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    Undead in shell issue

    The last few hatches I've gotten a couple eggs that did not hatch out, but that had live chicks in them. On opening them after the due date I found that the chick was essentially alive, but looked like it was too large for the egg and was cramped and twisted around on itself. I felt bad...
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    Identification of wild flower and herbs

    I have a lot of wild plants that grow on my property. I have tried to find a good complete source of information to identify them all, but the major players always seem to be unknown. One particular plant is fairly common, the hogs eat it but the chickens ignore it, and I have mild allergies...
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    Euthanizing FTT chicks

    When I cleaned out the incubator at day 23 one of the eggs had a live chick in it when I threw the rest to the hogs. Its now day 25 and the poor thing just isn't thriving. What is the most humane kill method to keep it from just starving to death?
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    My first (successful) incubator hatch

    I've had hens go broody a couple times, and gotten good results from that. However, to produce the numbers of chicks I need I got a small hobby incubator little giant, 42 egg capacity with turner. After a couple failed attempts, resulting in 100% dead in shell I finally have it adjusted right...
  5. FarmerTony

    My first (successful) incubator hatch

    I've had hens go broody a couple times, and gotten good results from that. However, to produce the numbers of chicks I need I got a small hobby incubator little giant, 42 egg capacity with turner. After a couple failed attempts, resulting in 100% dead in shell I finally have it adjusted right...
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