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I hatched a baby chick today and it is my second time hatching! So the one that hatched today, I assisted in the hatch because she piped and I could not get out after 24 hours. So she finally fluffed up and she is the brooder box. She is making a ton of noise but barely opening up her eyes. What...

So I purchased some eggs from eBay. I first bought 10 eggs from one seller and decided to get 2 more from another seller to fill my incubator. The 2 showgirl eggs I bought are arriving tomorrow, and the others haven't even shipped yet! Should I leave the showgirl eggs to settle and wait for the...

Hi! I am a high school student from Connecticut and I have been keeping chickens for almost 5 years with my family. The girls are mostly my priority, but my dad has become as obsessive as I am. We started off with four chickens in March of 2014. 2 still remain - a rhode island red (Rosie) and a...

I got a lot of new chickens this year and 2 ducks! In May, I got 4 cuckoo marans, 2 black jersey giants and a silkie. In June I got a white pekin duck and a blue swedish duck and in August I hatched out some frizzle/sizzle easter egger chicks. I thought the chicks I got in May and my ducks would...

I am Abby, I am a high school student and me and my father LOVE chickens. Our family has had chickens for 4 years. We have 15 chickens and 2 ducklings right now. We started with 4 pullets- a black sex link, 2 rhode island reds, and a white leghorn. The next year we go three more- a buff brahma...

In March, my 1 year old Columbian Rock Cross hen, Chalky, lost tons of feathers while we were away. We though she was just molting very badly, but after 2 months, we realized that was not the case. We started to think she could have been attacked by something. Sometimes it appears as if she has...

Yesterday 5 new chicks came to my little chicken farm in Connecticut. 1 little chick arrived lethargic. We thought it was just a weak chick, and after an hour, it passed away. Today another one of our chicks is doing the same thing. Wherever we place her, she plops down and sleeps. She won’t...

I was candeling one of my polish/sultan/mottled houdan hatching eggs on day 1, and there was a faint air bubble and the egg was super dark, darker than all the others. What does this mean? Will my chick hatch?