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Sorry for the late reply but I only found this recently. You can get a feed called feather fixer that will help greatly. Also feed her oatmeal and calf manna. She needs lots of protein and vitamins.

well if the humidity is too high during the first 18 days, the air sac can be too small, that's probably what people mean

high humidity can make them hatch later...just give it time

I would like the answer too as I have a hen laying on it and I don't want to throw her eggs out so I have been putting them in the incubator...but I have noticed dark purple spots. I am worried they will have wry neck or something.

Do you turn your eggs by hand?

That is really neat... I will have to try that!

any advice on how to accomplish this

very helpful....I have been bleaching this whole time!

Good to know, thank you. This chick was a gift, I don't know what the parents looked like.

Blue Cream is a silkie color obtained from breeding self blue to buff.

I have a blue cream silkie chick I would like to eventually work into my breeding program. Can you breed a blue cream rooster to blue, black and splash hens like a blue roo? Will this give leakage? If a hen could she be bred to a blue rooster or a red pyle? Or will the blue darken the colors too...

What if you had a blue rooster over a white hen? Any guesses? Is self blue possible?

I am wondering, does a light eye make an otherwise nice bird pet quality? What if one had a pink comb? (seperate faults) I have two different roosters who are very nice, only one has a light eye color. The other has pink on his comb. I am wondering if this makes them not breeding quality.

I recently learned that the scab from the vaccine site can shed off in two weeks and a non vaccinated bird can get it from being around the newly vaccinated bird. Is this true? Also are chicks more susceptible to getting sick from the vaccine? And can a hen pass on her immunity if she is vaxxed?

She is at the bottom of the pecking order. If there is a head hen leading the attacks, you may need to separate her or rehome her.

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