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    One chicken with mushy yellow poop, no sign of worms. Help!

    Here she is eating.
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    One chicken with mushy yellow poop, no sign of worms. Help!

    @aart She was on just fresh water before she started acting funny. @Wyorp Rock She has been on kalmback flock maker 20% since hatching. I rarely give dried soldier fly larvae or meal worms. Sometimes I’ll give small amounts of spinach, carrots, cucumbers, cabbage, or apples. Not more than once...
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    One chicken with mushy yellow poop, no sign of worms. Help!

    1) Deathlayer, 15 weeks old and maybe 2 lbs. She seems very thin. 2) She is laying down a lot. She does still get up to eat, drink, and roost, but her tail and wings are droopy and when she walks she seems really weak. 3) The drooping and laying around have only been happening a couple of...
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    Insulating the ceiling of my coop?

    Thanks everyone! It has a ridge vent all the way across the top but I think the guys that built it did it wrong. We need to cut away some of the middle of the top boards and then it should circulate really well. I have the blankets over big cracks because it gets pretty drafty and cold right at...
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    Insulating the ceiling of my coop?

    My coop has a metal roof with one panel of opaque plastic sheeting to let in light during the day. In the inside there’s currently a layer of vapor barrier. It’s supposed to get down in the teens and even down to ten in the next few days and I’m nervous it won’t stay warm enough in there. The...
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    What’s wrong with my baby?! 😥

    Thank you all so much for your love and support! It was a brand new incubator and I disinfected it anyway just to be extra safe. Thankfully the other two are now over a week old and doing great! ❤️ Sad that I lost the one but learning a lot from the experience! I have 12 more eggs in a new...
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    What’s wrong with my baby?! 😥

    I don’t know what that is but she just died in my hands. 😢
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    What’s wrong with my baby?! 😥

    No, more like the other one.
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    What’s wrong with my baby?! 😥

    Yes, kind of but more frequent and she’s just kind of laying there.
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    What’s wrong with my baby?! 😥

    My one day old Mille Fleur is super tiny. She struggled during the hatch and took forever to unzip. When she came out a teeny tiny bit of yolk was still left and her cord was still attached. She fluffed up and seemed ok so we put her in the brooder with the other two. Now she’s making this weird...
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    Detached Air Cell Care

    Three hatched and the one I was worried about was dead when we candled it. But just under 50% is pretty standard for shipped eggs. I'm a little sad that we lost any but happy that some survived! I've learned a TON! Getting my next dozen eggs to incubate tomorrow! Lol! I might be hooked... I'm...
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    Comment by 'singwithmylife' in article 'Reasons for Tossing Out Your Indoor Brooder and Start Raising Your Chicks Outdoors'

    Brilliant! The way I brood just got a total makeover! Thank you so very much for this!!! <3
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    Detached Air Cell Care

    I've made sure they stay right around 70%. It shot up to 80 for a few minutes when the first one hatched but it's back down now. Do you think that's too high or should it be ok? They're both definitely still moving around in there.
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    Detached Air Cell Care

    Thank you so much for being my involuntary emotional support group through this!!! Lol! 😂 It's so hard to feel so little control. I want with everything in my being for every single one of them to live but I know that just isn't how it works. 😥 All we can do is try to give them the best shot...
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    Detached Air Cell Care

    We have a fully hatched and apparently healthy little Rhode Island Red!!!! 😍😍😍 The other two that have pipped have not made much progress but are still moving around in there so I think they’re ok. Waiting impatiently for the next baby to hatch!!! Super anxious!!!!
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    Detached Air Cell Care

    No, I should have turned them from the beginning. I had read the link at the beginning of this thread for detached air cells suggesting it was better not to turn them at the beginning and I wish I had turned them in the egg cartons from the start. I did add the auto turner back in for the last week.
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    Detached Air Cell Care

    They’re hatching!!! 😍😍😍 Three out of four have pipped and are chirping and wiggling!!! Crossing our fingers that all three get out ok! I’m stupid amounts of excited and nervous! I’ll keep posting updates! Thank you so much for the support! ❤️
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    Detached Air Cell Care

    Well, three of the seven didn’t make it when I checked them at day 14. I checked the last 4 again at day 18 and all four were still going strong though one was looking pretty small but moving a ton. Definitely saw movement in all four. Today is day 19 and two of the four were rocking back and...
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    Detached Air Cell Care

    I’ve been following the advise from that link as well for my shipped eggs all of which had completely detached air cells on arrival. So far all seven of them are viable and going strong! I set them for about 14 hours big end up and cut down egg cartons into pairs of two. I took the auto turner...
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    Incubator off all night! Eggs cold! Are they ok?? Yes!! My story to help others

    I’m clearly a total newbie because I’ve been terrified about having my eggs out of the incubator for a minute or two for candling! Lol! Thank you so much for this thread! It eases my mind greatly to know I won’t hurt my babies by having them out one at a time for a few minutes to peek at them...
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