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    Gimpy leg chibks - What can be done?

    Thank you so much!! The website you referred me to is amazing. It is a relief to know I can help the little ones! (and that it's not a disease)
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    Gimpy leg chibks - What can be done?

    I had a chick hatch a week ago that could not stand up. It walks on its knees. Since then three more new hatches are having trouble walking on their right legs. One of them holds its leg straight out behind it and just hops on the good leg. Has anyone ever had this happen, or heard of this...
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    Greetings from Turner, Oregon

    Greetings! It's been very busy here, one or two hatches a day. They are so adorable!! My hens have hatched 2. I have hatched 15 in the incubator. My hens have abandoned their clutches. So I brought the eggs in. We'll see how well I do with hatching eggs at various stages. I can't use the egg...
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    Greetings from Turner, Oregon

    Thanks for the welcome! I have a new noisy little one.I have been in talking to the eggs so much that the chick follows my voice. It is very cute!! I hope all the noise encourages the others to hatch.
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    I hear chirping!

    This is my third attempt at incubating.I have been very anxious about this one because I only have one chick from my first attempt, and none from the second. (grandkids turned up the bator on that one) I had one hatch in the turner on day 11. The eggs are from my hen's overflowing nests. I guess...
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    Greetings from Turner, Oregon

    I am on my third attempt incubating chickens. I was searching for information/advice when I found this site. My first experince with chickens was about 20 years ago. I had a small coop with about six chickens my favorite breeds then were Polish and Banty. We had a Banty that would ride on the...
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    Concern about the babies

    Thanks for the welcome! I tried to reply earlier and my internet went down. I took the eggs out of the turner14 hours ago. Nothing yet. I keep thinking I hear pecking, or quiet peeping, but when I check there's no noise. I put a little extra water in the incubator when I took them out to prevent...
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    Concern about the babies

    I have 9 hens. Three are sitting on the eggs. Most of them are fertile when candled. They had so many eggs they were having difficulty covering them so I took 17 eggs out for the incubator. These were the least developed. Looked Like they were just getting started. I left 27 under the hens that...
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    Concern about the babies

    I think your right about the eggs being farther along. I'll take them out of the turner today. Thank You!
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    Concern about the babies

    I have an egg turner in my incubator. I had a baby hatch and it's day 11. I checked the rest of the eggs and many have the air bubble on the bottom, plus they look very developed. Should I go ahead and take the whole batch of eggs out of the turner?? --Or should I turn the eggs with the air...
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