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egg -> chicken
Well after a week of waiting I got really impatient. I did try candling the eggs but I couldn't see anything, couldn't tell if there was chicken or not but I didn't see the air sack at the base of the egg either. An they did start do stink and some of them were seeping. I cracked them all...- Janeyfish
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egg -> chicken
Hi My hen has been sitting on her eggs for 24 days. I've read that it takes 21 days for eggs to hatch, can it take longer. She has already chucked an egg out that had been rotten, but I'm assuming the other eggs are viable still as she hasn't got off them. I am probably a little bit impatient...- Janeyfish
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Help my Poor ducks feathers look terrible
There is a drake but its not that, The more I look at it the more I think that her feathers have just got waterlogged and haven't been able to dry out properly. I might see if I can seperate her from the other two who are fine and put her under cover for a few days. -
Help my Poor ducks feathers look terrible
I'm a relatively new Poultry owner and I've noticed over the last month or two that my young Buff Orpington duck that I've raised myself has the most terrible feathers. Her wing feathers and the feathers on her back look wet and manky. It is winter here and I thought that she might be moulting...