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    Day 25 video - viable?

    Ameraucana egg - all the others hatched at 21. I cracked it early on by accident but covered the crack w second skin and it continued to develop. This is so weird. Do I call it? Posting the video as its own thread (I have another where it’s a comment) so hopefully it gets some views w responses.
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    Overmated ?

    I have a male and female that I hatched and raised together. Whenever they get in the water, the male hops on her. He doesn’t appear to be too rough - isn’t holding her head under water or staying on very long. But how do I know if it’s too much before I find out the hard way and she’s hurt...
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    Hen Saddle

    My roo is tearing up some of my girls’ backs and wings. I put saddles with flaps on, but then they can’t get to their gland. What’s the schedule of removing them so they can preen, or are they too big? Should they be able to reach their gland?
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    Cracked Egg Day 22.5

    I cracked an egg early on in incubation; it didn’t leak so I used second skin and incubated it with the rest. Everyone else hatched yesterday and the day before. The cracked egg has veins, it looks viable, but at what point do I call it? No internal pip, either.
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    Day 15 Help

    Most have normal air cells, but three have huge ones. Do I need to increase humidity? It’s been at 50.
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    Viable?

    This one doesn’t look good - I’ve seen a blood ring but not something like this. Day 8 - thoughts?
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    Cracked Egg

    I have three day old shipped hatching eggs in the incubator and because I couldn’t keep my grubby little hands off them, I cracked one. No liquid so I put second skin on it, but the crack is pretty significant. Also took it off the turner and in a corner so I can control the turns manually. Not...
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    ISO BCM, Hedemora, Silverrud Eggs

    Looking for dark and/or purple BCM - 8 or 9 color, Hedemora, and Silverudd (blue - I know they can hatch in splash or black too but looking for a strong blue statistic) hatching eggs. Six of each, max - can be from different farms, shipping now to Indiana. Thanks!
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    Roo new to hens

    I have an eight month roo who needs some ladies. But when I put a few in with him, he gets very rough and just jumps on them. No courting, no dancing, just jumps on while they screech and then run away and he chases them. My other roo (different run, a month older) is the opposite. Is there a...
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    Frostbite vent

    It’s that time of year… Our temps got into -2 and my roo’s comb tips are turning black. I don’t use Vaseline, their coop is draft free and has a ventilation fan and their run is wrapped + covered. No water in the coop either. My flock is a big group of three and four year olds and five under a...
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    Genetics for Fibro and Blue Egg

    I have an fm/fm roo - if I put him over a hen with O/O for blue egg, would the offspring be a fibro blue layer?
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    Cockerel Broke Part of Beak

    Cockerel hatched in June, three years of chickens and this has never happened. I went out to the run today and his beak was like this. Have a vet appt tomorrow but is there anything I can do for him this evening? I have meloxicam but I don’t know if I want to try and get it in his mouth safely...
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    Treatment?

    Three year old BCM, had a light molt (can still see her neck feathers coming in). All flock, free choice eggshell, dried bugs (black fly larvae), and snacks here and there - organic veggies. I let them out in the yard when I’m with them for a few hrs on weekends and 30 mins weekdays. Yesterday...
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    Hmong Cockerels - Indianapolis, IN

    Three boys, not integrated with my main flock, purchased as eggs from Sugar Feather Farms. All good boys, one has attempted a crow, none show aggression to humans (all seem pretty timid so they’ll probably run away from hens at first too). Not for food. Hatched July 4.
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    Fine to gone in less than a day

    I need to suck it up and send her to Purdue for necropsy but wondering if this sounds familiar in the interim. Flock of 18, all originally from NPIP hatcheries (if that matters). No exposure to new or random chickens. On organic all flock, choice eggshell, choice grit, treats are black fly...
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    Hmong Cockerels

    I have three cockerels that I hatched this summer. A completely new breed as my others are all ‘mainstream’ hatchery birds. It’s been fun watching them grow and feather - they’re three best friends but one of them looks like the UPS man’s son. Nothing like the other two, from the tail to the...
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    Fibromelanosis

    I hatched three Hmong eggs and got three little boys (lucky me!). I’d like to find two of them good homes and I’m wondering if I should get them tested for the fibro gene as a way to get them into homes faster). Is it worth it? I know zero about genetics, have done some research online but is...
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    Tapeworms

    Want to confirm this is ok to give to laying hens (with egg w/d) for tapeworms? I read some threads that said it’s ok and then the warning on the bottle says not for eggs or meat.
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    Hmongs

    Cockerel or Pullet? Three total with numbers on pics. Hatched on July 4th.
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    Just want to double check

    I’m 95% certain this is a roo. His comb came up early but hasn’t gotten any bigger, and no attempt at crowing. Then the color on his wings started. But, the other roo started crowing a good month ago so maybe I still have hope. What % cockerel do you give him? He’s a mutt. Dad was an OE and mom...
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