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    Day 22: 1 pipped 24hrs ago, not hatched, 7 eggs no pip. What do I do?

    We'll have 12 chickens in total. If two of them are Cockerels then we'll have 6-10 eggs a day which'll be enough for me, my wife and 6 kids. :) Plus we will always make more chicks too! :)
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    Day 22: 1 pipped 24hrs ago, not hatched, 7 eggs no pip. What do I do?

    2 X Leghorn (if ones a rooster he'll be called Foghorn) 2 X Olive Egger 2 X Norfolk Grey We currently have brown, light brown, speckled brown, blue eggs and these will also add white and green to the mix. Wonder what other colour eggs you can get. Could we have a box of rainbow eggs? :)
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    Day 22: 1 pipped 24hrs ago, not hatched, 7 eggs no pip. What do I do?

    None hatched at the end of Day 25, so found some day old chicks and swapped them for the eggs. Hen took to the chicks like a duck to water.
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    Day 22: 1 pipped 24hrs ago, not hatched, 7 eggs no pip. What do I do?

    We're on day 23 of our clutch of 5 hatching eggs (under a broody hen) 1st time for us. I think I'm going to remove the broody hen and float test the eggs. As we've been researching it looks like Day 25 is the cut off date for viability, but I found a post on here saying someone had a chick...
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    Help! My broody chicken has started to shiver.

    We put a bowl of water and food in the coop with her, but she gets let out for a leg stretch, a poo and forage on the lawn. Will look into the type of feed. Good idea. We're on day 7, but they were hatching eggs, that we put under a broody hen. My wife and I candled the eggs today and they...
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    Help! My broody chicken has started to shiver.

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    Help! My broody chicken has started to shiver.

    As the title suggests my broody hen has started shivering. It's her (and our) first clutch of eggs. Should we be worried? Is this normal? Any advice would be most welcome.
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    TallTutor here! All the way from the UK.

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I had chickens for 8/9 years now but only ever 6 at a time. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 6 (3) What breeds do you have? Currently: Barton Blue Barton Brown Rhode Island Red Black laced Wyandotte Black Marian...
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