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    assisted help needed

    I had 3 4 eggs in the incubator (swedish flower hens) One chick hatched bang on due date and is doing really well. Out of the 3 remaining eggs, two were tapping on the inside and making little chirps, one egg was silent and still. Two days later still no cracks on the remaining eggs. One of the...
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    Assisted Hatch help needed :(

    I had 3 4 eggs in the incubator (swedish flower hens) One chick hatched bang on due date and is doing really well. Out of the 3 remaining eggs, two were tapping on the inside and making little chirps, one egg was silent and still. Two days later still no cracks on the remaining eggs. One of the...
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    Undecided broody hen

    I bought two goldtop birds a few weeks ago ( silkie x sussex) as they are renowned for falling broody easily. Ive kept this breed before and have always been impressed by their laying, broodiness and general long life!! I put some eggs in their hen house to encourage them to go broody and...
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    Chicken dispatch and dress course

    Im looking to find a dress and dispatch course in the UK. Preferably East Anglia or the surrounding areas. Any pointers would be great
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    wyandotte genetics

    I read somewhere about crossing a silver and gold laced wyandotte and this creating autosexing chicks. and this lead me to think would the same occour if you crossed a silver laced roo with a gold partridge hen?
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    Cream crested legbar day old

    Ive just hatched my first Legbar chick , the only fertile egg out of 6 so extra special little one! Ive never hatched legbars before and am a little confused on sexing them. This one isnt grey but doesnt have a clear dark brown stripe, If any one can let me know what they think this little one...
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    Cream crested legbar day old

    My Cream crested legbar hatched yesterday and I can't work out if its a hen or roo! I know the roos are supposed to be light grey and the hens to be brown and stripey but this chicks a bit in the middle, I will try and attach some pics if anyone can help. My gut says its a boy which is a bit...
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    hatching chick panting in egg

    my egg pipped a nose through at 9 this morning. its now nearly midnight and still only got a nose through. chick is still moving but appears to be panting and moving its tongue allot. no idea if this is normal, any help would be grand im getting a little anxious because the only progress that...
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    internal piping

    my last egg has pipped in the airsack for over 24 hours now, lots of tapping and little cheeps, over the past few hours is has become very very loud and long cheeps but now cracks in the shell. i dont know if this is an enthusiastic sound or if its stuck! as i said well over 24 hours since it...
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    hatched happily - how to tell if the brooder light is too hot?

    my chick hatched happily with a little assistance, dried off and very noisy :) ive popped it in the brooder with a little teddy for company seeing as the other chick hasnt hatched yet, i cant find a thermomiter, how do i tell if its too hot in there for it?
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    open navel?

    my chick has just hatched and is having a well earned rest, i noticed that the navel of the chick seems to be open slightly and yellow, ive added some pics, just wanted to know if this is normal and healthy
  12. HarrietB

    do i help this little chick?

    its been at least 10 years since i last had chicks and this is my first time using an incubator. my little egg is 3 days early but was in the airsack yesterday lunchtime and pipped through the shell around 8 ish this morning. little sweetie is cheeping lots but doesnt seem to be pecking the egg...
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    egg stopped tapping/ cheeping

    i noticed at lunchtime today that my chick had moved into the airsack and was tapping the egg - its now 11 at night and it still hasnt pipped though the shell or even made a crack , im getting a little worried about it now :(
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    early hatching?

    i have a good 3 days left on the incubation of my little dutch bantam eggs but i candled one this evening and one of them has the beak in the air sack and is tapping on the inside of the egg when i tap to it, but so far no cracks or holes in the shell. as i said before its a good 3 days early...
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