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  1. ScienceTchr

    Oh no is this Mareks?

    Last night one of our Dominique girls (they were hatched the week of April 7th) was limping and dragging a wing, didn't want to eat only to drink. I couldn't see any sign of injury when I checked her over, her eyes looked fine and she wasn't rasping or making other odd noises when breathing...
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    Chick with goopy eye

    My chicks are about a week old. When they first hatched last week one came out with eyes sealed shut and one eyeball hugely swollen and goopy. I tried to save her but she never started drinking or eating. I kept her separate as soon as I noticed the eye issue and washed my hands constantly never...
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    Acckkk!

    My brinsea mini incubator had the turner set to on instead of auto. I was gone on lockdown day and didn't realize it was set to that so my co-worker who put the eggs in lockdown for me didn't know he had to set the turner off (totally my fault not his). Today is day 21 and they've been turned...
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    Ack - not turned for 24 hours

    I have a brinsea octagon advanced 20 that I am currently using to incubate eggs in my classroom. There is a live feed cam on it all the time (not hugely interesting now but nice so I can monitor things from home when needed). I left my classroom Wednesday evening at 4:30 and the incubator was...
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    Could this be sex-linked?

    We are hatching eggs in my classroom that will eventually join my home flock. I have 4 EE hens, an EE rooster, 4 Dominiques, and a chicken mutt that probably has some kind of EE in her because she has grayish green legs but lays brown eggs in my home flock. From that flock we had 5 eggs...
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    ISO Silkie eggs for classroom hatch

    My classroom is studying genetics and embryology by hatching eggs. I really want to hatch out some silkies for them to see and do some inquiry based learning around why silkies have such dark skin compared to other chicken varieties. In all honesty I can't afford to pay much BUT I can afford...
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    Help my students!

    I'm not sure if this is in the right place, I am relatively new here. If I've committed a major no-no please feel free to delete or move. My 7th grade students this year REALLY want to hatch eggs and study the changes that go on inside the egg. So many of these kids are so far removed from...
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    Introducing a rooster to flock (with just hens)

    We have 9 hens in our flock (4 Dominiques, 1 chicken mutt, and 4 EE's) we just got an EE rooster who is super sweet and just beautiful. I have him in the "mobile" coop right next to their big pen so he can see them and they can see him but they can't reach each other at all. The girls seem...
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    Feeding the meaties

    Our meaties (that I think are the Jumbo's from McMurray) are about 4 weeks old now and happily living in their new chicken tractor. I've been picking their food up at night and putting it back down in the morning to keep them from doing nothing but eating. We are also feeding a starter/grower...
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    Rooster help -- feel stupid asking.

    And probably a different type of rooster help then most folks need. We have 4 Dominique girls, 1 chicken mutt girl, and 4 new EE babies -- we really want a rooster. Preferably a Dominique rooster. We got our Dominique girls from a lady downstate but I can't find any of her info or her e-mail...
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    Teaching chicks to chill

    We got 4 new Ameraucana (they came from McMurray though so I wouldn't be shocked if they turn out to be Easter Eggers, either way my daughter requested the chickens that lay the colored eggs so we're happy no matter what they really are). We've handled them daily, the first 3 weeks their...
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    What would you reccomend?

    I am trying to get an incubator for my classroom and my superintendent has told me if we can figure out a way to hatch chukar eggs (he can take care of the chicks it won't be on me I have NO desire to raise chukar but he is an avid hunter and can put in flight pens to raise them). He has said...
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    Little Giant - worth it?

    Our TSC has Little Giants on sale for $39.99. I am thinking of getting one to hatch eggs in my classroom (I posted awhile back about this). So I have a few questions and I am hoping you can help: 1. Do I need the egg turner? It will be set-up in my classroom I am there most days from 7-4 and...
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    Looking for some help hatching chicks in my class.

    I teach 7th grade Science and this year I really want to hatch chicks with my students. It gives them a fantastic chance to make observations and predictions. We have 5 chickens now and we just moved to a new house with MUCH more land and a bigger pen (the bigger coop is coming next spring...
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