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    Hatching assistance - help!!

    Thank you Jessica, I decided to go ahead and assist, it had kicked around enough that most of the shell was broken and it looked like the membrane was drying out next to her beak, so I slowly peeled it all away, the only spot that was still bleeding was where the cord was attached, so I used...
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    Hatching assistance - help!!

    I need help with a chick that was dropped. It pipped yesterday externally, and should have hatched today. My 5 year old got the egg out of the incubator so she could listen to it, but she dropped it on the counter. There was blood on the counter, egg is cracked but the chick is still alive...
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    Chicken Names- whats your chickens name?

    We got two chicks from the farm store early this year. My daughter named hers Sprinkles (prod red) and my son named his T-Bone, then changed it to Ham Wing (Bantam). Well Sprinkles killed Ham Wing in a matter of days, so we went back and got another production red. They seemed to get along...
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    No Coop or Nesting Box for my laying hen.

    Hello all. I need some help. I surprised my husband I think in Feb or March with two baby chicks. We finally got around to building them a pen, but never finished building a coop or nesting boxes. Well, we just realized about a month ago, that one of our hens is a rooster. Surprise! Our...
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