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    Double yolk egg for incubation?

    I have a really confused hen. She's an Australorp that's gone broody, but she keeps hoping off the original clutch and she tries to incubate every egg in the coop. I've got about twelve nesting/laying boxes in the coop and out of the 16 or so hens they lay at least 14-16 eggs a day. So I'll...
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    First Hatch!

    Getting the chicken bug! I made a cooler-bator and despite the touchy water heater thermostat and the wide temperature swings it caused. I had about a 90% hatch rate! I've got about 50 chicks now give or take a few. I lost the first two that hatched out and the last two. I should have a few...
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    Cracked Egg with Chick, will it survive?

    Hello all, this is my first post on the forum and I've got a question about a cracked egg. We found a 6' Texas Rat Snake constricting our only sitting hen. She was sitting on 16 eggs before the snake. When I removed the snake there were only 4 left, she also kicked one out of the nesting...
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