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    Emergency run being built.

    Hi. Up until now my chickens have been totally free ranging, but two of my naughty dogs have decided they want to chase them, and I am worried they could get hurt. My son and I are building a run out of 6 ft by 3 ft aluminium panels. There is enough to make an outdoor run measuring 15 ft by 21...
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    Partridge silkies.

    Any chance of a guess her please? Not mine yet, so I am having to use the pictures the present owner sent me. Both 9 weeks old. Chick one looks like a pullet to me. Chick 2 I am not so sure of.
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    Is this chick plain stupid?

    I have a little Polish Chamois chick that hatched on Tuesday, the only one out of 6 eggs. Yesterday I found it lying under the electric hen. I held it and found the crop was empty, so I syringed some food into her. I did this again later that night (The chick would have been 4 days old, so the...
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    Just found a dead chick.

    One of my silkie chicks was dead under the heater. It was fine a couple of hours ago, running around. I can`t see a reason. It has a clean behind. No obvious injury. It was 9 days old today, hatched at my home. Everything I am using is brand new. Is there any precautions I should take with the...
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    Wry neck. Splay legs.

    I have a week old chick that isn`t doing so well. It started with splay legs, but now also has wry neck. I am syringe feeding it. I am adding extra chick vitamins, that contain vitamin E. I am also mixing probiotic yoghurt in with its chick crumb. Anything else anyone can think of doing? It...
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    One of my Polish eggs has pipped internally.

    The weird thing is, only 2 made it to lockdown, but the second egg looks nearly a week behind. Temps have been steady, ans we added a fan to stop anything like this happening. Weird isn`t it?
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    3 day old chick can`t stand.

    Hi. Any advice would be great, but I am not culling. I had 6 chicks hatch 3 and 4 days ago. All 3 silkie chicks have splay legs. I am using a band aid to correct this. No improvement yet, but I am sure they will be fine, all but one of them. This one is now 4 days old, and it cannot stand...
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    2 little ?Polish Chamois made it to lockdown

    Their wonky air cells are fixed too. Good luck eggs!
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    Sick chick. Please help.

    Hi. I have a chick that hatched around 30 hours ago. It is very weak. There is nothing obviously wrong like a discharge or bleeding. I t took ages to get out and I had to help it, the yolk had all been absorbed. I have given it some sugar water. I am in the UK, so I cant get hold of most over...
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    Splay legs.

    Hi. My 3 silkie chicks have splay legs. This is certainly a baptism by fire. I assisted all the chicks to hatch, and I am certain they would be dead if I had not. I have used the information on using a band aid/ plaster to fix them, but the chicks keep falling over. Is that ok? They are all...
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    OMG OMG OMG. We have a pip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Day 20, and one of my maran eggs has pipped. My first eggs didn`t even get this far. I think I am going to burst with excitement!!!!
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    Advice needed about the most wonky air cells.

    Hi. Right, I am on my second try at this hatching lark, having had a terrible outcome first time around. I was so pleased that my new incubator was keeping the temps lovely and steady. I decided to do a dry hatch, but the humidity is staying around 20% so I added a little water to raise it to...
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    Trying again after disastrous first hatch. Help.

    Well, no chicks at all after my first time incubating. The last chick died in the night. I had already set 6 silkie, and six maran eggs last Wednesday, and they are all fertile at this point. My new problem is out of control egg buying. Last week I bought 6 polish frizzle eggs. I thought they...
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    Day 25. Help!

    I have some bantam eggs in a home made incubator. It is now day 25, but last night 4 of the chicks internally pipped. Oh heck. You can tell I am new to this. My humidity meter had died. Anyway, quickly put in a new one, just a probe, and the humidity was very low. I had to open the incubator...
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    Trying again.

    Well. While I am waiting for those bantam eggs to do something I have just started again with my new incubator. It is an LG, and we have added a fan. I am going to try dry incubation. The eggs have all been weighed. I have a semi automatic turner to keep me fiddling with things. The eggs are...
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    Day 22 bantam eggs. What to do???

    Hello again. This is day 22 without anything happening, so I did a float test, and decided that is a waste of time unless your eggs are rocking I candled to make sure the air cells hadn`t got a beak in first, no they hadn`t. Soooooo I then candled each egg properly. I was certain one had died...
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    Need advice please.

    Hi. Day 21 with bantam eggs here. Nothing is happening. No rocking, no pip, nothing. So many things have gone wrong I doubt anything will hatch. At what point would any of you do something more? If you would, what would it be? First ever try at this and I am feeling so down about it,
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    Do eggs always smell

    when they stop developing? I have just put mine into lockdown with very little hope of a hatch. I candled them last night, and could only see movement in one. There is no bad smell at all. I am hoping that is a good sign.
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    Everything has gone wrong :(

    Day 17. My daughter turns the eggs in the morning, but she didn`t tell me she knocked over the water. When I got to check, four hours later, the temp was down to 30 c, and the humidity was up to 86. I took the eggs out to dry the bottom of the incubator, and dropped one of the eggs. There is a...
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    Small air cells.

    The eggs are on day 16. I had a quick candle and the air cells are small. Not a lot bigger than day 7 to be honest. I stupidly didn`t know about testing the hydrometer, so I have no idea if it is inaccurate. The humidity in the incubator has been low all the time. Around 30%. Should I leave...
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