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    Rooster Fight!

    I need help!! Okay, I have two coops and each flock stay separated - one flock has 1 rooster with 11 hens and the other flock has 2 roosters with 3 hens. Reason for two separated flocks is that the flock of 5 were hatched this past spring and have all been together since hatching. I had not...
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    HELP!! Day 21 and possible shrink wrapped chick

    Today is day 21 for my white leghorn bantam and I candled it this morning when it hadn't hatched. I couldn't see any movement so I assumed it had died. I put a hole in the air sack and noticed there was movement!!! It has not internally pipped yet so I put it back in the incubator and have...
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    1 Day old Chick not looking good...please help!

    My white leghorn bantam just hatched yesterday morning and was doing great! I left him/her in the incubator for a full 24 hrs and he was pretty much completely dry so I moved him and the other hatchling into the brooder under the lamp. I read that you should dip their beaks into water and get...
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    1 day old chick not looking good :(

    My white leghorn bantam just hatched yesterday morning and was doing great! I left him/her in the incubator for a full 24 hrs and he was pretty much completely dry so I moved him and the other hatchling into the brooder under the lamp. I read that you should dip their beaks into water and get...
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    HELP!!! Day 14 - Cracked egg but chick still alive!!

    Someone please help me!!!! I was candling a day 14 egg and it dropped! The top (large end) cracked and there is blood, but the baby chick inside is still moving!! The internal membrane hasn't ruptured but the more than half of the top can be lifted off. Should I put it back in the bator in...
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    Day 24 and still no hatch?!

    Today is day 24 for one of my white leghorn bantam eggs and still no hatch or pip. Should I be concerned?? Temps are good - staying at 99-100 degrees. I have a LG still air foam incubator. Took me a while to get the humidity levels up above 50% after lockdown though. After MUCH debate, I...
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    Cannot get my humidity up!

    Hello, please help! I've read EVERYTHING I can possibly find on here and other places online about humidity levels during lockdown and tips on how to increase it, but nothing is working!! I currently have 2 LG incubators going (one with a turner and one without). I made the mistake early on...
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    Advice on hatching eggs in the incubator

    Hello! I've had chickens for some time and hatched and raised a couple last year for the first time. I have a broody hen who ended up hatching the chick and then we took in indoors (in the brooder) to continue to raise. She's out with the rest of the flock now doing great! :) This year we...
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