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Thanks you two :) Ol Grey Mare, your profile pic looks very similar to my old lady

Hiya, I've been given some eggs to hatch after admiring the farmers beautiful hens, he says they Polish X black rock. All three hens are a stunning black with a green sheen to their coat and two out of the three have the pom-poms on their heads. Their eggs are a stunning green colour, and I was...

One Chick Two, how's the final baby doing now?? Will the shell and sticky bits come off or will you have to bathe it off when he's stronger? When I got up this morning (it's 10pm here now) he'd somehow turned himself around, had a wing and one foot sticking out of the hole and his breathing...

Could it be ruptured yolk sac? If so, I can't remember the proper name, but it can be a symptom of mushy chick disease.

I do hope s/he makes it. I'm crossing everything for you

Ooh gosh, I have no idea, I'm really new to this but didn't want to read and run. I found this if it's any help until someone else comes along? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/647063/yolk-coming-out-of-egg-after-pipping

Oh bless him, I love him! Beautiful chicks!! Yes, I looked it up, Spotty does look similar to the sexlink hens, she lays darker eggs than the other two, they're not chocolate brown or anything though. She keeps stealing everyones eggs at the moment, I think she might be getting ready to go...

Hiya, I've only just had my first hatch, well, not even that, only 2 eggs made it to lockdown and only one of those has hatched so far, but I just wanted to let you know that I heard nothing until he'd half zipped xx

He's fluffing up now, I think he might be lavender! He's definitely a blue colour, seems to be lightening as he dries (to be expected I suppose lol) though I don't know how the colours change as they get their feathers in?

I have no idea what she is lol! I've been meaning to post a good pic of her to see if anyone has any idea what she is. I'm a totally accidental owner, ended up taking on Polkadot (my profile pic) spotty, a black hen with a gold head/neck, and Dotty, an ex batt who's absolute amazement at the...

I was hoping I'd be able to sleep tonight. ..my incubator died halfway through 6 eggs, killed 4 of them, I've had an old aquarium rigged up with a bulb, dimmer switch, insulation, rocks, a few prayers and a lot of luck the last week or so!! That homemade bator hasn't swung more than 0.3°c either...

He's (I say he, I haven't the foggiest lol) a pekin bantam. I'm absolutely in love!!

I had my first chick hatch a couple of hours ago and have been terrified since lockdown! I saw no rocking until he was hatching and heard no sound until his head was free. Good luck xx

I've got a chick! The incubation was a nightmare, 2 massive temp spikes (incubator was faulty), 4/6 eggs killed,sudden rush to knock an incubator together quickly, I was reallu doubting how the two remaining eggs could possibly hatch. It's bren a long 18 hours pretty much glued to the...

Hiya. I personally have no idea, but read another thread on here where someone put candle wax on any cracked eggs and removed it on day 18. There's a long thread with different ideas here https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/189989/will-my-cracked-egg-still-hatch Day 19 is so close, I hope he...