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Quote: thanks again for your help ~ yes, I certainly am not smelling anything on him. And I did not realize it was worse for him to be in and out like that ~ I will pass that on to my daughter & not do it anymore, she would only do it about once a day but for an hour. yes, I am in Michigan...

This is the one with big problems, have not seen this one open this is his better eye it is taking me some time and may not be the best pic cuz I used my cell phone...this one he did open when I moved him, he was like "what the heck!!"

wow ~ thanks so much for the quick reply to my question, I do have a couple of pics and will try to post them. I have gotten him to drink water and his other eye opened for me when I moved him I dabbed his other eye with cotton ball dipped in warm water (which he did not like) I didn't press...

I suppose I should have tried to post a pic and will if that will help I have a rooster that had started with 1 of his eyes swelling shut. As far as I know he wasn't injured unless he scratched his eye? We have just kept an eye on him the last couple days, and yesterday he was much stiller, not...

CHICK HATCHED!! I am having a bit of trouble with incubator temp fluctuations, but got it settled again @ 95 chick is peepin good but the ?cord? of the egg is still kinda attached to him as he is scootin around in incubator....would this need to be removed? I read that the hatched eggs are germy...

Im far from experienced, but we found that our hens loved a dog food container to lay eggs in. It was the exact measurements of the recommended size of a nesting box, minus we had to anchor it to the wall of the coop. We of course removed the door from it, and they took right to it, couldn't...

Wow, it never fails to amaze me how much I still don't know about all this! Hopefully all the reading will sink in and I can remember and learn! great post on step by step of incubator and not helping chick! I have 1 hatching right now and a 2nd coming! For the original poster, I love the pics...

wow, thank u for quick answer. gosh, I dunno if I can wait that long!! so as long as he is still peepin he is ok? and the wire mesh isnt too hot for them to be on? Read your info on still air bators, we have our thermometer on the wire mesh next to the eggs, but it was a quick grab & buy @ the...

I hate to duplicate questions already asked but I just don't have time to read right now, I need experienced help! we are 1st time chicken owners & our hen took to brooding on her own and we have 5 baby chicks so far! Our hen actually was sharing with another and they seemed not to be setting on...