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  1. HeidiGetsChicks

    Is this Marek's?

    I have a 2 month old rooster who's showing signs of weak legs and balance issues. Can still walk, but very hesitant to do so and seems uncomfortable standing, resting down on his hocks. I've carefully inspected his feet multiple times over and cannot find anything wrong. His legs, nothing seems...
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    PLEASE HELP I think this is wry neck?

    I woke up to two chicks hatched in the incubator, but one can't stand at all and its neck keeps going into an odd position. It can't even get into a proper position while I'm holding it, it keeps trembling and like spasming into an odd position. What I have on hand is Durvet vitamins &...
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    Would you assist at this point?

    This egg has a saddled (but not detached) egg cell. Day 21 is just coming to a close and it has been externally pipped in the right place for 23 hours now. It's not making any attempts to zip, but cheeps and moves its beak around a fair bit. It's been cheeping and moving a bit less in the past...
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    Confusion about counting incubation days

    Someone on here mentioned that if I put the eggs in the incubator on a Tuesday at 5pm, then day 21 of incubation is 3 Tuesdays later. I thought day 1 is counted 24 hours after first placing the eggs in the incubator? So that if I put them in on a Tuesday at 5pm then day 1 is complete the next...
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    What's in your "chicken emergency kit"?

    So I'm still fairly new to this, but I'm starting to see several things mentioned that I'm realizing would benefit me to have on hand in the moment when a chicken needs it. For example today I bought some unscented candles in case I crack an incubating egg so I can drip wax over the crack ASAP...
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    Is this egg bad? New to candling

    This is day 7 of incubation, and this egg looks very different than most of the others. I can't seem to find anything online matching what I'm seeing in this egg. Can anyone shed light on it for me?
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    Old and new stories involving chickens

    I need a place to share chicken stories, both of my own current flock and from growing up. Something in another thread reminded me of this one from when I was a kid... First, some background info. I was 5 years old and we had just moved to Cameroon, which is a country in west Africa. We were...
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    Thermometer/hydrometer that alerts and tracks data

    I hope this is okay to post. I found a small thermometer/hydrometer that uses a free app to track data, so I can see not only what the temperature and humidity *is* but also what it was over the past, well, several days that I've tested so far. I thought others might be interested in it. It...
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    Emotionally processing losses

    I did not know where to put this thread... I just completed my first incubation, and lost my first live chick. The chick died because it was placed in a brooder with siblings a couple days older that were stronger, and my mama heat plate went down to the floor on one side which I was told was a...
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    Help me understand humidity vs. lockdown

    It sounds like 65%-75% humidity during lockdown is somewhat standard, with some people choosing to go lower than that, correct? How high is too high of humidity? And how do you mitigate too high of humidity without opening the incubator? My incubator is in the 70-75% range humidity with barely...
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    Malpositioned chick pipped shell but not membrane?

    This is my very first time incubating eggs. It's day 21 going on 22, and so far the only egg to pip has pipped on the pointy end. I noticed it 5 hours ago, and a piece of shell just now broke off revealing that the membrane appears still intact. I can see the broken shell pieces moving so I...
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    Jumping into the chicken world!

    Hey everyone! At the moment I wanna rush through this introduction because I have a question about a chick hatching in progress that I want to ask you all about ASAP! So forgive me if I just grab the intro template and jump in... (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I...
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