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Whatever you do, do it quickly. My Silkie, Blanca, was showing similar symptoms off and on for about a month. We thought it was related to a accident she had with a string (long story). Then one afternoon I went in the coop and she was laying on her side. I picked her up and a bunch of fluid...

Cool! I hatched one of my Easter Eggers eggs that was fertilized by an australorp mix of some sort. So far it's just black and looks cute...hatched today.

Try to give her some grit.

Good for you! Congrats!

I went to the feed store today to pick up the two frizzles I ordered and somehow came home with 4 .

I like to use red so it is not so bright at night. I had read somewhere that too much light for too long stresses them out. Mine have done great with a red heat light.

I just went out there to check on Rosie and another egg has hatched...the chickie is black. Can buff orphingtons start out black? I don't remember there being any eggs under her that would have produced a black chicken????

Thanks for the replies...I think I'll play the wait and see game. I already have 4 in a container from the feed store. I'm picking up two more tomorrow (because I wanted these specific breeds). Depending on how many of Rosie's eggs hatch...I may not have room in my container.

Rosie has started to hatch her eggs. We want to raise them in the garage for a while so they will get more people attention. Do I wait until the last one is hatched to start moving the baby chicks or just take them after about 24 hours?

I'm so glad it hatched . Let us know what happens with the others.

We had 4 roosters until about 3 weeks ago. They were 4 months old...I found that to be my limit. They were raised together, but we had fighting, non stop crowing, and my poor hens were constantly being mounted. We butchered 3 and now it is nice and peaceful .

Ditto.

Ok, I'm not sure I haven't done this before, but I was planning on doing this this time around and changed my mind. What I was told to do is slide the hatched babies under the broody hen at night. Watch her to make sure she will accept them. If you have "dummy" eggs under her, you can remove...

i can't wait for the eggs to hatch under my EE they should hatch any day and i am soooo impatient for them to hatch it seems like its been forever! I know how you feel. I had calculated wrong on these and was expecting them to start hatching yesterday. We went to dinner last night and I took...

Did they hatch under a hen or in an incubator?

I picked up an egg this morning and heard it chirping , but I had to go to work . So right when I got home, I rushed in the chicken coop to find two had hatched...it seems they had just hatched. I tried to pick Rosie up like I do every day to give her break, but she just ran back in. While...

Terribly hard not to fall in love with them...I started out small too and now I have 14, 9 fertile eggs under a hen, and 5 chicks ordered from the feed store. Somebody stop me!

Anybody????

Thank you, yes I will definitely do it at night. The main question I have... I have some chicks coming from the local feed store May 6th and May 12th. Should I wait to add the chicks I'm picking up on the 6th until the others have hatched (between the 10th and the 12th) or right when I get...

The best way to catch a chicken, duck, etc.( to treat a sick or injured or to butcher one or two) out in the yard or pen that I have found ... make yourself a "shepherd's hook" out of a heavy wire ( 10 gauge or larger , stiffer the better) about 6 feet or slightly longer, double over one end by...