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I set some eggs July 12th around 4pm in my Brinsea Mini Advance so I figured they would all be due about August 1st or 2nd, this past Friday and Saturday. Based on candling shortly before lockdown I was expecting about 5 chicks. Well, late Friday night some of them pipped and by the end of...

I have three Saxony ducklings that hatched Saturday June 2nd. Since that time I've been feeding them Dumor Starter/Grower 20% protein and after about a week of watching them grow I'm starting to think that maybe they are growing too fast. Here's why: - They look about 25% bigger than when they...

I have 5 chicks that I hatched in an incubator 19 days ago so they are almost 3 weeks old. Two of them have suddenly become partially paralyzed in their legs which was discovered last night. They can't seem to walk and if they do, it's usually backwards although I've seen them stumble forward...

So I have a fairly large flock, 27 birds total if you count 5 bitties. I've noticed a few of them have tiny bugs on their feathers. There will be two or three feathers towards the birds tail that will look "dusted" and if you try to pull the dust off you get "moving dust" on your fingers; at...

I ordered some Saxony eggs and 4 out of 6 are for sure developing! I hate to count my ducklings before they hatch but I'm so excited, I've never owned ducks before. I had to modify my Brinsea egg tray with a dremel tool so they would turn. I knew duck eggs were big compared to chicken eggs but I...

I had previously owned a RIR cross rooster that was human aggressive and he flogged my Mom twice. Shortly after that I hatched 3 more human aggressive RIR crosses. I craigslisted all four of them and ordered some hatching eggs in hopes that I could get a nice human friendly rooster. I told...

I had two chicks hatch early, early this morning; they were due today. They both appear to be doing just fine, not lethargic or anything but one has a bit of a bloody rough spot where his navel should be. It is about 3/16" wide and sticks out about an 1/8." It appears to be sort of a rough...

I set 8 silkie eggs in a Brinsea Mini Advance on Thursday 12-15-11. These were shipped eggs from a win on eBay although after the last hatch(my first) I decided to avoid shipped eggs. That didn't last long! The seller shipped 9 but I decided to toss one that had a ruptured air cell. My incubator...

I've heard that stringing fishing line across where you keep your chickens can deter hawks. Something about the hawks not being able to see the fishing lines but it freaks them out when they hit them. Anyone heard of this? My chickens are kept in a very large fenced in area where netting across...

Approximately two months ago one of my two year old hens wasn't in the coop when I went to shut them up in the evening. I found her listless and alone. Her comb was pale and dry. I immediately separated her out in and put her in a cage with access to food and water. For the first two days she...

I've been around chickens a looong time but this will be the first time I'll be incubating eggs on my own in my own incubator! I've set 2 Swedish Flower Hen and 6 Blue Laced Red Wyandotte eggs. I'm going to post pictures of my progress(hopefully there will be progress!). I'd love to hear from...

Approximately 5 months ago I agreed to take five chicks that had been hatched for a local Extension supported school project through the elementary schools. Two out of the five chicks had some issues to which I'm unsure of the cause(s). Both had varying levels of blindness but not to the extent...