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    Culled the Chick - Did I Do the Right Thing?

    Quote: Thx; now I feel like we did the right thing. If she'd been lethargic, or anything other than pure clumsy I'd have felt that we saved her from pain, but she really didn't seem to act any different than the healthy chicks - except that she would run around and then sit abruptly when her...
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    Culled the Chick - Did I Do the Right Thing?

    Quote: Thank you so much for your response. One more question, please? This is my first experience at hatching eggs and I'm using the LG still air incubator. I mistakenly burned my finger on the heating element and realized how low that thing is. Now, I've read that we should leave the...
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    Culled the Chick - Did I Do the Right Thing?

    Had a chick hatch yesterday that had a hole in her abdomen through which an inch of what looked like intestine was protruding. It was oozing blood and greenish stuff. It also appeared that there was blood oozing into the area under the skin in her abdomen. Her feet were very awkward - not...
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    Egg chirping but not hatching DAY 23... HELP

    I had one this morning, also day 23, that had a tiny crack in the shell and I was hearing chirping. So I sterilized a dental pokey-thing and flicked off a section of shell for her. I saw a bit of blood on the membrane so stopped right there and put her back into the bator. She hatched herself...
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    TSC and Country Max minimums... back to the drawing board...

    Quote: I really needed that laugh today. It's day three of the expected 23-egg hatch, and so far all I've got is one dead half-hatched chick and one successfully hatched fuzzy butt bemoaning her prisoner status in the bator. It's been a very emotional four days. Thx!
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    setting eggs tonight!! anyone else?

    Quote: I can't post a picture because I'm still a newbie, but she's a little RIR/Americauna mix and sort of stripey. Sure make a bunch of noise, too! Thanks for talking with me; I feel like a new mom! I can't wait to hear about your new ones - keep us posted, please :)
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    setting eggs tonight!! anyone else?

    Nevermind :) She just hatched! What a little trooper!
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    setting eggs tonight!! anyone else?

    I'm jealous, LaynaDon; this is my first attempt and we're failing miserably. After 20 hours of chirping, piping, and teasing me with her cute little beak, she turned around in her shell and died. Now I've got another one chirping her heart out and I want to just open that shell for her and say...
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    Losing the Eggs Fast - I think?

    Hi All; hopefully someone can help me out. I set 13 eggs on Feb 13. Yesterday one worked for just about 20 hours to get out. She got a good hole with her little face poked out, breathing and chirping energetically. She turned herself around and died. I opened the shell this morning and she was...
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    Did anyone else set eggs today on Valentine's Day?

    I'm just dying here! I set my eggs on Feb 12 and go to the bator every hour or so to see if there's any action. Nothing so far. I've been candling every seven days and can't figure out if I see anything more than a blob on one end and space on the other end. There are 23 in there, and I'd be...
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    Aggressive Roos Issue

    Turned out that pullet they were beating up was a roo; he crowed a few days after the onset of the trouble. Now they're all in the freezer :)
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    Lost four chickens yesterday - LOST them!

    The case is now solved. We found two of the four chickens carcass' just behind the dog run, and two feather piles further up into the woods today. It appears that our dogs (Irish Setter and a very large poodle) have been biding their time all summer, and the chickens ranging just out of their...
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    Lost four chickens yesterday - LOST them!

    Thank you all for mentioning our service; it was fun until the babies came and I had to make a choice. Thx for the info on your ameraucana, sgtmom. I really tried to get some from our local farm supply store this past spring but they went fast. Are they good layers? While I love the fancies...
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    Lost four chickens yesterday - LOST them!

    BTW, sgtmom, what is that awesome creature in your avatar pic?
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    Lost four chickens yesterday - LOST them!

    Close ~ I am a retired police officer ~ 28 years of service. Ah! I thought I sensed a fellow public servant. I have 11 years active duty Air Force and my hubby retired from the Air Force. All that discipline and we're all about the silly chickens now.
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