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    I'm SURE this is not a Barnvelder!

    Thanks all. I will keep watching, and see if I can decide for sure. Good information. I don't know the breeder, as it was a friend who did the hatching, and it was months ago, so with all the eggs she orders, not sure if she would even know. But thanks!
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    I'm SURE this is not a Barnvelder!

    Hmmmm, I looked up Campines online, and the coloring fits as a possibility, but she's not nearly as pretty as the photos I saw. Not an Ameracauna or EE, she has no beard or muffs, and her legs do not have the green sheen. I will just have to keep watching her as she grows and see what color...
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    I'm SURE this is not a Barnvelder!

    I bought 3 supposed Barnvelder Chicks, and one now looks like THIS! I am sure it's not a Barnvelder, but I don't recognize it for what it may be. It should be pure, as the eggs it came from were from a breeder. I don't know the person though as my friend hatched the eggs. Its about 2.5 months...
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    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    Did anyone mention Diotomaceous earth? Its fabulous preventative for all sorts of buggy problems. I use it in my chickens food, bedding, nests, and all over the ground.
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    Hen with no chest feathers

    Let her sit on a few eggs temporarily, and then see if you can get some day old chicks. Put them under her when it's dark, and make sure she is sectioned off with food and water so she can care for them. Thats about the only way to pull a determined hen out of broodiness, give her babies to...
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    Second Shipment of McMurray Bantams dying again on first day HELP!

    I know this may not be helpful, but it could just be that they can't handle the stress. If they had a rough trip, or too long without food, there may be nothing you can do. Also if Mc M is having this issue with more than just you on these specific birds, they may need to get new parent stock...
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    Hatching and need some advice!

    If you have had hatches already, i would chip into another egg and see what's going on. YES, unfortunately too high of humidity CAN be a problem. and that is REALLY high for chickens. I am not an expert either, but I DO hatch alot, and I know that is too high. I have problems of my own still...
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    Please help! Several Late Deaths on hatch day.

    :-(
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    No Autoturner, Need Advice on Tipping Entire Incubator

    Quote: 30% should be plenty high enough for chicken eggs. I would go back to your tilting plan. And humidity is greater with more "surface area" of water than depth. So maybe ad a couple more sponges. Just a thought.
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    Please help! Several Late Deaths on hatch day.

    Quote: No, you are right for the most part... but like I said these are special birds, and they were dead anyway if I don't help, so I decided to help. So far they are wiggling and chirping alot, and yes they are shrink wrapped, so it will be a long night. My feeling is that it's not so much...
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    Incubator on Craigslist....is this a good deal?

    No, i hate to say it, but its not a great deal. Its pretty much retail. Also I wouldn't recommend a LG. YOu want a GQF HOvabator if you are going with styrafoam. Its the best inexpensive one I've found.
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    Help! My kids found a goose egg...

    Mary, If it's growing you should see veins along the inside of the shell. Dark spots could mean rotten egg, unless it is a big amount of dark, filling the whole egg, that would mean the egg has been incubated before you found it and somehow got dragged out of the nest. You need a thermometer...
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    Please help! Several Late Deaths on hatch day.

    Anyone?? I am adding a post just to move this to the top again in the index.
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    Please help! Several Late Deaths on hatch day.

    Hi there, I have been experiencing a problem over and over with my last few hatches, and that is late death after internal pip. I am wondering if there are any experts out there who can help me pinpoint what might be going on. I don't want to continue to have this problem, AND I haven't had it...
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    how many weeks until outside full-time?

    We're in Utah and the weahter is still plenty temperamental, and I have 14 Cornish X this is my second batch, but they are the stinkiest birds, so I pulled them out of the brooder at like 3 weeks and put them on the ground. They are all doing just fine, and we don't even have a light on them at...
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