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Well, I had a pure bred Jersey Giant eggs in the bator, one pipped last night, and hatched this morning. All seemed well, but when I got home, I seen that its guts were hanging out its vent or something, and it bled all over the rest of the eggs. I am unsure what to do now as there is blood all...

I am looking to buy some Jersey Giants to start a flock. I would like to get 10-12 to start, with a rooster or so. I would like Blue, but would also go with Black. I live 1/2 way between Joplin and Kc Missouri. Thanks.

I have a BLRW Roo that has developed a leg injury. The other day, he was barely limping. I just checked him for bumble foot, splinters and other obvious injuries, but could not see or feel any issues. Now, just a few days later, he can not hardly walk and just lets it drag behind him, and lays...

I am looking to buy some breeder quality BLRW Hens and Pullets, that are local enough to go pick up. I live half way between KC and Joplin Missouri. I am wanting breeder quality, and will also consider baby and young chicks. I am wanting to start a breeding program with my oldest 2 kids, and...

I am looking for a BLRW Roo to breed to my 2 girls I hatched last year, willing to pay for quality.

One of my BLRW chicks seems to have trouble breathing. Appears to be gasping for breath, even having to open it's beak. It hatched a day late, and was very sticky, my wife had to clean it, was like glue. It is almost one week old, and just started this. It is smaller than the others, but appears...

Hello everyone, I have a quick question; my chicks are hatching, and after four hatched, one eggs started to ooze. I instantly removed the egg, but it got a little ooze on the wire at the bottom. I tried to clean it, but it is like silicone. I removed the hatched chicks also, but two more are...

I had 7 chicks hatch last Monday, so they are a week old. All of them are a lot bigger than when they were born, except one. This one chick is still soo small, hardly moved, and breathes rather shallow. It is alive, but has a hard time with balance, when it walks it uses it's wings to help...

I just hatched out 7 chicks, for my 4 year old, and my 7 year old. This was my first attempt to hatch. Well, my 4 year old has squished his favorite one. my 7 year old came and got me and said this chick was laying on it's side, and was breathing fast. Up on seeing the chick, it was laying on...

Hello everyone, today is mothers day, so happy mothers day if you are a mother. But anyway we were gone all day, like about 7 hours, and when I got home the temperature on my still air LG was 104 degrees, and the thermometer high and low memory both said 104 degrees. I felt the eggs, and they...

I had 7 chicks hatch 2 days ago, well, our favorite is slow. All the other chicks are running around like crazy, but he just lays around, and they pick on him something feirce. I have separated him from the rest, but he will not eat, and does not walk very good. How long should I wait, until I...

Hello, I set 24 eggs on 4/11, out of the 24, 13 made it to lock down. Out of the 13 7 hatched, and 6 did not. I started to tear into the remaining 6 eggs, after candling and float testing and no movement. I tore the open, and out of 6, 2 had not absorbed all the yolk, and the other 4, the...

Hello everyone, I own a start up computer business, which started out as a hobby. I have been building, fixing, networking, and setting up servers for about 8 years now. I run Linux on everything I can, especially servers, and have even set up my own remote desktop system to fix computers over...

Will the dyes from the easter eggs hurt my chickens, if I feed it to them for calcium?

I have just got some BLRW eggs, and was wanting to start a flock of these, my question is, should I not breed the roosters from the eggs, to the hens for fear of interbreeding deformaties? Would it hurt to do it the first year, then change out roosters, I am wanting to keep the blood line as...

Well, I could not wait until next year to start this flock of birds, I won some in auction and will be starting this year. I do have one question though, do I need to get a roo from outside the bloodline to start? I was planning on changing roosters every few years to keep the bloodline clean...

Hello everyone, I was wondering, if my incubator should have a slight smell. I am on day 5, and it does not smell like a rotten egg, but like of like a hard boiled egg. I tried to smell the eggs, and could not smell it on just one egg. My temperature has stayed around 100 degrees, with one or...

Well, I am at day 4, decided to do a first candling. Many of the eggs look porous, and many just have a black mass floating around in there. Some, though, had some veins and an embryo started. From what I could tell, I have about 25% with veins and embryo. I may of missed some of them, because...

Hello everyone, I have a quick question about the temperature of my incubator. My incubator stays at 100 degrees all day long, but I forgot to close my window overnight, and the temp dropped to 97. Is this temperature too low, will it affect my hatch in any way?? Thanks, have a great day, and...

This evening my kids and I let the hens and the rooster out for a little fresh scratching area, like we try to do daily, when the other stray rooster came on the scene. I did not think much about it at first, since they used to run together when they were both strays, and the stray has been in...