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    Fluffy cheeks

    A coworker couldn't keep her 4 chicks, so I've inherited them. I'm curious about what breed(s) this one is. Any ideas?
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    Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle

    I have 9 eggs left out of 28 set. They aren't due to be put on lockdown until tomorrow, but when I turned them tonight, I noticed several wiggling. I went ahead and upped their humidity just to be safe, but I'm curious to know how long after you see the wiggles that you notice hatching begin...
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    Hatch Rate

    Woke up this morning to find 3 new chicks in the incubator. I set 37 eggs. 4 were infertile, 1 developed a blood ring & 1 quit around day15. I don't count infertile eggs against my hatch rate. I mean, none of us will ever get an infertile egg to hatch, no matter how hard we try, right? So...
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    PLEASE tell me what to do...

    26 chicks hatched 2 nights ago. The last to hatch was assisted. She made it through that first night and was put into the brooder with the rest of the chicks yesterday afternoon. She was smaller and not quite as strong as the others, but seemed to be gaining strength as time went on. Very vocal...
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    Could I be anymore in love! Doubt it.

    I would like to introduce you to Chick1 & Chick2 of my 2nd ever hatch (4 weeks apart). These two are about 20 hours early. I am so in love.
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    External pip, membrane still intact

    Is that normal & how long can a chick be okay like that...?
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    Lockdown tomorrow night!!

    I have 32 growing chick babies in the incubator right now. Pretty sure one is a quitter since I haven't seen any movement the last two times I candled, but I'll check again tomorrow at lockdown to be sure. Its weird, though. Some of them are big blobs of movement while others seem not to be...
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    Should they look the same?

    I set just under 36 mutt eggs Wednesday night. Decided to candle tonight for the fun of it. I noticed quite a big difference in what I was seeing from one egg embryo to the next. I saw the itty bitty bean shape in at least 30 of the eggs and I could see each of the little babies moving. But...
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    Second Hatch AND broody hen

    Set 33 eggs Wednesday evening. Not quite as nervous this time as I was for the first hatch, but I'm still pretty nerved up. I plan on candling tomorrow night. Hopefully I see some life. Now, with that said, today I found one of my hens had gone broody. My nesting boxes are not put together...
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    Lost power = no heat lamp

    We're in the middle of a pretty decent snow storm here in Missouri and my power went out about 45 minutes ago. My babies are all huddled together for warmth. :( I took a couple afghans and covered their brooder with them to try to provide what warmth I can, but with no heat in the house, I don't...
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    The chicks are 3 & 4 days old today. Can I...?

    Is it okay at this point to let them use shavings as bedding, or should I wait a while longer?
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    Emergency - please help

    Chick #9 hatched yesterday afternoon around 4 (it's about 8am here now) on day 21(late), day 22(early). Her eyes aren't open. She is moving around all over the place, but she is drying at all. I have a couple water containers in the incubator for humidity, and I stuffed them full of paper towels...
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    Please help...

    I have a chick that was born yesterday after noon on day 21(late), day 22(early). Her eyes aren't open. She is moving around all over the place, but she is drying at all. I have a couple water containers in the incubator for humidity, and I stuffed them full of paper towels to keep any chicks...
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    Meet the 8 New Babies *Pictures Pictures*

    I was going to lay paper towels down in the brooder per Sumi's advice, but I guess I used them all up last night when I filled the water containers in the incubator with them to keep the newly hatched chicks from jumping in and drowning. They're getting around pretty well on the newspaper...
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    Went home and... SURPRISE!!!

    I went home to let my chickens out of their coop and check on the eggs in the incubator and instead of seeing some external pipping like I was hoping for, I saw TWO baby chicks just a wondering all over the incubator!!! I cried. I'll admit it, lol.
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    When to expect external pipping

    Hi, guys. The eggs are on day 20 today. All 11 showed life when I candled them on day 18 and put them in lockdown. Yesterday, I heard one of my chicks chirping in its shell & the egg was rocking pretty good. Question is - how long after the internal pip should I expect the external pipping to...
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    Young turkey died today...

    Over the weekend my cousin brought me a couple turkeys that had hatched just after this past Thanksgiving. They've been staying in their own coop away from my chickens so they could get used to their new home. When I got home today, I went to check on them and found one of them had died... I...
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    Lockdown?

    HOW DO YOU DO IT?!?!?!? Seriously, how do you make it through these last 3 days?!? I'm putting mine on lockdown in about 15 minutes, and I'm already thinking it should be Thursday by now. I initially put 12 eggs in the incubator, and 11 were fertile. At this point, there's still movement in all...
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    Confused chicken?

    The black hen that's my avitar is a sweetheart. My daughter has named her Lezlie & over the weekend figured out that she can cart her around for hours without any chicken protests. She even likes to be on the inside of a zipped jacket. I go home from work mid-morning to open up the coop & let...
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    New Chicken Mom

    Hi, everyone. I'm a new chicken mom as of last Tuesday. I have 25 in all right now, of all sorts of breeds. I'm honestly quite confused with all the breeds I have. :/ Anyhow, I live in the middle of Missouri, have 3 human kids, 2 pot bellied pigs, 5 dogs of my own & 1 I rescued last week who...
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