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  1. MillietheHen

    First time incubating chicken eggs

    I’m currently on day 9 of incubating 12 barnyard mix chicken eggs. Today I took out 1 egg because it had a blood ring. But the other 11 are looking good. :celebrateMostly just using this thread to document their progress but I did have a question. So 2 or 3 have this dark shadowy area that isn’t...
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    Sick Baby Chick!

    I have some chicks that I picked up Wednesday. Their 3 days old and one of the babies isn’t doing well. She hasn’t grown as much as the others and is barely eating. Tonight she drank a lot of water and then threw it up a few minutes later 😢 I’m never had this problem and don’t know what to do...
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    Are these eggs fertile??

    Are these eggs fertile? I’m guessing not but I wasn’t sure so what do y’all think?
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    Breeding chickens

    So I have a flock of 7 hens and 8 pullets/cockerels. I’m planning on keeping one cockerel so I can hatch my own chicks next year. The pullets/cockerels are from one of my hens and a rooster I used to have. My question is since their related should I not hatch eggs from the mom and siblings? I...
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    Pullets or cockerels?

    I have 8 Easter Eggers that are 6 weeks old. I know it’s still a bit early to tell what sex they are but I’d love to hear your opinions. I’m worried that I have quite a few cockerels:hit
  6. MillietheHen

    Raising chicks in winter

    So I’ve now learned why not to let a broody hatch eggs in late November:thDon’t get me wrong, I love these new little fluffs but I’m starting to realize how hard raising them in winter is gonna be. It’s now December 1st and the chicks are 2 weeks old. And of course there’s 4 inches of snow on...
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    Clues for telling chicks gender?

    My wonderful broody hatched 9 chicks this past week. :celebrate I’m planning to keep three chicks and give away the rest. I really need the three I choose to keep to be hens. As they grow what are some clues that their a pullet or a cockerel? I’m going to keep them for awhile so I’ll have a good...
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    How to help an egg hatch? Advice please!

    First off I’ve been patient with this egg but it’s the end of day 26 and it hasn’t made any progress. I candled it and it didn’t look like it had internally pipped. How can I assist it? I just want to help get it started. I’m pretty certain it’s just in the wrong position because I can hear it...
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    Day 22 and still nothing. What do I do?

    So it’s almost the end of day 22 and I still don’t have any chicks and I haven’t seen any pips. Should I candle one to see what’s going on or should I wait till tomorrow? I’m starting to doubt any are going to hatch. I’ll leave them until day 25 but it’d be nice to know if their still alive or...
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    Day 22 and I’m worried about hatching

    So quick summary, it’s day 21 and I have 10 eggs under a broody ameraucana mix. My hen is a bit over 7 months and she’s hatching her own eggs. I know I know, not the best idea to hatch pullet eggs. Their smaller but they’ve been a consistent size. Anyway, I’m super nervous about them hatching...
  11. MillietheHen

    Broody hen hatching eggs

    This will be my final update on my broody hen until her eggs hatch. I’m not exactly sure when she started incubating the eggs but I think they’ll hatch this weekend or early next week! I candled her 12 eggs today and 10 definitely had a chick in them! The eggs were filled up by the chick inside...
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    Candling eggs

    So far everything is going good with my broody hen. I’m not sure of the exact day she started incubating the eggs but I think today is around day 17. Anyway, is it ok if I candle the eggs today? I’m always so nervous about handling them but I want to candle all 12 eggs before lock down. I’m very...
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    29 week old broody hen

    Introducing my beautiful Ameraucana mix Millie. This little hen hen decided to go broody about two weeks ago. I figured she’d drop it cause she’s only 29 weeks old but she’s stuck to it and when I candled a few eggs they had obviously started to develop. My question is, is there a chance that...
  14. MillietheHen

    Officially a new member of Backyard Chickens!

    Hi everyone! I’m so glad that I discovered backyard chickens and I’m excited to be a member of this chicken loving community! A little about me, I’ve owned chickens for about 6 years now and I currently have a little flock of 7 sweet hens. My flock consists of 2 Silver Laced Wyandottes, 1...
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