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  1. David Normandy

    First chick out at day 16! What to do with the others??

    Hi, I'm fairly new to incubating (although not to rearing chickens), this is my second batch of hatchlings using an incubator. I had a pretty early hatch last time (all between day 18 and 20, 6 out of 8 eggs). SO I figured that the thermo reading was off and I lowered this batch one degree and...
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    Help me, early chick not drying

    Hi, I am on the 20th day of my first hatch in an incubator. (I've had chicks hatch out from under mommy hen before). I have a mix of 12 eggs in the incubator. I had one Maran chick hatch out last night on day 19 (it's been 12 hours). He was really lively when he hatched but this morning he's...
  3. David Normandy

    Sister brooders/Co-brooding

    Hello! I have two silkies who are from the same brood and are very close. Four months ago they both hatched chicks at the same time and raised them together. They are really funny about their chicks and stayed with them until they were quite old, however one of them finally let her nearly full...
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    Dirty poopy eggs under broody

    Hello, I have a silkie who is a great mommy and is on her second brood. This time she has ten eggs which I bought and placed under her, they're due for August 29th. I noticed this morning when she briefly got up to eat that the eggs were really dirty and have some poo on them. Is this dangerous...
  5. David Normandy

    Should I let my broody sit again

    Hello! I have a chicken coop in northern France and I just started letting the chickens hatch chicks this year with some success, especially with my two silkies. However I have a big Sussex hen that went broody and hatched three chicks, the next day a weasel got into the coop and ate them :'(...
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