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I have a hen in "sick bay" and she's not getting better. About a week ago she was somehow injured, she went from limping to hopping to not walking at all. I have no idea what happened to her, she was free ranging when she got hurt. Her feet look ok, so I am guessing leg? Any tips to bring her...

Anyone have any ideas on which breed this little chick may be? It's my McMurray hatchery mystery chick, I've gone through their birds but I don't have a clue what it may be.

I woke up this morning to find a chick with his head popped out of his pip hole. I peeled around the top of the egg to free his head and put him back, but he still isn't moving. How long should I give him? There were no veins or bleeding from where I peeled and I know he's probably tired from...

I was wondering about how long it takes a large batch to hatch? I had 34 at lockdown. I know they have all day today into tomorrow for sure, but how long to I wait for the ones who aren't hatched by tomorrow? I woke up to a chick this morning, 2 more quickly followed, 1 unzipping as I type and...

I candled my eggs for lockdown tonight and I was kind of expecting my eggs to look more uniform inside. I have some eggs with a whole lot of space inside and some with very little to none. Some with smaller air cells and some with larger air cells. Is this normal? I have 4 different breeds...

This is the first time I have had a full incubator, and I have found that the side with the egg turner motor, runs about a degree warmer than the other side. My incubator does have a fan and its working and I have verified with 2 thermometers on both sides of incubator. If I rotate the eggs...

I have a farm innovators circulated air incubator and have been running it for the last week, collecting eggs since Thursday, and the temp has been staying in the range of 99.3-99.9. I have the incu-therm plus hatch monitor from incubator warehouse for temp and humidity. Well, today was the day...

Out of my 9 hens... most of them started laying a week ago, Yay! Firstly, how often before they lay eggs consistently? One day I had 5 eggs, but most days I get 1 or 2 or none at all. Then, I have a hen that appears to lay off the roost. 3 mornings in a row I found the shell of a brittle egg...

I've just been a lurker here for awhile, so I'm firstly gonna say "Hi!". Now...... Today is day 21 of my black maran incubation, I had my first chick of the batch hatch yesterday morning without a hitch. Yesterday afternoon, I had one pip and unzip part way. Against my better judgement...