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    Chick's right eye hurt or disease?

    Their eyes are all clear! They are happy little guys and seem very healthy! I'm so happy with them!!!
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    Chick's right eye hurt or disease?

    I'm going to try and make a similar enclosure - that's so fun! And the mama heating pad is genius. That's incredible how those little chickies can survive the cold with their mama! They really are strong little things. I'm so glad you're so informative and helpful, I'm so glad I got to meet you...
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    Chick's right eye hurt or disease?

    That's so amazing. What happy chicks they must be! I don't think I could do anything that fancy with the hinges and all but I definitely feel like getting a huge cardboard box and spicing it up! I've never heard of the mama heating pad. Do they not need constant warmth on them? I thought they...
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    Chick's right eye hurt or disease?

    Wow. First off that's such a cool concept with the sand. Second of all your brooder box is amazing!! It's so roomy and the little stands for them, I love it! I've always just used cardboard boxes until they got too big then sent them outside. That's really amazing! I can't see it, but do they...
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    Chick's right eye hurt or disease?

    Thank you guys! That's amazing - hemp bedding? And sand? That's a fantastic idea! I know they like to peck at the shavings so the paper towels over the sand is a great idea. They really do try to eat anything I think😂
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    Chick's right eye hurt or disease?

    Hi! Thank you so much for saying something!! That is cedar shavings. I am allergic to pine so I got cedar thinking it would all be the same. That's so interesting and I didn't know that at all! I can definitely get some doggy pee pads. After a week since I can't use pine shavings what should I...
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    Chick's right eye hurt or disease?

    This is one of them, her other eye is open and she's walking about pecking and being normal. But there are a few like this just wandering about with one eye open and the right eye closed. Ok, if I do anything I'll make sure it's bird approved ointment. I'm not really sure how long any of them...
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    Eggs aren't hatching

    That's hilarious! Well it started cause they were raised indoors and when they first laid eggs we gave them a nice nest cubby in our kitchen and would give them oats afterward. So when they were put outside it was their routine to get it done inside😂. One hen didn't just wipe her beak on the...
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    Chick's right eye hurt or disease?

    So I just incubated chicks and 10 hatched. About 3, maybe a 4th, has their right eye closed most of the time. It's odd that it's all their right eyes. They can open them although they don't very often. I was reading some posts here and some people said maybe they got scratched/pecked/bumped...
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    Eggs aren't hatching

    That's literally so cool. It's amazing how attached you can become and how smart they actually are. We used to have a few that would wipe their beaks on our door to lay eggs inside our house in a special cubby. Hatching is so cool now! I had always bought mine from Bucheits
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    Eggs aren't hatching

    Thank you guys for all the advice!! That's very interesting, I'll definitely leave them and see what happens. I would love if they would hatch but am prepared for them not to. And that's an interesting though with reading to them, I've not heard of that but would love to give it a try!
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    Eggs aren't hatching

    So I can't hear anything in them. And I candled and can see the faint outline of the chicks but no movement. Are they probably dead? All but one is a green egg. And only one of my 10 hatched chicks came from a green egg. Couldn't there be something wrong with those specifically?
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    Eggs aren't hatching

    So I had set a dozen eggs one evening and then another dozen the day right after. It was about 12hrs difference. At day 18 I pulled bad eggs (8) leaving me with 16. On days 21 for each batch the eggs hatched. I have 10 happy babies and the 11th egg pipped, made a hole and died. I have 5 eggs...
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    Shrink wrapping and wet chicks

    Today is day 21. And the chicks hatched early this morning. So on time. There is, but I think the condensation might be from the humidifier I put in my room to aid with the humidity? I'm not sure if that would actually help, but I thought I'd try that. And yes, I am opening it fairly frequently...
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    Shrink wrapping and wet chicks

    Ok. So I have been having a struggle after the first 3 chicks hatched. I have 6 others with pips but they are starting to get shrink wrapped. I have some other late guys but am not worried as they'll eventually pip or they won't. It's at 70% and they're still struggling to stay moist. I've added...
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