day 22 that the first chick hatched....momma hen is keeping it near her and most of the time under her, don't think she has gotten up to eat or drink yet or show baby how...........i am...
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    Help! Baby chick's eyelid won't open

    no, no goop, no pus, no nothing, the eyes look normal except on one of them the slight small reddish brown possible bloody spot....i don't see anything that would make them stick together.....i am stumped!
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    Help! Baby chick's eyelid won't open

    ok, update, i have taken out a warm wet corner of a wash cloth and washed it off and it opened up. i was checking the other birds and out of 9 birds, 4 of them had goopy shut eyes, either one or other but only that one had both eyes gooped shut. is this normal or do i have a disease going...
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    Help! Baby chick's eyelid won't open

    I got these Wednesday from Atwoods in the pullet bin....everything was fine until this morning i was checking them all out and i noticed this baby chick's eyelids were opening...i messed with one side and it opened up but the other side, there is a small bloody spot on edge of it but it seems...
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    Rhode Island Red

    I have a breeder near by who has straight run 1-4 day old RIR chicks. she sells them straight run. i noticed when looking at them that some of them were darker in color and some were lighter in color.... are there any tips or things to look for when picking out RIR chicks trying to go for...
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    When do EE's lay

    mine were 30-32 weeks before they started laying....but since then, mine are very faithful layers getting 6 eggs per week out of all of them.
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    *** OKIES in the BYC ***

    I am hoping my chickens survive this!! They are at our land about 3 miles from our house, i locked them in the coop last night with plenty of food and water. no electricity out there at all, and i so i put the deep litter all around the black rubber water bowl hoping to insulate it. i definitely...
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