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    Help what is this?

    I'd clean it before putting it back and also fluff some paper towels for the chick to lay in so it doesn't rupture. Or sterilize thread and tie it off, then give supplemental care for a day or two.
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    Egg washing myth

    In the past I mostly hatched shipped eggs and also think nutrition may be a factor. Currently I'm hatching eggs from the beginning of the season from fresh hens. I'm pretty sure hens get tapped out towards the end of a laying season no matter how well you feed them, especially when they are...
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    Egg washing myth

    Oh, dear. Let me be clear, I'm experimenting and liking the results, and what I'm doing here is sharing the results. The experimenting started with desperation as I lost my flock to a pit bull and was trying to recreate it with every single egg. The only thing I'm convinced about is washing...
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    Egg washing myth

    I think so. There's been yellowish stuff, I think some kind of mucous from the laying process. I'm not scrubbing but wiping. I'm wiping because the brownish liquid would just re-dry on the egg and I'm not wanting to use too much HP rinsing even though I get it a dollar a bottle at Walmart...
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    Egg washing myth

    Earlier I posted about Hydrogen peroxide hatches and again had a few more excellent hatches with very filthy eggs. I'm convinced it's a myth washed eggs don't hatch well. I'm getting more aggressive washing under the sink, wiping with HP soaked paper towels and drenching in hydrogen peroxide...
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    SIlver DL Barnvelder crossed with lavender Project, Color?

    Not much help here, but out of curiosity I crossed a quality blue wheaton ameraucana roo with a couple of regular barnevelders hens. I just threw a couple of eggs in, as I'm really working on another project. Anyhow, the two chicks recently hatched and look exactly like purebred barnevelders...
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    Doesn't lay eggs

    The one in the picture is a pretty small hen, so she might be laying tiny eggs. In the past I bred for larger eggs, and hen size is somewhat relevant to egg size but not a rule of thumb. Leghorns are much smaller than say Jersey Giants but both can lay extra large eggs.
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    Doesn't lay eggs

    Are you sure she isn't laying? It maybe she doesn't sit in the nest box long. I know my Barnevelders are laying because they are the only brown layers in my group but never see them in a nest box. My blue layers like to hang out in the nest box whether they are laying or not. Other than...
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    [graphic photos] What would leave this?

    I'm agreeing on cat kill. One time I saw a domesticated wolf-hybrid eat a live squirrel. Snap snap and the tail fell off. The whole squirrel minus the tail was chunked down in about 2 seconds. I'm guessing from that ghoulish show, wolves are not too particular in their dining habits. I'm...
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    Anybody raise Dorkings?

    Next time you go to the grocery store peruse the produce and bread section. I'm struggling to remember what was tied with a thing I think would be ideal to brace the hips together. There's a wide white stiff band used, I think, closing bags in the bakery section. Not the usual twist ties, but...
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    Possible bullying? Need insight.

    Years ago I had a crabby hen instead of crating her I staked her in the coop. It was a rush job to solve an immediate problem but it worked very well. I tore a plastic bag into a strip, making a foot bracelet, tight enough she couldn't slip it off, loose enough not to cut off circulation...
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    Predators that don't fear people

    I think coexisting with wildlife is doable and everybody should strive to do so. I have the same wildlife as you and, yes occasionally will lose a chicken/duck to an oversight and just about any wild animal will capitalize mistakes. You might consider switching to a more natural type chicken...
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    First Incubation - Mixed Dates

    I have six incubators and at times I find myself doing a staggered hatch. Shipped eggs hatch and they can be quite old. The thing about incubating eggs is everything you do can be perfect and still get a bad hatch and do many mistakes and still get a decent hatch. Many decades ago as a kid I...
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    Time to give up?

    If you're near Huntsville Alabama I can give you a chick. I'm in a minority, but I open a little hole in unhatched eggs 12-18 hours after the first hatch with the remaining eggs. It solves several problems at once. If low oxygen is wiping out your embryos it seems to help, if a chick is...
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    Incubating 42 eggs:)

    That's going to be fun hatch!
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