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  1. MabelTheMuscovy

    Chick can't get into air cell

    Hello, I have some eggs under a hen which were sent through the post but they have detached air cells. I have candled last night and this morning to see one of them pecking to try and get into the air cell. BUT! This morning it is now well pressed against it but i can see the air cell just...
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    Switching eggs in a first time broody

    Hello! I have a 2 year old belgian bantam ( known for being good mamas!) who has been sitting on her eggs for 3 days now. I would love to swap them for some fertile ones but I'm worried that if I disturb her, she might give up since she is new at this and I only have a limited number of fertile...
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    Bantam gargling and struggling to breathe!

    Hi I have a bantam who this morning was looking a bit flat and started to mouth breathe. This afternoon she is now gargling pretty bad and coughing. Sometimes when she does a big cough her breathing settles for a few minutes but it has been getting a bit worse as time goes on. She hatched in...
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    Polish Chick sexing - 2 weeks old

    Hello! I have a single polish chick and I wondered if anyone with any experience with the breed could help me identify the sex? I read that it can be done by the shape of the head... and I think its a boy but I'd love some other opinions! S/he is 2 weeks old now so maybe I'm too late to sex it...
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    Polish chick sexing - 2 weeks old

    Hello! I have a single polish chick... I've heard you can sex based on the size of the head. Anyone with any polish experience know what the chick might be? I was thinking a boy based on other pictures I have seen but not sure? Please note that s/he is 2 weeks old so maybe I should have tried...
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    Help sexing my Araucana chicks

    Hi! I have 2 lavender Araucana chicks who are just under 4 weeks old but I have no ideas of sex! I know the breed is typically tricky to sex until much older but maybe someone could hazard an educated guess for me? I will try to post a few pictures!
  7. MabelTheMuscovy

    Very detached air cells!

    Hello! I have ordered hatching eggs, and some of them have arrived today. I have used posted eggs before with great success, however this time I am worried about the air cells. In most of the eggs the air cell is floating all around the egg when I gently turn it... it doesn't seem to be attached...
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    HELP PLEASE! Through shell but not membrane

    My first chick to pip has done so through the shell but has not pipped through the membrane. It has been like this for a few hours now. I can still see the chick moving inside and trying to break more shell but it just hasn't burst the membrane yet :( What do I do? I don't want to help it just...
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    Incubator Temperature Spike!

    Hi, I have just had a look at my incubator and in the 3 hours since I last checked it it has, at some point, increased to 39.4C. I am unsure how long it stayed there, though the extra thermometer can vary a fair bit in a short time. It was back to 38.2 when I checked which should be okay, but...
  10. MabelTheMuscovy

    Hatching Bantam Eggs

    Hey! I'm totally new to hatching using an incubator... I've always had the help of a lovely hen before now. I have 12 Barbu d'Anver eggs in my incubator now and today is day 6. I candled a couple quickly yesterday because I am not very patient lol! One looked to be empty, although I realise it...
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    Adding more ducklings

    Hi! I breed Muscovy ducks - a personal favourite. This year however, I have had several requests for different kinds of ducklings. I would like to hatch some Welsh Harlequins, but there seems to be demand for Khaki Campbells near me! Since these breeds both have slightly different hatching...
  12. MabelTheMuscovy

    Adding more ducklings

    Hi! I breed Muscovy ducks - a personal favourite. This year however, I have had several requests for different kinds of ducklings. I would like to hatch some Welsh Harlequins, but there seems to be demand for Khaki Campbells near me! Since these breeds both have slightly different hatching...
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