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    Im seriously loosing my mind arrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

    Hi I was like that for my first hatch that happened last week..it was day 22/23 when I finally seen some action.. Has any hatched yet? What are you hatching? And what day are u on?
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    Broody hen and no eggs!

    Oh and I candles them hoping for signs of life but could see no movement and eggs were cold
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    Broody hen and no eggs!

    Hi.. My sons friends decided to collect or eggs today without asking.. Little did they know our hen had been sitting on them for a few weeks and we were waiting on them to hatch!! They had left them on our bench and when I came home they proudly told me they had " collected the eggs"" I...
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    Unexpected chick colour and Annoyed wife!

    Aww I just lost it
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    Unexpected chick colour and Annoyed wife!

    Hmm it's still laying on it's back in the bator.. It's breathing ok tho.. Might be abit exhausted from struggling??
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    Unexpected chick colour and Annoyed wife!

    I just went ahead and done it and just aswell I did as it would not of been able it.. It was stuck down so tight!! Bits wrapped around holding it's head down.. It was gross but I put it on a heat pad and got to work I left the umbilical cord still hanging and put it straight back into the...
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    Unexpected chick colour and Annoyed wife!

    I brought my 3/4 white leghorns from a lady that breeds lots of different breeds.. I also got a rhode island red cockrel from her which is now the mothers and father of these chicks.. All the other chicks are variating shades of yellow/ white/ light reddy brown not white on head but has grey...
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    Unexpected chick colour and Annoyed wife!

    Poor this is just curled up in there.. I can see it's head and it could get out if it wanted but just tucked under still.. I had another look and there is no membrane on it either and fully exposed on one side.. It's breathing and it's time for it to hatch.. I have 6 other eggs in there that...
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    Unexpected chick colour and Annoyed wife!

    Hello.. Over the last few days our RIR x White leghorn x have been hatching.. We have 14 so far and I was surprised to see we got a little black chick with all the rest being what we expected with being yellow with a hint of a light reddy brown in some spots but this one is black with white...
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    Day 20!! :D

    I would love to post pics of them.. Iv got 7 so far and still waiting on some others.. I don't have a laptop and only have access thru my phone..
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    Chick with funny neck :(

    Thankyou I'll try get my hands on some and hopefully it will be ok
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    Chick with funny neck :(

    We don't have a tractor supply in Australia I don't think but I'll ring a few pet shops or livestock feed places to ask if they supply that.. So is it like a deficiency in something?
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    Chick with funny neck :(

    Hi Iv had 5 of my chicks hatch and all big beautiful and healthy except one has a funny neck.. Iv left him under the light but not sure if weak from being bent up in egg or injured in the incubator.. It sorta looks up in the air at you and sometimes falls backwards on his back.. Does anyone know...
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    They are hatching.. WHOOP!

    Iv got 4 pipped out of the 20 so far and one I can see the little beak sticking out only my first hatch and just want to share my excitement with everyone my kids have been watching and waiting after helping me along the way but are at school at the moment so hoping they don't miss too much!
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    Day 20!! :D

    I'm on days 21 and 22 so shouldn't be much longer.. Resisting opening the incubator to have a look...
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