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    Candling: what day? Help!

    Abandoned broody hen egg. I have been incubating it since April 3. I don't know how far along it is. Maybe day 16? I was going to start lock down today but it looks too early. Help!!
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    Move a broody Mallard or not?

    I have a Mallard who has been laying eggs in a little nest she built under a brush/log pile. She is free range during the day.Usually I put her and the drake away at night to keep them safe.Every night she is right there w her mate ready to be hearded in for the night. Last night she was nowhere...
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    Crack in lockdown egg!

    So one of my lockdown eggs had developed a crack. It's not in a pip area. It's just below mid line...goes around half the egg. A small chunk of shell also fell off and I can see black feathers no beak ( w the flashlight while in the bator) through the white membrane. I went ahead and put a small...
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    Uh dumb newbie question!

    So, If I set eggs in the bator on Friday Jan 18 @ 7:30 a.m.......when is day 18? Is it today or tomorrow? I was thinking tomorrow....then counted the days....maybe I'm overthinking this!!
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    What the Heck?!

    A few days ago one of my Brown Leghorn hens nearly drowned in my ducks little pond. I got her out in time and she is fine. That was three days ago...my ducks (a mallard pair) will not go back in the pond. I rinsed it out and added fresh water. I don't get it.
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    Humidity for shipped eggs....HELP!

    Hi all! HELP! Need some advice! Incubating shipped silkie eggs...day 11. Nice veining and movement in all. Almost all have large saddle or partial saddle air cells. I have kept them upright and only started turning at day 7. I think the humidity was high the first week 60-65 (didn't have a...
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    First time incubating. Shipped eggs.

    Hi! Just set my very first eggs this morning! 14 Silkies. Shipped eggs. PA to CA! Packed well...arrived intact. I let them sit for 19 hours big end up. Of the 14 at least 5 had funky air cells. Now they are all in the bator.... big end up and I am NOT going to turn or touch them for 7 days! So...
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    Bantam Roo. But what breed?

    Oegb? What will he look like when fully grown? B&W little guy.
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    Bantam EE's? Sex?

    One month old chicks. Breed? Sex? :) Btw they have greenish legs. I'll post more pics in a bit...have to run! Thanks for any info!
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    One Roo...One ? Breed?

    Hi! Pretty new to the whole chicken world. Raised 3 brown leghorns and now have two 8 week old bantam chicks. The larger light colored one is def a roo. He has been crowing for weeks! :) Don't know his breed. Any ideas? The darker chick....sex? Breed? Thanks for any info!!
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