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    Bathing sticky but dried chicks? Bath or leave alone?

    Due to the little chick bleeding last night and slimed everything in the bator most of the other chicks who should be dry and fluffy are dry but not fluffy due to being slime. Would them not getting fluffed out cause any problems with them keeping warm when they go in the brooder? Make them peck...
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    Is it ok to use diluted bleach to disinfect the styro bators?

    As long as it's rinses super well is ok to use diluted bleach to clean an incubator that is styrofoam? Or would it be to pourous and keep some of the bleach in it and then become a danger to the next hatch?
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    Today, hatching pics, yeaaaaa, just sharing

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    Newborn chick/Should I put it down? Pls help!

    Just had a chick hatch on it's own. Darn it, here I am helping chicks out of eggs and the one to all of a sudden hatch on his own with no help needed, well something is wrong with it. Is the egg sack I hear folks talking about attached to the bottom area of a chick? This little bugger took me...
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    Frustrating and weird hatch/ evaluation?

    My first hatch I had to help, the next I didn't and this 3rd one I do again. I play over and over in my head the scenario's. This hatch? Some are zipping and getting out, they seem to know what to do? Others will pip and stop....period. next day same hole no progress. I help them out (which I...
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    Any chance these eggs are ok?

    I did lockdown this evening around 10 pm meaning to check the temp in 20 mins, forgot and at 1:50 am almost 4 hrs later just checked the bator for 4 hrs it's been at 94 to 95. Whats the chances they're still ok?
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    WTD: BLRW's, Light Sussex, SFH's, Blue egg laying Americaunas, bearded silkies, WPR, Delwares

    I am looking for the following breeds from quality stock. BLRW, Light Sussex, Swedish Flower, blue laying Americaunas, bearded silkies (whites, blks, splash and buff) White Plymouth Rock and Delawares. Can be shipped or I can pick up from the following states WA, OR, ID and Western MT and I'll...
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    What breeds seem to be easy hatches and what ones harder to hatch?

    Just curious what breeds folks feel are easier breeds to hatch and which ones seem harder to hatch? I hear BLRW shipped eggs don't do so well. Was wondering what other breeds are tougher and what are easier. Tell us about your experiences.
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    Had a hatch the other day and due to lockdown new batch Weds

    After that first disaster try at hatching I forgot to mention I hatched 8 of 11 eggs and now have 6 new Light Sussex chicks and 2 BCM chicks as of Friday and Saturday. Those little Sussex babies are so much more active than the BCM. Is that normal. Keep your fingers crossed for me a couple...
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    PLS need HELP, I'm ill, on my way to hospital Can it be chickens?????

    I have been real ill with an awful throbbing head ache, real tired, low fever (highest was 100.2) Have any of you experienced this and found it due to being around hatching eggs? Opening up quiters? Opening up dead in shell that were fully developed? Opening up eggs that never developed but...
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    Can you mix newly hatched chicks with week old chicks?

    I have two brooders and one has 2 to 3 week olds and the other one week olds. I now have one and two day olds that need to go in the brooder. Do you think it would be ok to add the new babies to the week old brooder?
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    I feel awful, I just killed a baby in the egg

    I was candling for lockdown tonight and thought one egg wasn't right. The air sack was weird and there was a lot more space than all the others showing in the bottom of the egg. It was different from the others. I was told a bad egg in the bator can cause a the ones around it to died due to...
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    Excited! Have new arrivals coming in the next couple days

    In the next couple days we have a few Lemon Cockoo Orptingtons, Black Copper Marans and some Americauna's chicks coming from one person and some Lemons and BLRW chicks from another. We're all excited about the new arrivals. Making a larger brood/coop cage this evening for them. Just wanted to...
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    Do you clean eggs before putting them in the bator?

    Just curious, if you get an egg that has a little crud on it do you wash, never wash or just tidy up a little? If you wash how do you go about it and what do you use to wash the eggs with?
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    Questions about air sacks and candling flashlight strong enough to really see in.

    I've been candling this evening and have a couple of situations with the air sacks I'm a little concerned about. was hoping some of the experienced folks can help me out. Some have what looks like swooshy air sacks, when you move them a little it looks like the air sack is fluid around it, not...
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    How do you tell the diff between splay leg and just gimpy?

    Two of the chicks that hatched yesterday are kind of gimpy, was wondering how one can tell the difference between splay leg or just weak and gimpy. The two in question only one has one leg that kind of sticks to the side a little. Both walk gimpy, they were also lazy babies that wouldn't work...
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    Trying to figure out organic vs regular feeds

    Went to buy my first bag of chick started the other day and was totally floored that organic feed is double normal food. I knew it would cost more but double? What do you all feed and why? My choice to feed organic was this, if I am going to eat their eggs and maybe butcher future offspring for...
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    How does one get permission to post in sales and wanted section?

    Was going to try to post a 'wanted' post but it says I am unable to do so. Is there a process for being able to?
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    My granddaughters with our newly hatched BCM's

    Thought I would share this picture. My granddaughters have loved the whole incubation process and I have a feeling these will be some very loved chickens.
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    Any BLRW breeders out here?

    I'm looking for some Blue Laced Red Wynodotte chicks (may consider eggs but prefer chicks) If anyone has, or will have some coming up or knows of someone with some please post or PM me. I'm looking for some of the best stock I can find. Thank you.
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