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    Interested in hatching again

    Hi all, I'm interested in hatching again after reading all the hatch alongs, super exciting times. :wee The chicks are super adorable and well-cared for! I had several breeds off birds, but most of the time I just stuck with the 2 same breeds, a Sussex and a coturnix quail (and parrots). Well...
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    Do quails go broody?

    I have 8 coturnix quails, 3 males and the rest are all females. They lay at least 1 egg a day, and they wont go broody. I even setup mini nests, and nestsboxes for them, still no broodies. also- will the females not accept their babies if i incubate them?
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    What breed is my chicken?

    7months 5 months 3 days old Can anyone help me identify the breed of my chicken? I have one of him 1 year but its not on my PC at the moment.
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    Roosters? What's wrong with them?

    My first ever chicken was a rooster, and I fell absolutely in love with him. He was the sweetest thing in the world and loved cuddles, interaction with other pets, and he was convinced he was a lovable puppy (He acted like it too). I heard LOADS of people say they don't want to hatch because...
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    Slight plucking suspicion (Parrots)

    Overview if you don't want to read everything (scroll all the way down for pics: I went on a 1 week trip, and when I got back, i realized that she might have plucked a bit around her wings and legs. I think its because of stress of not seeing more for so long. the longest we've been away was 4...
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    Quails always fight

    So I have 3 males and 5 females in the pen they are around 5-7 months old, and theres this male called Honeydukes, and he aways bullies my other male, Nugget. ): And Honeydukes is ALWAYS mating every single female. Sometimes he mates with the other males female cause my other other male, Rocket...
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    Umbilical cord bleeding

    HELP!!! Baby chick just hatched, has some blood bleeding from that area. It was beeling quite a bit, so I added a paper towel underneath, and a heat lamp for it. Its been about 5 minutes? And the bleeding has reduced a bit. Please help!
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    Day 20 or Day 21? Anyways, no pips

    Hello all, I think its Day 20, as I didn't count the first 24 hours, BUT theres no movement :hit Is it dead..? Please help!
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    Day 20, no pips

    Hi all, I have about 5-6 eggs (chicken eggs) in the 'bator, but so far, I'm only seeing 2 eggs that are shadowing a bit. I did add a couple eggs earlier than the other, so its Day 20 and Day 19 for some eggs. I'm getting very worried about my Day 20 eggs, 1 of the eggs, it was kicking and...
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    🥚 Shipped egg hatch-along

    "Can shipped eggs be hatched?" A question asked by anonymous. Saturday 19th February 09:00A.M :jumpy Hi all! I'm doing a small experiment, to see if shipped eggs hatch! I'm ordering 1 pack of fertile quail eggs (26x). The eggs were ordered last night, and came today morning. I don't reckon...
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    🥚 Lockdown hatch-along! (+ Chicken eggs!)

    Friday February 14 2023 10:50P.M Hi all! So first beginning of this hatch-along, I'm going to fill you in a bit, about what its about. I have three eggs going into lockdown in two days. Today is almost the end of Day 13. I can see definite movement in two of the eggs and just pitch black on...
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    EDITED EMERGENCY! - What do you guys think? Please help!

    Day 17 Its the cracked egg, I peeled off a bit of shell that was in awkward angles, it was poking at the membrane.
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    Cracked egg hatch along 🥚

    Hello all, I decided to make a hatch-along for my Day 16 (accidently) cracked coturnix egg. This is my first experience hatching cracked eggs, I have a small medical kit containing olive and coconut oil, cotton swabs and some medical tissues (not correct term I think :p) that I got from the vet...
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    EMERGENCY! - HELP I DROPPED A DAY 16 EGG

    Hi all, Bad news! I dropped a chicken egg on top of a Day 16 quail egg, it made a serve crack, I sworn I heard a CHEEP from the egg, and it became still. What do I do?!?! Please any help! IMAGE:
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    Can I use rabbit bedding for chicks?

    I found some rabbit/hamster/guinea pig tissue/paper bedding from the maker "KAYTEE" Would this be suitable?
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    What am I supposed to be seeing on Day 15? - Other things to look out for in Lockdown.

    :jumpyHey all, new hatcher here! I've never made it to Lockdown stage, so I'm a nervous wreck. The egg is a coturnix by the way. Should my egg be externally pipping by Day 15? I haven't noticed ANY movement. I thought I would notice maybe a small jiggle? Maybe even some cheeping noises. So far...
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    HELP! QUAIL EGG ON DAY 10 HAS A CRACK IN THE AIR SAC!

    So while candling, I saw that one of my Day 10 quail egg had a small crack in the air sac place, I did accidently roll/drop them on the ground, but it was barley over 10cm drop. NOT THE QUITTER EGG! Also, we have a quitter. I wanted to break open the egg and see, what went wrong. IMPORTANT...
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    What's the problem with high humidity?

    Hello everyone! Today is lockdown for my one quail egg, and the incubator is set to 63% humidity. Though I also have 12 eggs sitting there as well, their hatch dates are abit different. Is it ok?
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    LOCKDOWN TOMORROW FOR MY 1 EGG - THROW LOCKDOWN INFO AT ME

    Hello all, I hope your evening/morning/afternoon is turning out well. The egg is a coturnix quail egg! I have 1 egg due tomorrow, my plan is keeping humidity around 50-55% (because I have 11 other eggs (NOT DUE TOMORROW) ) and I think when it starts a pip, I'll raise to 60% as max. I will put...
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    Help! Eggs at different hatch dates!

    Hello! I currently have 1 egg whom is on Day 12 today, and the rest of the eggs are on Day 7. I have to raise humidity for Egg #1 but how about the other eggs? I only have 1 incubator, please help! Is it possible to do a hatch without a humidity?
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