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    day olds not eating as well as I expected

    TY.Yes, they are learning to stand and it's hilarious! I may try taking out my aggressions on a ziploc bag of their pellets with a meat tenderizer though. I see they pick the little bits up but often can't seem to get them down.
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    day olds not eating as well as I expected

    Hi. Well, we just hatched our first chicks. 6/10 hatched (bantams). I am feeding them something I got from Murray McMurray, Chick-a-Go 20 Starter-Developer. It's little pellets. I've given it in a dish and spread it about the brooder, but nobody is wild about it. I cooked them up some egg...
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    Time Sensitive Hatch Question

    TY for your advice and info. today,Friday, we have 6 happy chicks in their brooder and 1 still chirping in the egg
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    Time Sensitive Hatch Question

    Well, I did temporarily remove the eggs to a warm pan and clean off the grate and troughs (hovabator). Took about 5 minutes. Then I took a shower and did housework. I returned to find a chick! I'm a little concerned about it, because while it is kicking, moving, breathing, and preening a...
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    Time Sensitive Hatch Question

    Hi, I just found this site last night when I googled "chirping in the egg"! The posts in this forum are so helpful! My son and I are incubating 11 banty eggs (our first time, trying to enrich the life of a hiIQ, ADHD underachiever), and it is day 20. They've been chirping since yesterday, and...
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