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  1. MillietheHen

    First time incubating chicken eggs

    The first two chicks have hatched and several more have pipped :jumpy
  2. MillietheHen

    First time incubating chicken eggs

    We have a pip! :yesss:
  3. MillietheHen

    First time incubating chicken eggs

    It’s lockdown day! I took out the egg turner and have the eggs on their sides on the hatching mat. The humidity is increased and now I’m just waiting for a pip. Some are already wiggling so hopefully baby chicks are coming soon!:jumpy
  4. MillietheHen

    First time incubating chicken eggs

    Update: As of my last candling I still have 11 good eggs. Today is day 17 so I’ll be putting them in lockdown tomorrow. I must say for my first time this is going surprisingly well:celebrateBut I won’t count my chickens before they hatch :fl I think I had my humidity a little high because my...
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    First time incubating chicken eggs

    Ok yeah of course. Wasn’t planning on taking any out unless I’m 100% sure they aren’t good. The only one I’ve taken out had a definite blood ring and when I cracked it open it had definitely been dead. I’ll continue updates whenever I candle them. Thank you! Incubation is the most exciting and...
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    First time incubating chicken eggs

    For more detail this is a pretty large egg and I’m guessing it has a pretty thick shell to it because I haven’t really been able to see veins. But I’m positive it’s alive since I’ve seen the embryo moving.
  7. MillietheHen

    First time incubating chicken eggs

    They are light/medium brown. Decided to snap a quick picture. Not the best but it’s something.
  8. MillietheHen

    First time incubating chicken eggs

    I’m currently on day 9 of incubating 12 barnyard mix chicken eggs. Today I took out 1 egg because it had a blood ring. But the other 11 are looking good. :celebrateMostly just using this thread to document their progress but I did have a question. So 2 or 3 have this dark shadowy area that isn’t...
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    Easter egger 5 weeks old. Pullet or cockerel?

    I’d say it’s definitely a pullet. My Easter Eggers always seem to have funky tail feathers when they’re younger but unless you’ve got curling tail feathers at an older age there’s no reason to worry.
  10. MillietheHen

    Dorothy are Roo or Pullet?

    It’s looking like a cockerel to me but those pea combs can be tricky sometimes. I was so worried my Wyandotte chicks were cockerels with their combs being red so early on but I ended up with two hens
  11. MillietheHen

    EMERGENCY 6 week old chick has swollen wing and hanging loose

    I would recommend wrapping the wing to its body to stabilize it. It could very well be broken but having it stabilized should help it heal. Hope your chick recovers quickly!
  12. MillietheHen

    Sick Baby Chick!

    Ok thank you!
  13. MillietheHen

    Sick Baby Chick!

    Yes she did a little while ago. It looked normal to me.
  14. MillietheHen

    Sick Baby Chick!

    She could have eaten a small piece of pine bedding. Is there anything I can do to help her if a blockage is the case?
  15. MillietheHen

    Sick Baby Chick!

    Her butt isn’t pasted over. Her crop isn’t very full and felt fairly hard before she drank some water. She’s continuing to drink a lot.
  16. MillietheHen

    Sick Baby Chick!

    I have some chicks that I picked up Wednesday. Their 3 days old and one of the babies isn’t doing well. She hasn’t grown as much as the others and is barely eating. Tonight she drank a lot of water and then threw it up a few minutes later 😢 I’m never had this problem and don’t know what to do...
  17. MillietheHen

    Day 22 and still nothing. What do I do?

    Good luck with your hatch!:jumpy
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    Day 22 and still nothing. What do I do?

    They did hatch! The first hatched on day 23, most of them hatched on day 24, and the last hatched on day 25. I determined that the late hatch was mostly likely due to the temperature getting too low at some point while my hen was incubating them. My advice is to be patient (even though it’s...
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    Are these eggs fertile??

    He’s been gone for 11 weeks now. That’s odd that the eggs still appear fertile
  20. MillietheHen

    Are these eggs fertile??

    That’s why I was confused. My hens haven’t been with a rooster for several weeks. I know they can lay fertile eggs for a few weeks after the rooster is gone but I thought it had been too long by now
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