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    Can movement inside egg be from infection?

    Okay, so here's the little guy 12 hours later. He is really tiny but otherwise seems fairly typical. One of his extra toes has another toe growing sideways out of it.. so that's.. special. I still have him in the incubator, but I'll move him to a brooder today and I think then it will be...
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    Can movement inside egg be from infection?

    So unfortunately I had to come to work, but I just got a text from my husband that the egg hatched and there is a chirping zombie chick sitting in the incubator. I want to ask him if it seems to be weird looking or disabled from its magical adventures in resurrection, but honestly he is not a...
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    Can movement inside egg be from infection?

    So, this morning I heard a few peeps- so it's a bird in there. The pip is not really bigger, maybe a tiny bit but still no hole or anything. Not as much progress as I would typically expect to see in 18 hours. I feel like he is going to be too weak to hatch given the circumstances, but I'm...
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    Can movement inside egg be from infection?

    Okay, so zombie chick has a pip today. I haven't heard anything or seen any movement, but the pip is right in the spot where one would expect it, so maybe he's really going to try to come back from the dead. ...Or, the bacteria in the egg is making it explode and in a couple of hours I am...
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    Can movement inside egg be from infection?

    I looked again this morning and I really think the chick is presently living. This is shocking to me because based on when he was 'collected' he was sitting out for a minimum of 24 hours.. and who knows if it could have been longer. Not knowing how far along it is, I am not sure how to set the...
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    Can movement inside egg be from infection?

    Weirdo story: I have an incubator that we mostly loan out to my kids' schools. The last couple of hatches haven't worked out, which I assumed was user error, but decided to try some eggs at home to make sure the incubator is functioning properly. Tried some eggs myself, still nothing. Decided...
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    Multiple questions re: bad, delayed hatch

    Thanks for the info. I did remove the chick last night. He seemed to be having trouble walking (not that he had much space) and the inside of the egg looked bloodier than I am used to, so I wanted to check. I didn't see any yolk or anything else weird about his underside related to the blood...
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    Multiple questions re: bad, delayed hatch

    I will start with the long version of the story and end with my specific questions- feel free to skip to the questions! I have a fully automatic 3-egg incubator that I keep specifically to loan out to my kids' schools each year for hatching projects. It has been used a number of times with no...
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    What gender are these three mutts?

    I know this post was a year old, but I had to update that all three of the birds pictured ended up being roosters. I gave them to my friend and told her that the online chicken experts confirmed their pulletness. Nine months later she mentioned that she hadn't been getting any eggs and that her...
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    How to use a surrogate?

    Thank you! Yes, I think I have two days left to go.. a bit confusing because they are Midget White turkeys and some websites are telling me that these incubate for less time than other turkeys, but others say they are the same. Either way, we're about there. When I last candled the egg a couple...
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    How to use a surrogate?

    Hi experts, Last month my mother (who has some turkeys on her farm) asked me to use my incubator to "test" a couple of eggs for fertility as she was trying to figure out if her tom turkey was doing his job. I put in three eggs; two were fertile, but one didn't last very long. Fast forward, I...
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    What gender are these three mutts?

    I was afraid to even dream that would be the case! :)
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    What gender are these three mutts?

    One of my bantam hens hatched these three babies. They are 10 weeks old now, and I can't figure out what sex they are. I think the two black ones are hens and the whitest one is a rooster, but maybe that one is just more red because it has lighter skin? I am not sure what breeds are involved...
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    Do I have three roosters?

    My best guess is that the moms (at least some) were Dominiques. Dad could have been a Wyandotte- there aren't any Wyandotte hens though. I appreciate the input! With most of my past chickens I could tell at this age, but these combs are making it much harder.
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    Do I have three roosters?

    My little hen hatched these babies 5 weeks ago. I could try to guess what breeds they are but I don't know for sure (they all came from light brown eggs). Either way they are mixes. I'm suspecting I had bad luck and all three are roosters! The black one with the white lacing is one I'm least...
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