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    Chick less active and poor balance???

    Hello! I have a week old chick in a hatching of two eggs that were from a feral chicken and she is starting to act strangely today. Wants to be spending most of her time sitting/crouching, and seems more unstable when walking. She is constantly making a low-grade chirp and seems to be a little...
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    Tiny loud chicks!

    Hey friends! I hatched a few chicks that were from a feral hen. They are extremely tiny, the eggs were tiny, but the hatch out was successful. However, they have not entirely fluffed and we’re on day three, they have some stuck egg yolk feathers on their back and one has it on their head. I...
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    Hatch assist marans- 1/2 success…

    I think I’m giving up on trying hatch marans. It’s just too stressful! Is it this way for everyone? This was a mixed clutch of fertile eggs I popped under my broody. First babies completely hatched without me ever seeing a pip, right on day 21 (Saturday- out before noon). No movement or...
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    2 chicks under broody hen!!

    We came out today on day 21 and 2 chicks have hatched!!! 3 eggs still under her and no pips. They are maran blends (not her eggs) and I’m curious if they just have different timing, can’t pip or aren’t hatching? How long do we wait and should I try to help pip then like I would with an...
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    Bad egg under broody hen?

    Hey group! First time using a broody hen for incubating purchased fertilized eggs. She is doing a fantastic job, I actually have to gently get her off the nest daily or I don’t think she would pause to eat or drink. I already pulled one egg out that had a little secretions and not great smell...
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    Continued failure to thrive hen

    I posted at the beginning of the month about a 1yr old hen who was not walking well and sitting in the coup. We brought her inside and gave special food and made sure she was warm with electrolyte water. Did Epson salt soaks and no egg stuck. After spoiling indoors for a few days she was...
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    Hen not standing, only taking a few steps

    Hello Group – I went to check on my girls before roosting and found what I thought was a hen laying on the floor of our coop. Once I tended to the rest of the girls I noticed that she had moved locations but there was no egg and she looked uncomfortable. I picked her up and was petting her and...
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    New new pullets!

    After having to process 3 roosters from our small April hatch we decided we needed two more layers. These girls are so beautiful! We are eggcited!
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    Effing Roosters🙄

    Good morning friends! I have not posted in several months, after our incredibly stressful incubation and sad hatchling deaths. Out of the 32 eggs I hatched, eight survived. Out of these eight, I think almost all of them are roosters. We are of course devastated. Here are the pictures of the 4...
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    Can’t seem to fix the feet

    I tried the painters tape, and one of her feet was even more twisted. Now I made cardboard orthotics with painters tape, and coming up around her ankles to help with her walking up right. It’s hard for her to walk in them, sh keeps flopping forward a d has trouble getting up. Also gets stuck in...
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    So many dead in egg

    Such a sad morning. I externally pipped a few eggs yesterday as half my incubator hatched in day 20 and it was day 22. Today on day 23 I started gently to assist hatch/egg investigate. Out of 15 eggs only 5 seem to be duds and maybe 2 were underdeveloped and maybe 1 with an issue. All the...
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    Failure to thrive 3 day old chicks

    These little peeps have been through a lot! Both born with attached yolk, both still have it drying on their bottomed still. Both covered in yolk ick from being isolated in mugs in the incubator to avoid further yolk trauma so neither have fluffed. Yellow one drinks on its own and pecks at...
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    Diagnosing chick foot/walking issues

    Good morning! This chick had a real struggle hatching but she has been in the brooder for 24 hours now and still has not really straightened out her walk. It is getting a little less awkward but she spends most of her time huddled down and she walks like she is an airplane trying to take off...
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    Smelly incubator coffee cup chicks

    Hello new chicken friends! I have had lovely chicks and layers in the past but am brand new to incubator action and it is stressful! Today was supposed to be hatch day but it starting early Sunday morning with a 3;45am hatch! Yesterday 7 hatched with no issues, and 2 had yolk sac/bad belly...
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