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    Fertile eggs on ebay

    I've actually had great hatch rates from shipped ebay eggs -- except once. When I cracked open a couple of the non-developing eggs at day 5, the blasodisc was degraded and the yolk flat. They were not fresh eggs and I was lucky to get 2 out of the 24 to hatch. The 22 others never developed at...
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    Did I Just Shrinkwrap a chick?

    The last egg hatched, no yolk or anything, perfectly normal like the first two. When I picked up the one with the yolk attached to dispatch... his intestines were hanging out of the large hole in his abdomen. There was never going to be a chance for him.
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    Silkie Color Genetics

    This is fun! Thank you so much! And thanks for clarifying the difference between gray and blue. I'm new to this so was going by what was written on the eggshells. The blue is a solid gray, and the gray has the same pattern as the partridge but in shades of gray. Silver partridge is a much better...
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    Silkie Color Genetics

    Trying to think of more pleasant topics than the chick that didn't make it today-- I hatched out 6 silkies who are now 1 and 2 weeks old (staggered hatch). I got them from a breeder who separated her pens by color and I received one from each pen.. I decided to try DNA sexing on them and got the...
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    Did I Just Shrinkwrap a chick?

    Thanks, and thanks for all the support. I breed & show dogs and my mentors always say it's not for the faint of heart to bring life into this world. There will be some tragic situations and tough decisions. Doesn't make it any easier, even when you brace yourself for the possibility, though.
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    Did I Just Shrinkwrap a chick?

    It's good to know about the egg size thing. Alright, well.... guess I'll be having to cull him then. This is hard!
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    Did I Just Shrinkwrap a chick?

    I didn't weigh them, but they're physically larger than my store bought graded large eggs. They wouldn't fit in the egg turner on their sides, had to wedge them in pointy side down. The darker eggs that hatched first with no extra yolk were typical large size and fit in the turner just fine...
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    Did I Just Shrinkwrap a chick?

    The poor thing is still alive but weak. It lifts its head up and body up every once in awhile but nothing like a normal chick. I feel so bad ... I'm hoping if it's going to die, that it would quickly do it on it's own. That's terrible to say, but I am a wimp when it comes to this stuff. Oddly...
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    Did I Just Shrinkwrap a chick?

    Crap!!! Another one hatched but still had the yolk attached with all the veins and the other chicks stepped on it !! Now there’s blood everywhere
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    Did I Just Shrinkwrap a chick?

    He hatched! Thanks guys!
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    Did I Just Shrinkwrap a chick?

    Thank you guys so much! Looks like the one egg that pipped early found a way to make another large hole. It’s having a hard time zipping, but I’m going to wait until morning. Will update if he made it out!
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    Did I Just Shrinkwrap a chick?

    I may have messed up on dates. I could have sworn today was day 18. These eggs were kept at 45% humidity in an auto turner up until this morning. I did a last candling before sticking them on lockdown and increasing the humidity at 60% when I heard the eggs peeping and one already had a pip...
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    Ameraucana chicks FS in SoCal

    Hatched 7 B/B/S ameraucanas from show stock on 2/14/19 2 are light blues, 2 I believe are laced blues, and 3 are black. Hoping to sell all together, they are straight run. $50 OBO Located in Los Angeles. Pick up only.
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    February Hatch-A-Long

    Yes, I miscalculated my lockdown date. Oops!
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    February Hatch-A-Long

    Put my 6 silkie eggs on lockdown Sunday. Today 3 pipped and one just hatched! Look at that foot!
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    B/B/S ameraucanas - which is which?

    Thanks! Wishful thinking I suppose! Wanted a splash so bad!
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    B/B/S ameraucanas - which is which?

    Hello, Hatched out 7 B/B/S ameraucanas and was curious if I definitely have just blacks and blues or if one is possibly a splash. One blue has a black patch over his eye, yet the other blue is paler and beak is even lighter in color. I know 3 for sure are black, that’s easy, one is an...
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    February Hatch-A-Long

    Slowly fluffing up, but more lethargic and smaller than the others. The spot dried up and appears to have a scab. It doesn’t look so bad now. We’ll see- thanks for checking in.
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    February Hatch-A-Long

    Woke up to 7 (out of 7) hatched babies! One was bleeding so took him out. Maybe not fully done? I blotted it with a warm wet paper towel and it cleaned up a bit. I left him in the incubator to dry out more and see what happens.
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    February Hatch-A-Long

    One hatched so far! Off to bed, will hopefully wake up to more!
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