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    Chick from Meyer Hatchery Doesn’t Have Eyes!!! Help please!

    I ordered 24 chicks from Meyer Hatchery and they arrived yesterday morning. I had ordered three of there Frizzle Easter Eggers. Two arrived in good condition however I noticed the last one was acting weird, stumbling around with head look upward. I did a closer examination and found that she did...
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    Is she broody???

    Update: No. A day later there where no signs life so that night I carefully cracked them open and they where both fully developed but dead. One was internally pip and the other was not.
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    3 out of 8 eggs given to a broody hen vanished after two week!

    Update: No. A day later there where no signs life so that night I carefully cracked them open and they where both fully developed but dead. One was internally pip and the other was not.
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    Day 25 Chicken Eggs Still Not Hatched!

    No. A day later there where no signs life so that night I carefully cracked them open and they where both fully developed but dead. One was internally pip and the other was not.
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    Avian Flu hits McMurray Hatchery

    I have a small business selling young chickens and other fowl and about half of my supply comes for Mcmurray and has already been pre ordered by my customers. This is just so devastating for me though I can't even imagine how bad it is for them. Most of their website is completely sold out and I...
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    2 week old chick being pecked at my Momma hen bloody open wound!

    I have a broody hen with 4 2 week old baby chicks. There have been no problems until today. I found that one of the chicks was all bloody and had two bad wounds one bigger than the other. What should I do to help it? What can I put on it? I would like to avoid separating them because I would...
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    Please Help! Day 28 Chicken Egg Alive But Still Not Hatched... Is this internal pipping???

    Of the 3 eggs that remain the one that was chirping and moving yesterday night has made no progress that I can tell without candling. The one that I did not see moving but thought I may have seen the beginning of an internal pip I believe externally pip around noon today but there has been no...
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    Please Help! Day 28 Chicken Egg Alive But Still Not Hatched... Is this internal pipping???

    I only keep chickens and all eggs were marked with sharpie so they would not be confused with new eggs.
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    Please Help! Day 28 Chicken Egg Alive But Still Not Hatched... Is this internal pipping???

    Ok thanks that makes me feel better. I first heard chirping yesterday night around 8 or 9 pm.
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    Please Help! Day 28 Chicken Egg Alive But Still Not Hatched... Is this internal pipping???

    I live in Northern Vermont and it is still below freezing most days and they have been under a broody hen out in the coop.
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    Please Help! Day 28 Chicken Egg Alive But Still Not Hatched... Is this internal pipping???

    Nope they are chicken eggs
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    Please Help! Day 28 Chicken Egg Alive But Still Not Hatched... Is this internal pipping???

    Today is day 28. Of 8 eggs only 3 have made it this far. One was infertile and the other four mysteriously disappeared my post about that here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/3-out-of-8-eggs-given-to-a-broody-hen-vanished-after-two-week.1514105/page-2#post-25505780 I have now candled 3...
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    Day 25 Chicken Eggs Still Not Hatched!

    Update: I candled again last night and there was movement in two of the eggs. On one I could even hear chirping. Pic below, is that internal pip? Today is day 28.
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    Day 25 Chicken Eggs Still Not Hatched!

    I have a first-time broody hen sitting on 4 eggs. She when broody around February 13th and I gave her eggs on February 23rd. The expected hatch date (21 days) was last Wednesday, March 16th. On day 23, Saturday, March 19th I candled the eggs. One egg had definite movement. Two others had no...
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    Is she broody???

    Ok thanks, how long do you think until hatch after internal pip?
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    In Coop Broody Hen

    Yes, I was planning to move her the first night that all chicks are hatched. I build a brooder space in the coop under the nest boxes (pic below). It is not overly big so I think I plan only keeping her and the chicks in there for the first week or so until babies a strong but if you have advice...
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    In Coop Broody Hen

    Update: I just candled under the cover of darkness. One egg had definite movement. Two others had no movement that I could see. They had the air cell, then a pretty much solid dark blob throughout the rest of the egg, I could see lots of veins on both. The last egg the one I thought might be...
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    3 out of 8 eggs given to a broody hen vanished after two week!

    Update: I just candled under the cover of darkness. One egg had definite movement. Two others had no movement that I could see. They had the air cell, then a pretty much solid dark blob throughout the rest of the egg, I could see lots of veins on both. The last egg the one I thought might be...
  19. chickens802

    Is she broody???

    Update: I just candled under the cover of darkness. One egg had definite movement. Two others had no movement that I could see. They had the air cell, then a pretty much solid dark blob throughout the rest of the egg, I could see lots of veins on both. The last egg the one I thought might be...
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    Is she broody???

    Ok thanks. Today is day 23, when I posted it was day 21.
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