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    How long can a chick breathe inside after internally pipping?

    I am on day 22, with a couple eggs not yet externally pipped, while the rest of the eggs already hatched on day 20 and 21. I have 2 marans eggs that I candled last night and could see that they internally pipped (18 hrs ago), and I can hear chirping if I tap on the shell. But no external pips...
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    Wheaten ameraucana neck feathers?

    I have 8 wheaten ameraucana chicks, almost 2 weeks old. I have read that I can sex them by the color of the shaft of the neck feather as they come in, that males will have black and females brown. But they all look very dark to me! I can tell that one is definitely male as he has very dark...
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    Inconsistent humidity ok?

    I am on day 7, and I have 8 eggs in a mini brinsea. I was doing a dry incubation, humidity has been around 30-35%, and since it's been rainy here, I wasn't too worried about it. But I weighed them this evening and they've already lost 7% of their weight. So I added water to one well, and the...
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    broody raising chicks - any issues?

    We just hatched some chicks (first hatch ever :D ) and decided to put them under our broody Alice to avoid the brooder-in-the-house issue. They're 3 days old, she's had them for 1 day and all seems ok. I've never done this before and am wondering if there's anything I should be aware of...
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    chicks hatched today! OK to move to broody?

    This was our first hatch ever! I had 6 white ameraucana eggs in the bator when our mottled java went broody, so we gave her 2 of the eggs to sit on (we wanted more in the bator so we could watch them hatch :P). Well, all 4 in the bator hatched today ( hooray!) and there's one fluffy chick...
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    Hi from So Cal!

    I have been reading almost daily for 7 months (ever since we got our first 2 chicks!) and finally decided to join! We have 3 pet chickens now - since of course, 2 wasn't enough because when you'd pick one up, the other freaked out in anxiety that her playmate was gone! So I took the kids up...
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    Broody hen can count days?

    We have 3 pet pullets (7 mos old), and I recently set 6 purchased eggs in the incubator so my kids could watch & learn. Well, on day 6 of incubation, our Mottled Java went broody! The kids want her to hatch some of the eggs, so I moved her to a secure area within the run a couple days ago, and...
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