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    Mystery chicks part 2

    I posted about some mystery chicks last week and I have some better pictures now that they are older! I know I hatched a Silver Laced Wyandotte because my family has raised those chicks before but I’m unfamiliar with the rest and super curious if anybody recognizes any breeds. Hei Hei looks...
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    Wet chick

    I’ve been having issues with one hatching chick. I finally finished assisting it’s hatch tonight because it was half out, sprawled out when I got home. The only way to get it out of the membrane was to soak it in a warm bath and slowly peel the membrane off. It is now back in the bator, 100 F...
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    I hatched mystery chicks!

    Long story short- I hatched rescue eggs and I have no idea what breed any of them are. Any guesses?
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    Chick hatching trouble

    I’m not sure if this is the right place to put this but I need help! I have a chick that pipped on the wrong end of the egg but I was not super worried because within 6 or so hours it started the unzipping process. Except it started 12 hours ago and it isn’t making any progress now. Is it...
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    My first hatch!

    I left for class with 3 hatched and 8 pipped and 1 unzipping. My roommate just sent me this picture with 6 hatched! They’re all mystery chicks at varying rates of development so I’m excited that I have some hatching. Any guesses on what breed? I know the picture isn’t great but I hope to...
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    New Chicken Mom

    When I went off to college, my mom took the term empty nest syndrome literally and adopted chickens! What a surprise when I first returned home for a visit. That was almost 2 years ago. I myself am a first time chicken mom- hatching eggs to add to my moms flock (since I live in the city). I...
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    Hatching Issues- Help!

    Hello BYC! This is my first time posting, although I’ve read a lot on the site prior to tonight. I am hatching chicks for the first time. I rescued them from a local university- they were left over from a developmental class and were going to be destroyed :-( The eggs I got were at varying...
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