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I have a silkie rooster (1yr) acting odd. He is sorta in a daze and does a head jerking motion. At night i keep him and a couple other silkies in a pen with some other younger birds. Now i noticed a young bird (4 wks) sort of all puffed up and keeping to it's self and is doing the head jerking...

Today is day 23 and a few hatched day 20 and 21 and have had a few issues...(learned a few lessons from errors)...I don't hear peeps but i know all but 2 out of 10 that remain definately have/had something viable in day18. When should i call it quits on the remaining eggs?

I removed about 6 chicks out of incubator because they were dry and figured it must be time for them to go into brooder there are still 20 more unhatched eggs. It was only opened a couple of times while i removed the empty shells and took out chicks. Will this affect the other eggs hatchability?

I searched online that the sac that is attached to my just hatched chick is a yolk sac that if it doesn't absorb it will die. What are the chances of having a healthy chick in a week? Can it absorb the sac outside of the shell? Or did this have to happen before hatching?

Well the 21st day will be friday for my eggs, but when i started them i threw 3 turkey eggs in my LG incubator for the heck of it and 2 out of three have a lil' occupant. I am supposed to remove turner and increase humidity today...So my question is is it really a big deal if i open my incubator...

I installed a incubator fan in my LG incub. and it keeps vibrating and making noise... Will this affect my hatch? I just set them last night.

I have the 3 little water holding areas filled in incubator filled and temp is around 101F but humidity is only at 34%. Eggs are going in tomorrow and i believe humidity is supposed to be around 55%. How do i get the humidity up?

I installed an fan onto my LG incubator and i was wondering if my fan should be pulling air in or pushing air out through the top?

Could anyone recommend a good egg candler and also a good humidity/temp meter with probe? Thanks, Kenn

If i find the turkey nest in the woods behind my house and the temps have been cold, will they have any chance of hatching in incubator?

How can i stop my two toms from fighting? They fought for a total of 8 hours yesterday. I took one tom lastnite and put him in a pen in the garage because their heads and necks were bleeding so much and put the other in coop. This am i let out birds in back yard and then let the penned up tom in...

Is it possible for a chicken to lay a stinky egg? A neighbor told me her hens ocassionally lay eggs that seem like they are old and rotting smelling when cracked. She said her eggs at at the most 3 weeks old that she may have in fridge but are washed and put into fridge the same day as hatched...

I let out my birds this am and i noticed one of my toms was letting out small burps and head looks dirty(sorta dark)...anyone have any ideas?

I caught one of my hens making a nest in the woods behind my house... How can i get her and the other hens to lay in coop?

My 18 week old turkey is walking around with it's eyes, eating almost normally and running around slightly slower than normal.

I am not sure what is going on but i have a turkey walking around with it's eyes closed. I let the birds out of coup this am and noticed her with one eye closed but now it seems like it's both. She is 18 weeks old. Anyone have an idea of what is wrong with her?

I was told to buy a de-wormer and was also told not to eat the eggs for 2 weeks. What can i do with the eggs i get from the hens everyday that i can't eat? Cook them for birds or do i have to dispose of them?

I have 2 keets under a guinea hen and there are other eggs still under her also. One keet was hatched wednesday and the other today. The nest is on the floor of the chicken coop and i don't know how or if the keets are eating. Should i remove keets from under hen and put in brooder or just let...

I put some pine shaving in the brooding pen and the poults are eating some shavings...is this ok?

My broody Guinea hen was attacked the other night at 3am and her eggs were left uncovered till 930 am when i discovered she was gone. Temps were in low 40's. The eggs are now in an incubator. What are my chances of seeing keets in a couple of weeks?