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    Here they come!

    So, first attempt at geese, I’m not sure breed (father in law asked me to incubate them). I have 5/8 that have pipped today! one has his little beak out but it’s covered in goo. Almost caked on, not really sure if that is normal or if he is going to be a problem Child. Thoughts?
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    Lethargic hen . Need help

    I'm not sure of her age, she is over 2 at least. She had a hurt foot ia few months ago and a poopy butt at one point. We had her isolated, gave her a bath and she was good to go. Fast forward to today. She is extremely lethargic and not looking well at all. She is isolated again and I am...
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    Broody hen dilemma

    So eggs were due today. I have two silkies sitting. Long story long, they both went broody while I was out of town and my chciken sitter let them sit and they were grabbing every egg they could get. When I got back I marked eggs because the other ladies were still giving them daily eggs and...
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    Baby getting to water in broody hen box?

    Our broody hen hatched a baby two days ago. Today we brought down a smaller waterer so mama can show the baby the ropes. Then we had a duh moment. The hen is still in her box with a few more eggs and when she hopped out to get water the little baby was still in the box because the sides...
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    What's up with his head?

    What's going on with his little tuft of hair?
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    Our new chick-inn

    Just wanted to Share what the guys built For our chicks . We have a seperate nursery for the little ones and one side is for fenced in run and the other is for free ranging. They want to build in a watering and feeding system so we can get those containers out of The inside of the coop.
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    Baby duck with a bad eye

    So we rescued a baby duckling from A broody hen yesterday morning that she kicked out. He has been in incubator with another little guy. Anyways, he is all fluffed up and looks great. Except. His one eye. He won't open it. The kids said they saw it open once but it was blueish and...
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    Newly adopted and need help

    We just got this little lady and need some Help getting her back up to par. She was picked in badly in her other home. We have her in isolation right now and she is laying and is very sweet. But how oh how do I fix this feather issue? Is it just a waiting process? Any lotion or something I...
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    Broody hen and hatching question

    Does this never end? My questions I mean. Ok, so we just had a hatch of 7 chicks and the other night 2 ducklings from incubator. All of these babies are doing eggcellent ;) The kids went to check on our broody hen and she is sitting on 8 eggs! What in the world? Where is she getting these...
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    Baby ducks are finally here!

    I've been posting in the duck forum but my baby ducks just hatched and are wobbling around nice and drunk ;) The 2nd one (who took over 30 some hours from pip) left a nice size blob of yuck in his shell.. Is this normal for ducks? Duck 1 had a small amount as well but the second one seemed...
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    The great duckling watch.

    Can you tell I'm a newbie. Both eggs made eggcellent progress te past few hours. Egg 1 pipped over 24 hours ago and egg two pipped last night. Egg 2 seems to have taken the lead in zipping out. Here it is 1130 and I can't go to bed because I'm afraid something will happen overnight. Egg...
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    Just how different are ducks hatching compared to chickens?

    So we are at it again, learning learning learning. We placed two duck eggs in the incubator and we are on day 28. Last night we had one egg pip and this morning awoke to the other egg pipped . Humidity is at 70-75 , temp has been steady so I think we are good on that front. At what point...
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    7 made it this time!

    Doing the happy dance here. This was such a better experience this go around and I thank this forum for making it happen. We did so much reading this time rather than just following a book we had last time and our hatch was much better. We have a few eggs that never pipped so we are just...
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    Broody hen taking care of incubator chicks

    We must be gluttons for punishment. We have a 4 week old little one that we hatched and it is in with some gunieas that we aquired from someone local. They are all great. We have about 10 eggs in incubator that are pipping today and we have a broody hen that is sitting on 3 eggs that are...
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    First little one

    Talk about a whirlwind of emotions! Out little guy started out around 830 yesterday morning. He got about halfway around his shell when he seemed to just stop . I researched, I read, I paced. 12 hours later I'm still pacing. Why is this taking so long?What if he doesn't make it? Is that...
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    Anxiously waiting.

    Kids and I decided to try our luck and threw a few of our girls eggs in a incubator 21 days ago. I homeschool so we have been using this all as a learning experience. This morning around 9 we saw the first hole. Yeah. Everyone so excited. Here we are 13 hours later and the little thing...
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