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  1. MLG1900

    Help! My hen has laid her eggs too high and now they may be hatching!

    Are you able to candle the eggs when she is off the nest? I would only move the whole bin if they are starting to hatch. She is less likely to get off her egg. I had to move two hens a few weeks ago. The one hen was moved to a secure spot with her whole nest box and stayed put. The second...
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    Keeping broody and her chicks with the flock this time? Seeking advice...

    If you can section off a corner in the big coop for mama and her babies for a few days that would be best. Last year that is what I did. I stapled the black vinyl fencing to some moveable wood and secured to the coop wall. That way I could still move the fence to get to the rest of the coop...
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    Heat plates

    I would think the chick either was not 100% healthy or crushed. Was the chick located directly in the center when you lifted the heat plate? or stuck in a corner or against the wall? I have only used the heat plate once before but I kept it pulled several inches away from the tote walls so...
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    My pullets don't like eating

    They are still very young. If you want a treat, try meal worms. They will go crazy for them.
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    Rumpless Oprington

    4 months, seems young still. I would wait and see. I have a chick that is 10 weeks right now with no sign of a tail yet either. Mine is a mixed breed. Also thinking mine is male due to no tail feathers yet.
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    Aggressive males

    Quail can be very aggressive when there are eggs present or nesting. I have had both males and females attacked and killed when a nest of eggs was present.
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    Need help please! Malpositioned chick pipped side of shell, not in air sac, what should I do? It’s still trying to zip but not making much progress.

    I have recently had 2 upside down pips in two different incubations. They hatched fine. I would just leave it be.
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    Rooster or hen???

    The curling tail feathers makes me think ROO
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    Updated brooder box DIY

    Agree with above. The chicks will start testing their wings in about a week and they love to jump on stuff and jump out.
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    Hawk!

    Well, keep us posted if the goose / trash bags work. I have used scare tape and marking tape before and those do not help.
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    Hawk!

    I have to say that I had a black chicken killed by a hawk 2 months ago. I have had every color chicken killed by a hawk. Full grown chickens. Recently we tied fishing line from the coop to some trees making a matrix, criss cross type pattern. No attacks since that happened. I also have made...
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    4 week old with possible prolapse

    yes, I think that video is helpful. They are ready for a much bigger place. And I would use blu kote treatment.
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    4 week old with possible prolapse

    Is that her vent? or just above? Like all tail feathers pulled out? and picking?
  14. MLG1900

    Barred rock Mom Buff Orphington Dad

    Hello! Congratulations on your new chicks! I am very happy that I saw your post. You mixed baby chick looks just like mine. Black body with a little red face. It's mother is a BO and the father is a black barnyard mix that I hatched from a blue egg. I was wondering where the "red" color...
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    Bad storms and incubating eggs

    Well, I had a surprise in my incubator. I am not sure how this coloring happened. It is from a BO mother (hatchery chick) who lays a brown egg and my barnyard mix rooster Mostly black with a little yellowish / brownish coloring on wings and neck. (incubated from a greenish / blue egg). Here...
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    Eggs are hatching 🐣

    Congrats! It is so exciting! I wish you the best!
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    Low pip

    Oh man! I am glad you were able to save that one. And I am sorry that the other eggs did not make it!
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    Bad storms and incubating eggs

    Oh wow! You are so lucky you had some broody hens! I wish wish wish I get a broody hen this summer! In my 4 years with chickens, I have only had one broody and she was a BO.
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    Power outage

    I don't know either but I have to think that you have some chance. Mama hen gets off the nest a little bit right? I think Pkarkos made a great point above about candling the eggs to check for progression. Good luck!
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    New to chickens.. 36 incubating end of Day 20.. questions

    You can leave them hatched in the incubator for 2 to 3 days. ( I haven't needed to wait that long) But the internet says they can live on their absorbed yolk for 2 to 3 days. That is how hatcheries are able to ship chicks in the mail. The more you open and close the incubator the more you...
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