I’m hatching chicks and ducks with my homeschool group and made a grave error. I forgot that ducks and chicks have different hatch lengths and I put them together all to start. Everyone was progressing nicely. I put them all in lockdown for three days and raised the humidity. We got nine out of...
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I have three chicks I hatched in the classroom last week. Now they are 4 and 6 days old, only a couple days apart but the two oldest look fluffier and bigger. I'm a little concerned about the younger but maybe two days is a big difference. The smaller still looks sticky gets clumpy...
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it's been awhile since I've posted here as I only hatch chicks every two years with my 2nd graders and then the following year with my 3rd graders.
We just hatched two little ones, for some reason the others are not coming along. Not sure why...
Sadly the other 2nd grade class was...
Hi I am a first time duck mama. I've hatched three Indian Runner ducklings in my classroom and the third one is not doing as well as the other two. It had a really hard time hatching and after 24 hours of it being stuck I decided to help. I know there are mixed reviews on helping, but I figured...
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I am new to BYC and to hatching and raising chickens! I am teacher and we just hatched 7 chicks! So excited :)
The last little hatchling has been the weakest. She (manifesting hens) doesn't move around much and so I kept her in the incubator a little longer before moving her to the...