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Weirdo story: I have an incubator that we mostly loan out to my kids' schools. The last couple of hatches haven't worked out, which I assumed was user error, but decided to try some eggs at home to make sure the incubator is functioning properly. Tried some eggs myself, still nothing. Decided...

I will start with the long version of the story and end with my specific questions- feel free to skip to the questions! I have a fully automatic 3-egg incubator that I keep specifically to loan out to my kids' schools each year for hatching projects. It has been used a number of times with no...

Hi experts, Last month my mother (who has some turkeys on her farm) asked me to use my incubator to "test" a couple of eggs for fertility as she was trying to figure out if her tom turkey was doing his job. I put in three eggs; two were fertile, but one didn't last very long. Fast forward, I...

One of my bantam hens hatched these three babies. They are 10 weeks old now, and I can't figure out what sex they are. I think the two black ones are hens and the whitest one is a rooster, but maybe that one is just more red because it has lighter skin? I am not sure what breeds are involved...

My little hen hatched these babies 5 weeks ago. I could try to guess what breeds they are but I don't know for sure (they all came from light brown eggs). Either way they are mixes. I'm suspecting I had bad luck and all three are roosters! The black one with the white lacing is one I'm least...

So, I have this huge red star hen who is three years old. She is disasterously dumb. She can't ever seem to find gates, runs into things, tries to eat her shadow, etc. Even for poultry she is just not bright. Anyway, a month or so ago she went broody. I did not trust that she would be a good...

I have a 1st time broody bantam hen about 19.5 days along on 4 standard eggs. Came home today to find three chicks had hatched within the last 4 hours. Two are normal and healthy, but one appears to be missing all of the skin on his head. The best I can guess, he was stuck in the egg and the...

I have 9 of these little guys who are 5 weeks old. It seems like it is very clear which are boys just by the combs. Is this fairly accurate or are there other factors I need to consider besides just the combs? Clearly boys: Look like pullets?:

Can anyone identify the little gray thing? He came as an extra with a group of chicks that my mom got in January. He was getting picked on by the rest of his group (hence the lack of feathers), so I took him in. He is about 9 weeks old. I had been told that it was a blue laced red Wyandotte, but...

I know these guys are a little young but I would love any guesses as to what they are. A couple of them I really adore, and I'd like to know what to get more of! These are 4 week old babies from a bantam assortment.. and probably all roosters :) #1. This one is very tall and has very...

I have some bantam chicks (assorted, so unknown breed) that are like 6 days old. This one has wing feathers that appear to be curled upward. Hard to get a good picture, but it's really pronounced in person, especially compared to the other ones. They came from Ideal and he has clean legs (they...

After my initial "what was I thinking ordering chicks in January?!" moment, some babies came today, all alive and spunky despite the snow storm. Most are standard size chickens in breeds I recognize but there are 6 bantams and I have no idea what they are (except that I'm sure they are all...

Hello everyone, I am really hoping someone can help. I did a bunch of searches for past topics but it sounds like my bird's symptoms can mean many things so I am not sure what to do. I have a 7 week old chick who we hatched here at our house. He was the only egg that hatched so he has no...

I gave a few barnyard mix eggs to a friend a few months ago. Two hatched- the darker one from a white (probably Leghorn) egg and the other (beardy) one from a blue egg Two possible daddies- Lakenvelder or Silver Spangled Hamburg. They are now 11 weeks old, anyone willing to venture a guess...

This funny looking little friend is 6 weeks old. Mom is a leghorn and dad is a Lakenvelder. He is the sweetest thing, always trying to climb up on your shoulder or get into your pocket (though he doesn't fit anymore). He was the only baby who made it from a small hatch so I don't have any others...

Hi friends, I have some eggs in an incubator and candled them for the first time today. One egg is clearly fertile but seems to have some damage/shell weakness on one end that is not visible unless you candle it (I didn't think to candle them before I put them in the incubator). It just looks...

Hello, I am new to this forum. I apologize if I am not doing this correctly or if I'm not posting in the right area.. I couldn't decide where to put this. I have 4 red sex-link ("red star") hens that I got as chicks about 6 months ago. From day 1, one of them has always been different. The...