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    Goose behaviors/ sudden inter goose aggression- help please

    Hello, I have two geese, both born May 2021, a Chinese and Sebastopol. Both obtained when they were only days old, raised together. Two females by DNA sexing to IQ genetics. The Chinese started laying eggs ~ 6 weeks ago. The Sebastopol has not laid. I know they can be aggressive during...
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    Goose help please- dystocia??

    Help please (if possible). Having a presumed dystocia issue in my 6 month old Chinese. She’s on mazuri maintenance and free range in the day. Not on layer, cause given season and age, eggs hadn’t crossed my mind yet. Does have access to the chickens oyster shell, but I’ve never seen her eat...
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    Liege 10 weeks

    I’ve posted before when this bird was younger, and thoughts were pullet. Now I’m seeing baby “color blocks” over the head, back, and wing. Just curious on updated thoughts. 10 weeks old. Also, and ideas about the growth on the eye. Thought it was from a peck initially, but it’s been there 5...
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    Liege Fighter- sex

    Hi- I hatched a couple Liege Fighter eggs on May 1, so the chicks are about 6 weeks old. Come to find out after the fact, there is a chance the eggs are 75% Liege/ 25% Bresse. Annoying, since I paid for full Liege eggs, but moving along. I sent eggshells to birdIQ, and results came back both...
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    Blue Silver Partridge Liege?

    Hello, I hatched two chicks that are supposed to be purebred Liege. The black one looks like what I would expect a Liege baby to look like. But I also have a little chipmunk baby that I was curious peoples thoughts? In looking at chick pictures the color pattern kind of looks like Blue Silver...
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    Brinsea 28 Ovation EX turner question

    Good morning, This is my first hatch with this incubator and I just turned on the turning function last night. They are shipped eggs so I was letting them sit for a couple days. Anyway, how is the turner intended to work? Mine seemingly goes directly from -45 to +45 with nothing in between...
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    Crippled chick

    Good morning. I have a chick that hatched yesterday afternoon. Unassisted, but she really struggled. She was very sticky, thinking maybe ruptured her yolk sac?? I don’t really know, regardless, there is definitely something very wrong with her little legs and she can’t stand. Her hocks seem...
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    Humidity level to stop egg weight loss??

    Good morning! What is the best humidity level to stop further weight loss in eggs? I’m trying a drier method this time and started at 30-35%. On day 7 my eggs were a little above target weight, so I dropped humidity to approx 25%. That overshot it, and now on day 14 my eggs have lost too much...
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    Newbie finesse questions!

    Good evening all. This is my second attempt at hatching eggs, first attempt was a total dud, 0% hatch, but had several extenuating kinks that I’ve worked out. My incubator has been up and running for a week and I think I have the hot/cold spots mapped out. I’m hoping to set eggs tonight or...
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    Help troubleshooting 0% hatch please.

    Hi! My eggs just reached day 23 with no signs of life, so I candled. The 4 that made it to lockdown were clearly very dead😢. Eggtopsies show 4 fully grown chicks, looked like appropriate positioning (head under wing), none had absorbed egg yolks, and none had internally pipped. I’d appreciate...
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    Do all viable eggs move/rock??

    Nervous newbie hatcher question. My eggs are on day 20. After a major shipping delay and a catastrophic incubator failure on day 14, I don’t have a ton of hope for these guys, but still have fingers crossed. I candled at lockdown and 4 eggs still had good internal movement, air cells looked...
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    Humidity at lockdown

    Hi. I know this question gets asked a lot, but looking for humidity guidance. My eggs are on day 18, I just candled prior to lockdown and had to remove one😢. When I did the eggtopsy the baby seemed pretty “stuck” to the inner membrane. This makes me concerned about the other eggs... should I...
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    1st time shipped eggs- advise please!

    Good evening, First time incubating eggs, and for added difficulty they’re shipped. We’re on day 12. 6/7 have veins and movement. Most have lost 8-9% of egg weight, one has only lost 5% and the last 11%. Is that on tract for day 12.... should I adjust the humidity up or down? Air cells...
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    Spitzhauben sexing- 21 weeks old

    Pullet or cockerel? 21 week Spitzhauben. No eggs or crowing. I assumed female, but swear I cracked a fertilized egg (bullseye) this am and have no other roosters. Thanks!!!
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