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    Duckling not absorbing blood and foaming at the mouth

    Hey guys, so my ducklings started hatching last night. Two hatched entirely unassisted, one was malpositioned (feet were over his beak so he couldn't push out) and needed just a little bit of assistance, and this one isn't hatching at all. I noticed last night that all of the others had popped...
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    Nest attacked, eggs moved inside to incubator, help!

    Hey guys, so our duck started secretly incubating a nest under some stairs in our backyard and we didn't find them until recently, as she was going up with our other ducks at night and would play in the yard when we were out there. I candled all 8 of them when we found them to see how far along...
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    Hen trying to help with other hen's babies?

    Hey guys, I let my broody hen, Mushu, incubate some duck eggs and they hatched today (three days early)! We had another hen, Nala, going on and off broody, and she would try to go help Mushu incubate her eggs. Mushu would let her sit on a couple, then take them back once Nala was done. Nala did...
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    Really sick chick! Please help!

    Hey guys, so I went to a feed store today and noticed a dead-looking chick in their brooder being stepped all over. The employees got her out and let me take her home since they couldn't do anything about it. I've had her home for two hours now. She can't pick her head up or stand and seems to...
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    All of these look like hens, right?

    We've had blood in two eggs and I'm beginning to wonder if they were fertilized somehow. Is my chicken sick if these are all hens? The blood spot wasn't like a normal meat spot. It was bright red blood. I wish I'd gotten a picture first.
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    Super colorful basket 😻

    Just wanted to show off my basket from the past 2 and a half weeks :). All the white eggs are duck eggs and the rest are chicken!
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    Slow Growing White Broiler as a Pet?

    Hey guys! I bought four chicks yesterday from a feed store. I bought a slow growing white broiler and was told they can be kept as pets, but everything I find online is about them being food and being killed at 7-8 months. Can I keep him as a pet, or is he going to die early too?
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    Egg colors changing?

    Hey y'all, we've got 4 hens: two easter eggers, one brahma, and a rhode island red. That said, we've gotten six (!!!) different egg colors since they started laying!! We've gotten white, light brown, dark brown, pink, light green, and darker green. Sometimes the green eggs have brown speckles...
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    Sideways air cell still attached?

    Hey guys! I put duck eggs in an incubator 24 days ago and all of them developed beautifully until today. I have 11 in there, all incubated the same way, but two of the air cells are sideways! Also, two of my eggs externally pipped four days earlier than I'd planned because I didn't think about...
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    Do I need to break the egg shell?

    Hey guys! Mg ducklings started to externally pip last night around 1:30 am. One egg had a slight crack and nothing more. I got home yesterday and still nothing more. I could hear it chirping and pecking but it just wasn't going to get anywhere. My mallard lays eggs with really thick shells and...
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    Is this bruise an internal pip?

    Hey guys! I'm brand new to hatching, and this is my first go 'round! The brown spots were dirt I didn't want to scrub off because I didn't want to risk damaging the outer layer of the egg. I got real worried so I candled (I'm in lock down, today is day 27, but I thought the bruise might mean...
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    Super Moist Chocolate Chip Cookies!

    Hey guys, I recently made some chocolate chip cookies doing a recipe I made up and they're delicious, and I wanted to see if anyone else likes them too! I made mine with two medium duck eggs and a large chicken egg! Ingredients: 2 ¾ cups flour 1 ½ tbsp baking soda 1 tbsp cinnamon 1 ½ cups...
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    Can someone tell me what breed these are?

    Sorry for the crappy camera quality, these are taken from a video of my chickens chasing me around begging for treats. Anybody else have gluttonous chickens that think they deserve mealworms 24/7? :gig They were sold as ameraucanas, though someone at the feed store said they believed they were...
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    Blood ring? Bad egg?

    Hey guys! I've had my suspicions that this is a blood ring for a while, but man I didn't want to admit it... The embryo still looks like it's growing but the ring is making me too anxious so I finally have to post and ask for a second opinion. He's on day 16 but there was about a week and a half...
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    Is this circle in the yolk okay? Is this bacteria?

    Hey guys! From what I've read, this doesn't look like a blood ring. Today is day 8 for this egg. I haven't been able to see anything in the egg until just now, which I assumed was because it's a green egg. Any input would be greatly appreciated. I'd hate to lose this egg as I'm only incubating...
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    Should I be able to see a duck on day four?

    Hey guys! I candled my egg I'm incubating today with a flashlight and still don't see a spot or any veins. The flashlight seems pretty bright to me and the room was fairly dark. Should I be seeing something by now?
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    Incubating Duck Egg with Insulated Lunch Box

    Hello all! My ducks are not being broody at all and I've finally decided to try and incubate them myself without an incubator. I've got an insulated lunch box, a heating bad, and some warm wet wash rags with an egg. My mom put the mallard egg we had in the fridge so I've been left with a large...
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