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    Rainbow eggs

    Just beautiful!!
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    Rainbow eggs

    It is just me, or does anyone else find their eggs strangely GORGEOUS? 😂 ive begun putting them in cartons based on color size and shape 🤦‍♀️
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    Foot problems!?

    After looking into it a bit more and the fact that its the tops of his feet and in his toes, not to bottoms. I think you might actually be right with the frostbite. I feel terrible now! Ive given him a relaxing toe soak with epsom salts and applied an antibiotic ointment. Hopefully he heals up
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    Foot problems!?

    Ah! Interesting idea. It was only like -14°C so I don't think frost bite? Unless he was standing in the pile of snow all night for some reason, I'm not sure.
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    Foot problems!?

    I mixed a mild salt bath for him and he seems to be really enjoying it actually lol. Hopefully it helps
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    Foot problems!?

    No one else has this problem, I use wood shavings as bedding and If I'm being honest the coop is a little damp ! Not dirty by any means, But we had a late spring snow storm yesterday and some snow blew in through the ventilation system. It isn't dirty tho just wet. I intend to clean it out...
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    Hen or rooster???

    Ah yes. I completely overlooked that red flag lol
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    Foot problems!?

    Hi everyone. So I have a chick here. He's about 3 weeks old give or take. He's been healthy. Eats sleeps and drinks like everyone else. Today I noticed he was spending a lot of time laying down( like, on his belly/chest) so I inspected him and found he has very swollen feet! They are hot and...
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    Update on the cutest chick ever hatched

    The hen is a lavender as well. Roo is black Australorp
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    Humidity?

    Thank you so much. You were exactly right. Wish me luck!
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    Humidity?

    Then the humidity will drop back to basically nothing?
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    Humidity?

    Hey everyone. So I'm happy to announce I just got My first incubator. Its been running for about 4 hours now on "trial" so I can see how it acts. So far ive had a problem with humidity. It kept dropping to around 30% (humidity in our house is basically 0 right now) and the temp was low. I read...
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    Update on the cutest chick ever hatched

    I think she's beautiful 🥰
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    Update on the cutest chick ever hatched

    For all who were following! That little "song bird look-a-like" chick I hatched a couple weeks ago is still the cutest bird ever! She's feathering up nice and happy to say I'm 99% sure its a female 🥰 this is the ameraucana cross Australorp
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    New baby

    Me too! Hoping its a female lol 🤞
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