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    Chicke dying while pipping

    WIFEY RANG AT WORK AND SAID 3 MORE HAVE HATCHED,AND THE EHN ACCEPTED THE PIPPING CHICKS..PICTURES TO FOLLOW
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    Chicke dying while pipping

    Along with the eggs 10speed fertilised, I added some fertile eggs from a breeder down the road, however... They seem to be dying while pipping.....poor little buggars, two dead, one very weak, two more pipping. The membrane looks very dry, I think they all are struggling to get out. They looked...
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    Orpington Roo, 10Speed is finally a dad

    Quote: Blue Orp, not black, from a splash/splash combination. From an orp site.... Blue Male Plumage: Hackles, saddle, wing bow, back and tail dark slate blue. Remainder medium slate blue, each feather to show lacing of darker shade as on the back. Female Plumage: Medium slate blue, laced...
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    Orpington Roo, 10Speed is finally a dad

    He reminds me of the Phantom of the Opera, with his flowing feathers when he runs away... He is a cool fella, we always talk to him by name when we enter their run area. He just attracts attention from everyone who comes around.
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    Orpington Roo, 10Speed is finally a dad

    Here is 10Speed.. The boys nicknamed him that because they cannot catch him, he's too fast. He has an attitude that exudes confidence.
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    Orpington Roo, 10Speed is finally a dad

    First time we have raised chickens, and had them reproduce... Blue and Splash Orpington What you looking at?? Hoping this one is a pullet, note the black head and neck. Good on 10Speed.
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    SHOWGIRLS a hatching, PICS!

    Quote: I post images on dpreview, fuji forum, and get picked on things like that. Very nice pictures, I could tell they were a DSLR as soon as I saw them.
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    SHOWGIRLS a hatching, PICS!

    Quote: I guessed you were a photographer by the quality of the images and your signature in the corner.... BTW, the skirting board isn't level in this one...sorry had to say Eddie One Photographer to another.. Wish I had a DSLR!!
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    What time of day do your hens lay?

    Mine have laid 20 eggs bt 1-2pm half of them are laid by 10am.
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    Rooster chased my little girl today

    I'm always very cautious of our roo... He has shown no aggressive tendancies to anyone yet. He is a year old. When I'm in the run, I do, occasionally, chase him into a corner, flapping my arms. I note he does this, stands tall and flaps his wing, then crows. So I immitate this against him...
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    moving a broody

    Quote: I had thought of that....wire mesh over the front from about day 18-19, once all hatched, move the lot. It's tough when someone says don't have high nesting boxes, thats how they like them, I cannot choose where they go broody...you come home and say.."you still there!!?"
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    moving a broody

    What a dilema.. i have three broodies at the moment, one of them, known as chicken little has successfully been moved to another box and run. however i have two others who are impossible to move. I tried moving one of them, but in the new box and run, she just paced and paced and let the eggs...
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    TEST JUST FOR FUN

    i did that last year and hatched 7 from 12. 5 roosters out of it.
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    What's the youngest your hens have started laying?

    Leghorn/shaver X 12-14 weeks...tiny we fart eggs, as they were on the grass first time round.
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    How much do you sell eggs for?

    At my workplace here in Invercargill, New Zealand, there are four of us who sell eggs. We all agreed on $4NZ/doz (approx $3.50US) We all have our own waiting list too, and help each others "customers" out too. The other two sell a doz each every two days, I sell a 3 doz every two days
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    Who is pipping and waiting right now??

    Day 24 No movement, no noise. Candled the eggs again, and it looks like they died between day 7-14. 3/4 of the egg is dark, i can see the airsack and also a lighter area with veins in the small end. Now i have to wait for a broody.
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    Who is pipping and waiting right now??

    Quote: So you have candled them and nothng ? so sorry Last candled on the 14 day, definitely something there. Temps have fluctuated too much ranging some days between 34 and 39 degC. The odd thing is some days it would sit ang on for 4-5 days then drop for no apparent reason, so I would...
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    Who is pipping and waiting right now??

    day 23 No sounds no movement.
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    Who is pipping and waiting right now??

    DAy 22 No sounds, no movements Not happy.
  20. edster951

    Who is pipping and waiting right now??

    Day 21. No Sounds, no movement. The incubator did drop temp a couple of times so they maybe late. Temp 37.1degC Humidity 70% All eggs large end up in egg carton.
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