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hi everyone, i have a wee problem with my mini gold dutch bantam hen, on tuesday the 4th of aug i noticed that she had a waterery eye that looked like it was sore, and today on wednesday it has fully closed and looks to be dirty and sore, i have no idea what to do or if she is now blind in one...

thank you for the replys,truthfully i dont know what id do without this forum, even do the chick is 2 days old and the other 16 eggs aint hatched im holding out for another day or 2, thanks for the tips ill be sure to do excactly what you all said

so far i have only hatched one golf dutch bantam, im just wonder because there so small what kind of feed i should give them first, is chick starter ok for them, and also my heat lamp, how do i know if i have it at the right height as in is it too cold or too warm, i know stupid questions but im...

so i get up this morening and i have one gold dutch bantam out,the 16 othere eggs are not even chipped yet, the little chick looks healty so far thank god, but when its fully dry will i take him out and move into brooder or leave it until there all hatched out, my thing is i dont want him to...

okelydoadely, this really answers my question,and hopfully im not counting b4 there hatched, but i do hear chirping and as i say the dutch bantam egg is pipped through, whooooooo hooooooooooo

o mother of god,i forgot to ask what is probably the most important question, when and if the chicks are ok when they hatch, when do i start feeding and watering them,do i feed in the incubator, i ask this because if there a stagered hatching then ill have to open the lid to feed etceven if the...

great,thank you for the reply

right i know this has been asked 1000s of times but my gold dutch bantams and red mottled leghorns are starting to come out of there eggs, i have a hovo bator incubator and im just wondering do i open the vents on top of it to let in fresh air, and how long do i leave the chicks in the incubator...

okelydoakely i have taken out the ones that are all clear, and im coming close to day 18.. would i be right in saying this? at day 18 I take the eggs out of the automatic egg turner and place then either on the wire or in egg cartons? and when this is done i do not open the cover until the...

cool,thank you

i have a quick question about candleing, my egss are in incubator 14 days noy,and when im going to candle for the last time i just want to knw what i sould see, i did a quick goin over on them already today and there is a few with noting but clear to be seen, and in another few there like a dark...

now im not counting my chickens before they hatch,but im in the process of constructing a brooder, i have all the equipment and i also bought a lamp with red light, now i dont know if there is a difference between the wattage here in ireland and anywhere else,but the dude behind the counter gave...

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go raibh maith agat a bit of a river dancer then,lol

thank you once again for the info, im learing slowly everyday and with all the info im getting im sure ill be able to pass on some knowledge myself soon, what i have been gien here by anyone that has responded to my thread is brilliant,and i do thank you all lots

hi everyone,if anyone is form Ireland dorp a line or even better if there is nay Irish in you drop a line as well, you never know i might be your long long long lost relation,lol. also anyone interested in wildfowl in ireland here is 2 links to view, these links are not belong to me,but i do...

now this is the exact answer i was looking for and even better its the same incubator as mine, thank you so much for the info.at the minute i have no hygrometer, and as its a bank holiday weekend here in ireland i wont be recieving any post till tuesday, i started incubating on friday, i have no...

i never bought eggs or anything like that from America,but i did get my incubator from Florida, and i have bought lots from ebay from America, our birds would be roughly the same as yers, but i see in ireland there trying to ban battery hens which is no harm, i think its cruel, think its the...

well i have nearly 2 of a little mixture, i have 2 rhode island red 2 speckled sussex 2 maran 2 welsomer 2 white leghorn 2 buff sussex 6 different breed of bantam im currently hatching but not counting before i hatch 12 buff sussex 6 brown sussex 6 blue/brown cochin 6 red mottled leghorn 6...

so i stated my first ever hatching on may 1st,and i am getting great info from this forum,but what still confuses me is the whole humidity hing, my temp in the hova bator is staying between 37.9 to 38.2 degrees which is in and around 100f, but im waiting on my new hygrometer from the us and as...