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  1. FranzBear

    Are slightly misshapen eggs ok to hatch

    Bought some polish eggs and noticed most of them are just slightly misshapen...not enough to immediately discount from hatching, but enough to make me wonder if it will impact chick development at all...any advice appreciated x
  2. FranzBear

    Do NOT do what I just did

    It was day 23 and after seeing no internal or external pipping in 3 eggs that were under my broody hen, but seeing fully developed chicks, I decided to open one up to see what went wrong and to my horror, the chick was still alive with a small amount of unabsorbed yolk but it was too late, I put...
  3. FranzBear

    Unique markings on long-awaited chick! Bi-colored beak

    This guy's bio mum was black bantam cross, was a sweet dorky hen that has a look as if she only possessed 2 brain cells (u know the type). I'm guessing she was part serama as she was absolutely tiny. unfortunately she was unalived by a dog and her eggs were saved and hatched by some resident...
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    Horribly cracked egg with viable embryos - what to do?

    Discovered it tonight while candling the eggs, it's definitely got something inside while a lot of the other eggs didn't, but it just had to be insanely cracked. After losing a lot of fertile eggs recently due to an exploding egg under a broody hen, I want to save it AT THE SAME TIME knowing...
  5. FranzBear

    I miss you, Steven (favorite roo raised from egg)

    2023 was the first year I started hatching chickens, I had discharged from the Australia Navy on medical grounds, lost in life, kinda depressed when for some reason I had an sudden desire to hatch eggs and be surrounded by adorable fluffy chicks. So I bought an incubator and 12 fertile eggs...
  6. FranzBear

    People keep dumping unwanted roos at local park, overcrowding is an issue, is it a good idea to rescue some (and treat them for potential diseases)

    It's really sad there's abandoned ducks geese and chickens at the local park, they've swelled in numbers just this year, id say at least 30 roosters, 1 or 2 hens, and another 30/40 ducks geese in a small enclosure. and of course they're breeding too (and it's very sad seeing sick/Injured...
  7. FranzBear

    Should I ask for a refund? eBay eggs quality and fertility does NOT look good.

    I bought 6 red/blue laced wyandotte eggs, 1 arrived cracked in the mail, another developed a crack a few days in under the broody hen, and yesterday after candling the remaining 4 eggs at day 5/6, only 1 had any development. The shells appear thin too on all the eggs. Disclaimer: I did not...
  8. FranzBear

    Egg exploded covering all other eggs under broody hen in gunk, I threw them out but was it possible to have saved them

    I didn't take a photo but it was thick layer of dried raw egg over each egg (about 10), they had been incubated by a first time mom hen for about 3-4 days. Discovered yesterday morning so I decided to trash the eggs. Thoroughly depressed cos I knew that there were viable embryos in them having...
  9. FranzBear

    Is this a shelless egg?

    Found this yesterday with what appeared to be a broken yolk, a clear gel patch (potentially albumen) and a wet brown poop smear as well, but quite distinct from each other. I did recently buy 4 point of lay Rhode Island reds recently...and then today I found remnants of an eggshell with the...
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