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    Candled Day 10!

    I'm on day 10 and just candled my eggs for the first time. Out of 12, 10 look amazing!!! The other 2 I think are dead, but I will wait and check again in a few days. I am very new at this but it's really addicting!!! I feel like they're my babies every time I see them when candling or when...
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    Day 22 and Nothing - Any Hope They'll Ever Hatch?

    Is it a still-air or forced-air incubator? The still air incubators can take a few days longer than the forced air. I have a still-air incubator. My first chick from the last batch I hatched pipped at 2 days after and finally hatched out a day after that. The other chick finally hatched out a...
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    HELP ME!!!!...i dont know what to do...:(

    Is it a still-air icubator or do you have a fan in it? The still air can take a little bit longer than the 21 days that is said for icubaion period. I have a still air incubator and one of my chicks hatched out 3 days late, the other was a week late. My second batch of eggs - one hatched out a...
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    Comment by 'we2hens' in item 'Barred Rock'

    We have about 40 barred rock hens. They are very friendly, quiet birds....unless you have treats and they think they should have some. One hen in particular, comes to my patio door and if I have the shade pulled up and the door open she will stand up tall and look in and start "telling" me that...
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    To Be Spraddle Leg or Not to Be. That is the Question.

    I have a day and a half old chick still in the incubator. It's legs are very far apart. Not as far apart as all the pics I have seen of spraddle legs where they are sticking straight out to the sides, but when it stands up the legs are a lot farther apart than my other "normal" chicks. Is...
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    Help! My keets keep dying!

    I have never had guinea keets before. I ordered 30 keets from a hatchery and after 4 days (yes, I know that's way way way too long) in the mail, they finally arrived. There were some dead on arrival, and since then I've had one die almost every day. Total, I have lost 1/3 of my flock. Any...
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    Upside Down Chick

    I just hatched out my 2nd chick ever. The first one did great and is in her brooder box. The 2nd one hatched out yesterday morning and a few times now while still in the incubator it gets flipped over somehow onto its back and seems like it can't get right side up again. I have helped it right...
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    70% Dead Chicks - Meyer Hatchery

    I had a bad experience with my guinea keets a week ago. I ordered from a different hatchery in Iowa and it took 4 DAYS for the keets to get here! I was a nervous wreck because I was expecting most of the 30 keets to be dead by the time they finally arrived. When they arrived, only one had died...
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    My coop made almost entirely from scrap. :) PIC HEAVY

    Wow! That is really cool! I love it! It looks so comfortable for them!!
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    Egg cartons in incubator

    Can you put egg cartons in an incubator to hold the eggs? has anyone ever tried that? My eggs like to roll around...apparently the metal grate on the bottom isn't exactly flat or something. But if you do use an egg carton, how do you turn the eggs? Just trying to figure out better ways to go...
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    Back into the incubator

    I had a chick hatch out yesterday and I put her into a box today to finish fluffing out. She was only out of the incubator for about 3 hours. But I just checked on the rest of the eggs in the incubator and noticed that I have another one that just pipped. So, I put the already hatched one back...
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    Can I mix chicks and guinea keets?

    I have 24 guinea keets that are a week old today, and one chicken chick that just hatched out yesterday. Can I put the chick in with the keets safely, or should I worry about the keets attacking it and pecking at it? I should also have hopefully 5 more chicks hatching out in a few days and...
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    Hello from Wisconsin

    I was reading through some of the older posts lastnight trying to find some answers to my questions (which I did, thanks) and was back on here this morning "just because". so, I figured that maybe I should just join up. :) My family (Mom, Dad, brother, my daughter and I) has a smallish...
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