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Has anyone had birds get sick/die more than the average new chick losses? What symptoms did they exhibit?

All my hatchery chicks are sick or dying. They're 10 weeks old now. I've lost a bunch of them and of the ones that are alive, half are sick. They have crusty eyes to the point of them sealing shut. They have a little bit of a runny nose too, but not overly runny. Some are gasping for breath...

I just separated my hens from the other roosters to their own breed. How long will it take for them to be cleaned out, so to speak, of the sperm from the other roosters?

How old before beltsville small whites are ready for butcher?

Are these both boys? Or is the little one a girl? They're about 12 weeks old now. I'm pretty sure this is a boy. He's got the saddle feathers and coloring. This is the questionable one. It's the same age, but due to splay leg at birth didn't grow as well at first and is catching up now. The...

Specifically for the post office? I ordered from Ideal and just noticed that the delivery date is Good Friday. Am I going to have any issues?

I'm coming down this April to pick up an order of chicks and we're going to get there a day early. What can I do around Houlton or Bangor? Any good outlet stores, sights to see, or anything else to see/do? Thanks.

We're having eggs for supper tonight. What can I do with them? I don't want the same scrambled or sunny side up again. I want something different. Any ideas?

I have a double yolker egg with one chick in it. It's due today and still alive. I'm assuming he'll need help to hatch since the egg is too big? When do I help? Do I help? Can he make it by himself?

I have an egg that pipped 48 hours ago, hasn't made much (if any) progress in 12 hours. He's still alive, I can hear him. Do I help him?

I have 3 white crested black polish and am wondering when they start growing their waddles. I "think" one is a hen and one a roo, based on top hat style. The other I don't know yet. They're 6 weeks old.

I hatched some eggs this week. These two came out of partridge pendescenda eggs (that's what I ordered and that's what was marked on the eggs) but the aren't the color that I see on all the pics online. Are they partridge pendescendas or something else? And this is their backs

One of my new hatches seems to have trouble getting it's footing. I think it's splay (spraddle) leg. Does it look like splay and is there a way to fix it?

I've heard it's 3 days. Is that right? I got the first hatch overnight in Wed/Thurs, and am going to wait until Saturday morning. That's fine, right?

I have eggs of both variety in my incubator, due to hatch on Thursday. I want to see if there's a difference in chick coloring. And I love seeing chick photos. Thanks all.

Do they succumb to cold more easily than other breeds? I'm losing mine left and right and don't know why. The other chickens are fine.

I had 4 jersey giant eggs incubating. I'm on day 23 today. Last night, day 22, one chick hatched. 2 more hatched today. There's still one left. I took it out thinking it was dead. Candled and it's still alive. I'm almost through day 23!! Why hasn't it hatched yet? The temp is a stable 99-99.5...

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How do they breed them? I can't get one to last long enough to lay. They all have heart attacks if left too long.