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    Help Day 19 incubation quitters

    My chickens keep quitting on day 19. I set 33 eggs to hatch on day 18 and I only had 9 hatch. I investigated the eggs that didnt hatch and they all quit around day 19 or 20. I know this because of the embryo development. They didnt drown when they did the internal pip because they didnt quite...
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    when will my coturnix quail start laying eggs

    I have been getting one egg for the last four days. The problem is that these coturnix arent young they are about 12 weeks old right now and I just got this one to start laying because I finally found high protein feed. I sexed the quail and I came up with 4 females and 3 males so I butchered...
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    when will my coturnix quail start laying eggs

    I have a few coturnix quail and one of them has started laying the only problem is that they are all the same age and I have 5 hens and 3 roosters so I feel like I should be getting more than one egg a day. It has been consistently one egg at the same time every day so I am sure it is only one...
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    Chick pipped and zipped halfway around and then it died

    I have a chick that pipped the egg and was right on schedule with where it was supposed to be it was peeping and the egg was rocking then suddenly the chick didnt come out when I thought it was supposed to and I checked on it and it was dead. Has anyone else had this problem?
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    Help Chicken pipped and is screaming the help cry

    I took the egg out to help the chicken and his beak was stuck out of the pipped hole abnormally far. I used a fishing hook to help chip the shell a little bit but then i got a little blood so i put him back in the incubator and let it take its course. The chicken hatched healthy and he is...
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    Help Chicken pipped and is screaming the help cry

    I have a chicken that has pipped the egg and has his beak poking out and he is chirping very loudly. I am wondering if he is asking for help. Anyone else have this problem This egg had a tilted air cell that was more on the side of the egg than the fat end. Can this chicken zip the egg if...
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