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    Silver laced Wyandotte pullet or cockerel?

    Just an update for everyone. It was a cockerel in the end 😅 I didn’t get updated pics but 2 days later had long saddle feathers.
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    Silver laced Wyandotte pullet or cockerel?

    Opinions pullet or cockerel? This one has had me guessing. 14 weeks old
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    Wanting advice about my broodies

    This morning I woke up to the hen sitting on them having eaten 2 of them already... I’m familiar with hand raising chicks it was the broodies I wasn’t familiar with. It looks like I’ll be hand raising them since she thinks they are nice snacks and everyone else has decided they no longer care...
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    Wanting advice about my broodies

    So my last couple of months I’ve been arguing with a few of my hens about them wanting to hatch more chicks (I still have 23 from my last hatch). Anyways, my dog passed away and I couldn’t be bothered to argue with them about collecting eggs. Sure enough 4 of them sat on eggs. One (pearl)...
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    Wyandotte cockerel?

    That’s what I thought. Thanks
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    Wyandotte cockerel?

    This looks like a cockerel to me but would love others opinions. I believe it’s 7 weeks old. Thanks in advance.
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    Are you good at candling dark eggs?

    Would it be possible to get pictures of the egg being candled on the big end with the air cell. I find it much easier to see veining even in darker eggs.
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    Day 18 Chick Piping/Hatching... HELP!!

    Any progress with your chick? Got any pics of the turn plate? Mine pip face down all the time and are fine.
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    MY CHICK IS STUCK?

    Chicks can take over 24 hours to zip after pip. Give it some time especially if it’s bleeding that means things are still being absorbed by the chick.
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    Help!!!

    They don’t look infertile. I can’t see any spider veins but my yolks usually look like the last picture you posted when they are early on. I think there’s still hope :) can check them again in about 4-7 days.
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    Day 22 HELP

    38° is a little high. If your temperature spiked it be to warm. Are the eggs from your personal flock or some you bought? Shipped eggs are harder to hatch. What was wrong with your eggs that didn’t make it to lockdown? We’re they empty? Blood ring? Or did they just quit? That might be able to...
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    Day 22 HELP

    Not all of them hatch. Especially on your first try it’s a lot of getting used to incubation. That being said they may still. You are right waiting till day 24 is a good idea. From there you can candle. If you see movement then you can put them back but if not they may just not have been...
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    Help!!!

    If you could candle from the air cell you might be able to see something. You can repost pictures and I can give it a shot but you won’t see anything candling from the bottom at the stage. My dark eggs keep me guessing till day 7-14 sometimes!
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    Help! First time Hatcher

    It sounds like yolk hasn’t been fully absorbed. Depending on severity I’ve had some absorb it after hatch, some where the rest just fell off and chick was fine and some where chick didn’t make it (These were more severe cases with bleeding). If it’s just a little I wouldn’t worry about it. If...
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    crowing hen

    I’ve heard of this happening before. More likely to happen if there’s no rooster around.
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