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    Bright Red Skin and Losing Feathers, Not Laying

    Do you have to toss egg using this? I have a frizzle bantam roo that has the red belly and almost no feather. He has gotten bad and I started to notice some of my other birds are losing neck feathers. I have about 10 hen losing neck feathers. I sell my eggs. I've never had this problem before.
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    Mallard eggss

    I have 2 mallard eggs that should be hatching any day. One egg is completely dark and the air sack is very large, but no piping, no sound. Other egg 1/2 dark blodd vessels look strange no movement, air sack has only grown a small amount. Are they dead? Some advice is needed. My incubator does...
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    Baby mallards.

    Thanks! Now my incubator does not have an humidity gauge. I have to put water in every 2-3 days. Any suggestions for accurate humidity? Again thanks I've been racking my brain for 2 day now trying to research this with no results.
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    Baby mallards.

    I have mallard eggs in incubator. Incubation did not start at the same time. I have no idea how many days we are at. My guess from candling one is around 22- 23 days? And the other 25-26?. One is definitely farther along. What do I do about lockdown and temp change? Movement in both eggs. But...
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    Baby mallards.

    I have 2 mallard eggs that did not start incubating at the same time nor can I figure out how far along they are. I have figured out that they are around 21 22 and maybe 25 0r 26 days. When should I go about doing the lockdown if they are at different stages and also need different temps
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    HELP!!!!!

    Im so incredibly sad! The baby is dead. We had to back to back days of randomly hot days 80s from 40s and 50s. It's all there chick and all just had to break though and im quite sure i dried it out. thank you! Im going to buy a small incubator just incase this happens again.
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    HELP!!!!!

    Oh man thanks so much! Should i put a damp cloth in with it? I was not prepared for this lol. 2 months ago my momma would have hatched it herself!
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    HELP!!!!!

    Checked again kinda dark on one side but when i twisted it, it was solid. I don't see as many vains either. Almost none. Is that normal or did i cook it? Darn it!!!!!!
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    HELP!!!!!

    First timmer! I had a Bantam very broodie sitting for a long time. Another Bantam kept laying eggs under her. I notices she was no longer sitting. No eggs were fertilized all summer so I took eggs to house and candled them before discarding. One egg had a chick in it. And it was alive. I tried...
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