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    First Egg!

    Congrats!!
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    Challenge: Hatching The Impossible!!!!!

    S/he is sooo smalllll!!! I love JB!!
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    Half Shell Hatch-A-Long! (Caution, unsuccessful, please read whole thread before attempting)

    I’m so excited!! I really hope it works out this time!
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    One of my “ Hens “ mounted a hen this morning.

    Same here!😂
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    HELP! Weird soft and bloody egg(s)

    I had something kind of like this happen with one of my chickens eggs. Here’s the post about it... https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/vein-encased-yolk.1396593/
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    Challenge: Hatching The Impossible!!!!!

    Just found this thread!! I really hope #1 makes it! I got a tiny egg from my golden laced brabanter today. Now I’m inspired! 😂I’m going to try incubating it.
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    Urgent!! Assisted hatching! Chick is out!

    Chick looks a couple days under developed
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    Is this Spraddle Legs or something else?

    I agree, looks like spraddle leg
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    Urgent!! Assisted hatching! Chick is out!

    I don’t think there is much you can do at this point. Just hope the chick is able to absorb the remaining yolk.
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    Urgent!! Assisted hatching! Chick is out!

    Oh how fun!! I love silkies! I’m thinking about breeding my silkie roo with my turken hen. Good luck with the chick! Keep me updated!
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    Urgent!! Assisted hatching! Chick is out!

    If the chick starts to not move as often or as powerfully, then poke a hole in the membrane. What breeds are you hatching btw?!
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    Urgent!! Assisted hatching! Chick is out!

    Oh I know it is soo nerve racking and exciting!! But you got this!! There’s nothing harmful about moistening the membrane. Do it if it’ll make you feel better
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    Urgent!! Assisted hatching! Chick is out!

    That’s normal, it’s just drying out a bit. You just don’t want it to dry to the point of shrink wrapping the chick. 😬 how is it doing? Still moving around some?
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    Urgent!! Assisted hatching! Chick is out!

    Does the membrane seem to be drying out? Does it look like it’s peeling away from the inside of the shell?
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    Urgent!! Assisted hatching! Chick is out!

    Once you open the membrane it should give you a clear visual of all the veins. After awhile you should start seeing the veins clear up. If the chick gains enough strength to finish up hatching on its own then great. However, if it makes no progress I recommend chipping away a large enough hole...
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    Urgent!! Assisted hatching! Chick is out!

    I once had to fully assist in hatching a chick. Over the course of a few hours I slowly chipped away shell and peeled away membrane. I later learned the chick had dislocated legs, which I successfully braced, and would not have been able to hatch on its own. You may need to puncture the...
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    Urgent!! Assisted hatching! Chick is out!

    Has the chick been moving very much?
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    Vein Encased Yolk?!

    I’m thinking the egg is from my older Americana hen, who is just over 5 yrs old. It was near her when I found it and the shell was slightly green (the color of egg she lays).
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    Broody and 8 babies from TSC

    One time I placed a lone chick with my non-broody silkie hen (I supervised them together to make sure the hen didn’t hurt the chick). It took a day, but she ended up caring for it like it was her own. This hen had never been broody and had never cared for a chick before. My opinion would be to...
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    Vein Encased Yolk?!

    While shutting the chickens up for the night I noticed a broken egg on one of the roosting shelves. It must have been laid recently, as I was out a couple hours earlier and hadn’t noticed it. (This was odd because it was around 9pm and my hens never lay that late.) The shell of the egg was so...
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