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Update today: Roo is still alert, when I pick him up his legs go crazy and he flaps his wings. When I set him down he just rolls over. He opens and closes his mouth kind of compulsively.

Thank you Wyorp Rock! He started exhibiting symptoms about 3-5 days later (not sure on the exact date). He came from a feed store, so we don't know if he was vaccinated. All but one of our other chickens have been for sure. He gets an organic layer feed that we give to all our hens, and...

A friend's 10 month old Orpington rooster started stumbling and dragging his feet nearly a week ago. Within 3-4 days, he wasn't moving. He will eat and drink if we make it available to him, but he is laying on one side and will occasionally scoot around in a clockwise type fashion. He's...

I'm very interested in adding some dorkings to my small flock. My success with some of the large online hatcheries has been varied when I've purchased other breeds, so I would like to find a reputable breeder to get chicks or hatching eggs. Does anyone have suggestions for where to start...

@Neezers Farm and @FridayYet I have a final update. We water candled the last remaining egg today, and it floated high in the water with no movement, so Little Peepers didn't make it. I tried a small pipping at the end, just in case it needed help (always optimistic over here), and the egg...

Not yet @Neezers Farm ! Thank you for asking. I'm going to water candle again this afternoon.

Yes (I think); thank you!

Just discovered that I can look at the bottom of my Jersey Giant's feet for confirmation... they are pinky white, leaving me to believe that perhaps I was sent something other than a Jersey Giant? Like maybe an Australorp...

@BIGTEXIAN what a sad, amazing, incredible, and exciting story, all at once. I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope you'll keep us updated and post pictures if you have a successful hatch!

Update: It has been about 20 hours since water candling Little Peepers. Nothing new so far. I find myself impatient to see if this little guy will hatch! The egg is a bantam calico Cochin, and it's a very heavy egg. I'm refraining from handling it, but I'm concerned it might not have...

Thanks for the info! I bought it from a well known company that sells day old chicks. I've placed orders with them for 3 or 4 years' worth of chickens and have always had great birds. The last batch, however, arrived in a box with a different hatchery's logo on it, and those chickens have never...

Update: It's now about 37 hours since rescue egg #1 pipped. Rescue egg #3 is in the makeshift emergency incubator. The temp is steady at 100-102, and the humidity is high. It's nestled in wet paper towels. No movement or sounds yet. We decided today is actually day 22 instead of 23. Or...

I have a 1-year-old Jersey Giant that isn't very...well, giant. Size wise, she's in the middle of the flock. Smaller than my Delaware, Sussex, and Brahma, and bigger than my Hamburg and Wyandotte. How long do they grow? She doesn't appear to have gotten any bigger in several months. Will...

Thank you! We are doing this with a makeshift emergency incubator, so I don't have any way to measure humidity, and we are trying to keep the temp correct.

Soooooo... @Neezers Farm I just got back and water candled the eggs. One was absolutely dead, and when I put it in a bag and sealed it, it exploded. However, the second egg sat in the water still for a long time, then suddenly jerked. Someone in the house had turned the heat lamps on too...

Update (with a sad outcome and some gruesome details): Got back home and took a look at the chick 16 hours after it pipped. There was absolutely no change or response since it had suddenly stopping cheeping. We moistened the membrane with a q-tip and carefully chipped off the shell around...

Thank you so much for this story. I'm hoping I can rescue our little ones!

Thank you so much! @FridayYet I will try that and @Neezers Farm I will read the post right now!

Hello! First time hatcher here. My Easter Egger was on 6 eggs, and it appears that last night (Day 21) she killed 3 chicks as each pipped. This morning I rescued 3 eggs, and brought them inside to an emergency makeshift incubator--A cardboard box with a wet washcloth, a heating pad underneath...