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    bantam/standard cross = medium???

    I don't have an answer yet, about adult size but I hatched 18 bantam eggs two weeks ago. The hens were beautiful feather footed Banty's and the roosters were mixed breeds of some heavy layer stock. Out of the 18 only three have the beautiful feathered feet. They are all pale yellow with black...
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    Second Hatch is going GREAT

    My first hatch three weeks ago was a real disappointment with 9 chicks out of an original 40 eggs. This hatch I have 16 eggs from two different farms and right now I have 10 babies and three are zipping right along. I took notes from this board and made a list of what I felt I could do and I...
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    Dirty shipped eggs..

    I have eggs hatching today that were VERY dirty when given to me by a local farmer. I mean these eggs had so much poo on them I hesitated to use them. I washed them gently with a cloth and warm water not getting them completely wet. Of the six washed eggs I think 5 of them have already...
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    Day 20 and four pips this afternoon!

    This is my first try at a staggered hatch. I didn't want to do it this way but there was a misunderstanding with the lady who was saving eggs for me. Anyway I have 16 to hatch tomorrow and four have piped today. I think three of them are from the same hen as they are identical light tan...
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    Heartbroken....

    My little guy with the curled toes and bad leg died this afternoon. My 10 year old daughter was holding it in a washcloth and singing to it when it took its last breath. We all cried. We were really getting attached to this little guy. He was a fighter but his leg was too bad. We have 8...
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    Heartbroken....

    Well, out of my 40 original eggs, I had 30 in my Little Giant on hatch day. Only 8 hatched in the first 24 hours. On day 22 four hatched, two died and two had leg deformities. One of the chicks with a bad leg just died an hour ago and one is left. The little guy can't walk right, his toes...
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    What Went Wrong?

    The green liquid was still dripping from the egg so I quickly removed it from the incubator. I don't need any stink in there. The chick is dead so I peeled away the shell. It was beautiful but had not absorbed all its yolk sac. I think it got a hole in the yolk, maybe his own toe nail? Once...
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    What Went Wrong?

    My second chick was about 1/3 out of the shell when some greenish liquid came out. The chick struggled for a minute then went still. I am sure it is dead. It is large and looks fully formed, why did this happen? This is so sad for only our second chick!! The first chick is climbing all over...
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    My Very First Chick is OUT!!

    21 days almost to the minute! I put them in the Little Giant at 4:00 PM 21 days ago and at 4:00 the first chick emerged! I have 6 more pips, but 24 eggs doing nothing. I candled them all at 14 days and all had development so I am hoping for more pips overnight. The chicks are mutts, coming...
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    I hear cheeping!!

    This incubation experiment is the most exciting thing I have done in a long time. Yes, sadly I lead a boring life. Anyway, my eggs are on day 20 and I hear cheeping from a couple of them. I think I have identified one of them. The egg is really rocking around. I posted yesterday about the...
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    Egg On day 19 is now leaking some yolk--help!

    I don't see a pip at all. No noise or anything either. I sure hope he makes it. I will let you know.
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    Egg On day 19 is now leaking some yolk--help!

    This is my first post, I am new to this fantastic board! I have 30 eggs in my new Little Giant Still air incubator. Today one of the eggs has a bit of dried yolk on the pointy end, I am sure that was not there yesterday. The little guy inside is still alive and he rocks that egg quite a bit...
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