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    Single Chick acting Lethargic and off

    How is the chickies doin? I hope you were able to warm him up!
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    Dirt inside my eggs

    Mine looked like that but the chunks were almost pea sized. Mine came from my amerucaunas and has seemed to resolved on its own.
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    Dirt inside my eggs

    The debris, and I really like that description, has always been in the white and not in or on the yolk. It tends to be a grey brown color, not shaped like a pea but about the size of a pea. I'm gonna crack some eggs open this afternoon and see what happens.
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    Dirt inside my eggs

    I wonder if it's actually poo getting in the egg?
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    Dirt inside my eggs

    I've not really played with them but my hubby scrambled one before I could take the dirt spot out and the eggs ended up being gritty like dirt. It was awful.
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    Dirt inside my eggs

    I know I was totally shocked at first but I've had 4 eggs like that so far. These dirt chunks have been as big as peas sometimes!
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    Dirt inside my eggs

    I have found a few eggs now that definitely have had dirt inside them. The next time I find one I will post a pic but this was a good chunk of dirt and not a meat spot. Does anyone know why this happens or how to make it stop?
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    Hatching Eggs!!!: 40+ Breeds to choose from: Starting at $3/each

    Do you do local pick up? I live near Chico, Ca and was wondering if I can just run up there and grab some tomorrow instead of risking shipping:)
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    Help egg with chicky it in badly damaged! PICS

    Thanks for all the advise:) I thought I'd give an update. The little guy is hanging in there and is nice and fluffy now. Unfortunately he is really weak:( he sleeps a lot and I have to carefully drop water on the tip of his beak to get him to drink every few hours. He's still too weak to walk...
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    Help egg with chicky it in badly damaged! PICS

    Hey the little guy made it through the night! there were a few times I thought he was a goner but he pulled through! I fell asleep for a while and when I got up he had scooted out of his shell and was laying with his brothers and sisters:) He's still attached to the egg by that one strand but he...
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    Help egg with chicky it in badly damaged! PICS

    Thank you so much by the way. My daughter says thank you too as she is trying so hard to keep him alive. This attack was really hard the kids and the new and unexpected chicks was such a blessing. This little guy has a long night ahead of him. I will post an update in the morning.
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    Help egg with chicky it in badly damaged! PICS

    Hmmm.... I have an old cooler outside that all the chicks would fit in. I wonder if I should put them all in there tonight to keep each other and the egg warm.
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    Help egg with chicky it in badly damaged! PICS

    I know! I am so mad at him right now. Unfortunately we don't have an incubator :( the mama hen sat on these babies in secret and she was killed last night with almost half of the flock. I'm down to 3 hens and the rooster and none of the hens are broody. The chickies started hatching last night...
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    Help egg with chicky it in badly damaged! PICS

    I had 11 eggs hatch today. The 12th made his air hole this morning and was peeping all day. I checked on him 10 minutes ago and he still had just that tiny air hole so I was going to let him work his was out over night. My idiot husband couldn't wait and decided to open the egg himself. By the...
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    Lucy's eggs (sad story hoping for a happy ending)

    I've been slowly taking them away from her over the last few days and replacing them with golf balls:) she seems much perkier now that the bad eggs are gone. And I swear she softly sings to her eggs as she turns them! I am loving this side of chicken raising now! Thank you for all the help:)
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