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    I have 20 chickens, and we have to rent.

    I own 20 chickens. They are my pets and I love them dearly. Our house is in the process of being sold, and then we have to move into a rental home. What do I do about my chickens? My mother is drilling me to the point of me breaking out in tears about us giving them away (To unresponsible people...
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    Two broody hens, one baby chick

    I had two broody hens each sitting on a small clutch of eggs. They kept getting up and pushing each other off their nests and stealing each others eggs. As a result, they all cracked and the embryos died. I tried again and all but 3 eggs didn't crack. One broody had two egg, the other had one...
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    3 week old barnyard mixes. Male or female?

    I have a dozen barnyard mixes that I would love some help from you experts on sexing! They are about 3 weeks old. I attempted to get clear shots of them all, so I apologize if some of them are blurry. These babies will not sit still! Chick 1- (Buff Orpington X Red Sex Link) Chick 2- (Buff...
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    2 weeks old and already looks like a rooster???

    So this is my Red Sex Link X Buff Orpington, now called Diego as I believe he's a he! He's only 2 weeks old!!! I feather sexed him as female, but we all know that's only about 50% correct Anywho, I thought it was odd that I was seeing such a large pink comb and little pink waddles on a 2 week...
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    Hens keep adding eggs to broody?!

    I have a broody sitting on six eggs, that have been there for about 5 days. I marked all the original eggs I set under her. I really didn't plan to hatch more chicks as I literally JUST hatched 21 chicks, which is almost my maximum for my set up. However, my white Cochin hen went extremely...
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    21 chicks and a hen just went broody

    So about 48 hours ago, I hatched out 21 chicks! Today, one of my white Cochins went severely broody. My question is, should I let her adopt them or raise them myself? I did a test and slipped a baby under her, and she "purred" and let him nesstle under her wing for a nap. Would 21 babies be too...
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    Found a broody sitting on an egg. Is this is first stage of development?

    I found my white Cochin sitting on an egg. I literally just hatched 21 chicks, and didn't want anymore, so I removed it. I candled and it looked clear, so I opened it up. The white spot looks like a scattered bullseye. Did I just chuck a growing baby???? The outer membrane and she'll were quite...
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    Hatched a black chick when the parents aren't?

    So this chick hatched today. The mother is a lavender Orpington, Diva(I saw it come out of her rear so I'm 100% sure) and the father is a red sex link (I'm also 100% sure because he's my only rooster). It came out dark grey or black??????? With a white underbelly and white wing tip????? I don't...
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    Hatched a black chick when neither of the parents are???

    So this chick hatched today. The mother is a lavender Orpington, Diva(I saw it come out of her rear so I'm 100% sure) and the father is a red sex link (I'm also 100% sure because he's my only rooster). It came out dark grey or black??????? With a white underbelly and white wing tip????? I...
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    Chick hasn't made any progress since last night!

    This chick pipped yesterday, and broke the hole open wide last night. He still hasn't made any more progress! He peeps really loud every once in a while and and does jerky head motions like he's trying to zip but he misses the shell. The egg he is in is kinda small. Could he not be able to pivot...
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    Humidity is just not enough???

    Today is day 21 and I have 3/22 pips. S few internal pips as well. It seems my humidity is too low, because the surrounding membrane looks dryish and white. I put some vaseline on the exposed membranes to keep them moist. I do not have a hygrometer, but have been keeping the wells full and have...
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    MALPOSITIONED! What do I do????

    First two pips and one is pipping through the middle of the egg!!! Will it be ok? Should I monitor it through the night or is it safe to get a little sleep? What should I, or shouldn't I do?
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    Humidity on lockdown without a hydrometer

    I am on day 17 with my eggs in a LG stil air incubator. I keep the temp within 99.5 and 102 degrees Fahrenheit. I do not have a hydrometer so I just use the three water trays in the bottom and keep them full. The air cells look fantastic and all the embryos are alive and moving. I'm just...
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    Are these bad eggs? (Candling)

    I candled today and chucked the ones that looked unfertile. One was an early death as there was a blood spot on the yolk. These few I kept because I was unsure. What do you guys think? I put them on the other side of the incubator in case they exploded and put a cupcake wrapper under them in...
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    The Rooster Who Broke His Neck and Lived

    2 years ago, I had a beautiful RLW rooster named Apollo. He was one of three boys, Rocky the main man, and his adopted brother Gizmo. He was always shy with the other chickens, and was never allowed to mate. He never crowed. His brother Gizmo was VERY mean. Mean to the hens, mean to me, and mean...
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    A Story About a Rooster Who Broke His Neck and Lived

    2 years ago, I had a beautiful RLW rooster named Apollo. He was one of three boys, Rocky the main man, and his adopted brother Gizmo. He was always shy with the other chickens, and was never allowed to mate. He never crowed. His brother Gizmo was VERY mean. Mean to the hens, mean to me, and mean...
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    Lockdown when I still have to turn some eggs?

    So I have half of my clutch set due for the 28th, and the other half a few days later on the 3rd of July. So I'm supposed to take the turner out 18 days in, so that would be the 25th for the first half. I was planning to take the turner out, and just hand turn the others until theyre 18 days...
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    Temp slightly fluctuating. Embryos ok?

    I've had my eggs in the bator since Teusday. My incubator is quite old and the temp fluctuates. It's a LG still air. It ranges from 90 to 103. I have been desperately trying to get it stable but I fear it's impossible. I'm trying to encourage myself that naturally under a broody the temp can...
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    Incubator stinks

    So yesterday I set about 32 eggs in an incubator my grandpa gave me. It was fine yesterday but today when I open it it stinks! It's not too bad, but it stinks. All the eggs are fresh, I started collecting last Thursday and kept them in a chilled room. I sniffed all the eggs and they all smell...
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    Broody Lakenvelder???

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