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Everyone, thank you so much!!!! We now have Corrid in hand and will start our chickens on it tonight.

I've have now lost 2 chicks and another looks sick. Symptoms: They walk around with their necks pulled in. I found one the other day, just laying on the ground, could hardly keep its head up. No puffy eyes or coughing or wringing of its neck. When they are walking around, the do...

Welcome!!

Now did things go?

I just went through this exact thing... If it was me I would just not turn the SFH the last few days of the 18 day cycle, I would just lock them all down together. I did that recently and really saw no difference. But if it bothers you, you could split the days and turn the 1st ones through...

It's survival of the fittest! It will either hatch or not. I personally don't help my chicks as they attempt to hatch. In my experience, the chicks that take the longest to hatch are the weakest and don't survive more than a week or so. So I let nature take its course.

Were these eggs shipped to you? I had BO eggs that were shipped to me that took 24 days to hatch. If you can candle them and they are still alive then just be patient, perhaps they will still hatch. Perhaps candle again in 4 days.

Thanks!

Congratulations and sending positive thoughts to you hen and that each time you check on her she's on the right eggs (that's always my worry)

Quote: I had 1 little rooster hatch from this set. :-) I have a thrid set of CCL eggs under another broody hen, due to hatch on the 26th. I just need a little hen now to go with my lille roo. I did hatch out 5 BO from 8 shipped eggs (4 healthy, 1 not)... so was happy with that number. They...

This is a really good point, I never thought about it that way. Thanks for the new insight.

My RIRs were quite aggressive and because of this we no longer have them in our flock. We had gotten some Sliver Laced Wyandotte's which are a more docile breed and they wouldn't leave them along.. stressed them out. They were always chasing everyone else around.

Welcome!! I'm located north of Rockford, just south of the Wisconsin border. There's a few of us from the Rockford area on this forum.. it's nice to meet another local. :-)

FarmGirlForLife sent me 9 buff orpington eggs in a swap. Today I placed them into lockdown. Of the 9; 7 are developing and in most I could see the little chick moving, 1 was accidentally broken by my 15 year old helper that dropped another egg on it and the other not developing was "soupy"...

Adorable

Quote: Sylvia, This is the first year I have ever gotten eggs sent to me through the mail... I documented how they were packed, for future reference. You can checkout photos as I am openning up the boxes on my facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/wanderingcreekacres/photos_albums Hatch...

Quote: And if they are packaged in a small or medium box then they will fit into thths post offices secured package container - which means you can go to the post off even when they are not open.!!! (as a disclaimer, I am not promoting stuffing items that should be in a large box into a...

I purchased 5 Wheaten Ameraucana (which I think are also crossed with Blue).. :-) They are 5 weeks old, any guesses on pullet or roo? Chick #1: Chick #2: Chick #3: Chick #4: - I'm pretty sure this one is a Wheaten Rooster Chick #5: - I was thinking hen, but are those pointy...

You could always offer them as one of your offers and see if they get claimed. That might be a good indication if people would be interested or not.

Thanks... this is a little late for snow, but it does happen. Seems like we are having a repeat of last year, it was a very cold spring.