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I was wondering if I could get some advice. As a bit of history - I bought four new hens about a month ago. They went through quarantine fine so I integrated them with the flock. Almost immediately, one started sniffling. In my naivety I didn't check it right away and let her run with the...

I'm having a little bit of a stress. I bought four new hens a couple of weeks ago. All were fine and I integrated them into the flock after 14 days. However, one is now showing signs of illness. She was sleeping with head under her wing, and when I picked up her, she is sneezing a little, has...

I bought a couple of new hens on Sunday and put them in a small quarantine pen together - all was fine. I had eggs and there was no trouble at all yesterday. I went to check on them today and one hen had this HUGE gaping hole in her neck. I have NO idea how to started - whether the other hen...

Hi everyone, I've got a poorly Japanese quail hen I'm a little worried about and was hoping you might be able to help. She's been fluffed up this way for a week now. She's still active on her feet, runs away from the male and is eating and drinking. But she looks very disheveled, often just...

I set 12 silkie eggs down a week ago that I bought at an auction; two different lots - one was six white silkies, the other was six mixed colours. I've candled today and three are definitely fertile. The veining is clear and they seem to be progressing well. The other nine look clear. :\ Do...

The past few weeks I've been doing an incubator hatch of Ayam Cemani's. I got six eggs (unfortunately they had to be shipped). Five were fertile, day 21 was yesterday and I now have one very agitated chick with no signs of any more hatching. I'm quite disappointed...I was hoping for at least 2/3...

I think, just maybe, I might have become slightly addicted. I had my first ever lot of incubator chicks hatch out almost a week ago and they're doing brilliantly. Alas, we only had a 30% hatch rate but actually, in hindsight, that was a good thing because we've decided to get more Polish bantams...

I've always hatched under a broody before and she knows best....leaving the nest when her eggs are done. I was just wondering what the rule is for incubators? Day 21 was Friday and I've had six chicks - one of which we may lose because of a leg deformity. :( However, I never candled the eggs so...

This weekend is my first ever incubator hatch. I've normally hatched under a broody Silkie, but this is fascinating. I thought I'd share the progress of these four little chickies. Being a chick is tiring..... Two chicks have a ginger eye-stripe which the others don't. Is this a...

Hi everyone! I stumbled across BYC yesterday because despite having kept chickens for years, I'm doing my first ever incubator hatch! I've always used a broody Silkie before, but I lost Georgia last year so was given an incubator for my birthday. It's wonderful but stressful. Thank god hatch...

Hi all! I've spend A LOT of hours on this site over the past few days reading threads because, for the first time, I'm hatching eggs out in an incubator. I always used a broodie Silkie before, but it's fascinating (exciting/stressful) hatching when you can see everything that's happening...