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Sorry for your loss, I just lost one today too - same type of symptons. I could not figure out what was wrong. I handled her found no worms, sour crop, mites??? I tried hand feeding her for 4 days but eventually she would not eat anymore. By that time her poop was green which is a sign of...

Sounds good to me. Here is hoping my eggs hatch. Thanks for the advice.

I always take the cautious approach - just in case I guess wrong. I would hate to throw any out that are actually babies. I have the hardest time with my Marans eggs since they are dark. I sometimes just leave them in when I am unsure - although I am worried I might have an expolision some day...

I was wondering what members recommend for height of fencing. My turkeys, once they "hopefully" hatch, will be allowed to free range on 4 fenced in acres. The fence is 4 ft tall. My chickens which are heavy breeds never try to leave the yard. We also have three ducks that also never try to...

Check out this post with candling pics. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=261876

Four years ago, my response would have been different, but I discovered the Dog Whisperer. If you have never watched him, you should. If it wasn't for him I would not have trained my three dogs to roam the pasture with 15 chickens - together. I attached his website link and an article link...

This is my first hatch too. I have been keeping track on my BYC page (incubating history). I wanted to post more pictures - but it was hard to get them to come out. My first pip was at 6:30 this morning - came home at 12:00, and a little bit of a bigger pip. THIS takes a LONG TIME! Have...

You should also candle the eggs to make sure the air sac and the large end of the eggs did not rupture. A ruptured air sack will appear as a floating air bubble inside the egg that always moves to the top as you rotate the egg. If this happened, then the may not hatch.

Agreed - every state has different laws, but you could contact your State Attorney General's office, but do not delay. Have you talked with them yet - they may let you return it if you pay the mileage added to the vehicle. JUST DO NOT WAIT. Call the AG or the owner of the dealership. The...

Here is a picture of my 6 RIR's when they were about 1 month old. You can see the roo is easily identified by his comb. This might help.

Thinking that she is an intruder could be it. Not sure when you add her back in, but make sure you do it at night - because the others are blind. Also, I used a trick I read about - spray all the chickens with a light solution of vinegar and water. Since all the chickens will smell the same...

It is the amount of surface space on the water dish that determines how much humidity is created. You said you took the second dish out - try putting a dish back in that has a smaller surface space. Ex: If the one you took out measured 6 inches in diameter, put one in that is 3 inches. Hope...

Still air does not circulate the air so the temperature is not distributed. You generally need to run it at a higher temperature - around 100-101 degrees. With a fan, the air is circulated so the eggs get a constant temperature across all of them. With a fan you can keep the temperature at...

Agreed - or just make a bigger coop. This is what I needed to do

I think when given the opportunity they will eat almost anything. My sister in Hawaii gets doves in her chicken coop. The doves are so dumb that they let the chickens peck them and eventually kill them. Then the chickens run around with the dead dove in their mouth because they do not want to...

And I thought I had problems with finches stealing food...