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She has always been a little off, she is my special needs bird and my very favorite. She never runs from me, just lets me pick her right up. Over the last month, I have found 2 eggs under the perches broken inside the coop, not sure who's they were, maybe hers? But tonight was so strange, I have...

I was just awakened at 9pm by a hen clucking super loud. I ran out there and she was out of the coop( I forgot to shut the door, so she was out in the run) she was pacing back and forth. I thought that a wild animal was in the coop or something by the way she was acting. Looked in on the other...

Just an update!!! I have 5 precious chicks in the incubator! The Easter Egger almost died, was glued to the shell. My husband got him unstuck with wet paper towels and he seems to be doing great now! One of the eggs pipped and zipped and never came out, It's been 10 hours or more, so I don't...

That's Awesome!!! How many do you have total?

I was up until 5am watching chicks hatch!!! I had 8 eggs in incubator, 5 are hatched out and 1 more with a pip!!! The Easter Egger egg pipped and zipped almost all the way and got stuck like that for over 24 hours, we didn't know what to do so we had to intervene, he was completely glued to his...

So exciting!!!My hatch date is the 23rd also, and I have 2 pips and 1 zipping, in a old hovabator! I have 8 eggs total, 1 easter egger and 7 black and blue maran eggs!!! Your incubator is gorgeous, can't wait to see how it works out for you...Best wishes!!!

I have 7 maran eggs,( some black copper a few blue copper and 1 easter egger)so 8 total. Today is day 20 and the Easter Egger pipped a hole this morning, can hear him peeping! So cute!!! My temp is 100 and my humidity is at 65% and has held steady for several days. I am using a hovabator 1262...

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My hens finally started laying at 8 months old and have been laying for 3 weeks now almost an egg a day. We got rid of the rooster and all of them completely stopped. Have any of you had this happen? If so , how long before they lay again and is there anything I can do?

Quote: You mean just leave them in the trays and turn them until lockdown when I put them on the wire?

I set my eggs 2 days ago, 8 of them, in a hovabator 2362. I am pretty sure they have not moved from the right position all day. Yesterday it was fine. Both plugs are plugged in, Anyone know how often the egg trays turn? What should I do now???

I learned the hard way with silkies:( A sweet man gave me 3 silkies, I kept them in a pen inside the run for a couple weeks so my 4 hens and 1 roo could get used to them. When I let them out, everything was fine for months, they were low on the pecking order, but I didn't notice any horrible...

I fed mine a lot of cranberries around Thanksgiving, right out of the bag, 1 of the hens loved them so much she would just swallow them whole!

Quote: That is good to know! I wish I had used it on the first birds....I am new to all of this. When my hens started laying I wasn't giving them oyster shells and my eggshells look great, however I just added it in this week to the 8 month old birds..

I just got 2 pullets that are about 10 weeks old from a breeder who had them on medicated starter feed. Should I continue to give them the medicated, or should I give them regular starter? The last group of 4 chickens that are almost a year now that I got as chicks ended up with cocci when they...

Quote: Her feathers do look a bit strange. I was also noticing that she looks hunched down in both pics - is that just a coincindence? Is she acting perky? Her feathers look funny to me to...The guy only had Marans and Easter Eggers though. She most certainly has many missing feathers, when...

Did I mention you guys are AWESOME!!! LOVE this forum!!!

We have had a hard time with our lab mix....not attacking the chickens, but he wants their food!!! he keeps digging under the fence, letting them out and eating the corn and scratch.. So several times we have come home to find chickens all over our yard with the dog just laying back watching...

I just thought they look light to me and what's up with the speckled one?

I just picked these up from a breeder today, they are supposed to be black splash and a couple blue and one easter egger! I was going to put these in the incubator tomorrow, please tell me your thoughts on quality. He said the hens that laid them came from the bev davis line?