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    Help! Momma hen left two eggs unchatched....

    OK so I have a very broody Indonesian hen and she’ll hatch everybody’s eggs. So she’s been sitting on the eggs for three weeks and four of them hatch today I went over to the nest and noticed there was two eggs that have been pipped. Thank goodness she had just gotten off of them maybe an hour...
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    Incubator got up to 104.2!!!

    So I had stepped out for just maybe 2 1/2 hours and I got home and my incubator was at 104.2°. Now I am hatching quail not chickens, I was wondering if anyone knows if this is a death sentence for the quail to get up that high?
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    Should I move incubator to neighbors house???

    I'm in a direct Path of Irma in SC and I'm worried about losing power and my eggs are going to be at say 19 on September 11th when the hurricane is going to hit. My neighbor about a mile away has a generator. I think it might be too risky to move them. What do you think?
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    Upcoming hurricane Irma....might lose power to incubator. What can I do?

    Ok so my eggs will be on day 19 on septber 11th. That's when we are supposed to be hit with the hurricane in Aiken South Carolina. I'm hatching Ayam Cemani so they tend to hatch on day 20. I'm worried if the power goes out they will drop to around 70 degrees. Will they die? What should I do? I...
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    My dog pinned down a chicken and plucked her feathers

    I noticed about 3 days ago one of my hens, about 4 1/2 months, had a lump on her face. I put some vetamax on it. Then as I was sitting outside with my friend, she noticed and screamed "yer dog is eating your chicken!!!" I ran over and scooped her up, scolded my dog, and she was limp, not dead...
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    Hatching too early?

    I've hatched eggs a few times but I've never seen a pip at day 19. Too early for a pip? I have an assortment of eggs (brown, cream, white, green) and two green smaller eggs are on there way out. I was wondering if anyone else had pipping this early
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