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I've noticed that also. I've been buying BLRW from breeders for 2 years now trying to get a good trio. Breeders who advertise show quality, yet I've gotten all sorts of DQ's. Especially combs. Then there is the color of the birds, the overall shape, split breasts, small birds, slow to...

Based on my reading pinched tails don't have anything to do with a hens egg laying abilities. The feathers in question are attached to the tail, not the pelvis area, so the set of the feathers isn't going to have anything to do with how wide the bird is or it's ability to pass eggs. It also...

10 have hatched so far, 2 are pipped and zipping. 1 pipped then died, looks like after it pipped the membrane dried on it and shrink wrapped the beak :-( 2 zipped 3/4 of the way then shrink wrapped so I've cranked the humidity up and am keeping a close eye on the rest. Will probably have to...

So cute :-) 4 have hatched now, the initial black one and 3 yellow ones, and 5 more have pipped. I have 24 in lock down so we are moving towards the halfway point in terms of activity. I did a quick candle prior to lock down and all the eggs looked full but I didn't wait to see movement in...

It's hatching day. I have 24 in lockdown, last night 2 pipped, this morning 3 more had pipped and within the last hour the first one hatched and another has started to zip. The chicken count should be increasing exponentially here today :-) Pushing it's way out of the shell Almost...

I have various mix breed chickens and ducks in the incubator right now. First hatch due the 20th (chicks), next hatch due the 27th (ducklings). Then more chicks after that. I'll be moving eggs from the "turning incubator" into a "lockdown incubator" as needed. Possible dads for the chicks...

Thanks, I have some chick vitamins, didn't even think of giving them. He/she is doing better this morning, somehow managed to climb out of its shoebox in the brooder and was in the main section laying down. I put it near the water and it was able to stand and drink for quite awhile, this is...

Mixed. The chick is solid yellow. Possible fathers are a mutt Rooster who is probably 1/2 BLRW. He was sold to me as a BLRW chick but I'm thinking someone jumped the fence, he looks like a New Hampshire as an adult. As a chick he looked like that blue/red one in the photo with the chipmunk...

1 of the chicks, the first to hatch, is having problems walking. It's like it's sense of balance is screwed up. It's getting better, VERY slowly, but at best it can now stand for short periods of time and take a step or two. The whole time it wobbles though and then falls over on it's side...

Some of my new chicks. Of the 10 from my layer flock I set 6 hatched and 1 pipped but not in the air sack, he/she drowned before I knew what was going on. I'll call that 70% though that made it to hatch. The other 3 quit shortly before hatch, probably because of some temperature issues (power...

LOL Love the Max stories

I had 2 chicks in my hatched that didn't do an internal pip but pipped externally. The first one drowned, I saw it's beak poking out but didn't realize what had happened, I assume it pulled back into the egg and breathed in fluids. It's beak was poking out when I realized it was dead but ...

Well, normal or not he/she hatched just fine and is now drying out in the incubator. So far 5 have hatched, 4 from my layer flock and 1 Rhodebar. Unfortunately one of the layer flock chicks didn't make it, it piped but appears to be dead. I'm guessing it pipped in the wrong spot and drowned...

The latest hatch The first one to hatch, I did a quick grab and took it out, he/she is 48 hours old and it's going to be awhile before the rest of them hatch. Getting better about mobility but still can't really walk right, a step or two at most then falls on it's side. I put a number of...

I had 1 hatch on day 22 but the rest are just now getting going today, it's day 24. 2 have pipped, 1 more hatched , and more are occasionally rocking so I think they are just now getting going. The power company turned off the neighborhood power for 2-3 hours at a time, multiple times per day...

OK, that's good to know She's definitely a cute puddle of fluff, the puddle part just had me worried. I've tried to get some photos but through the bator top they aren't coming out very well. Guess I can wait a day or two. Since she's at least a full 24 hours ahead of everyone else, what...

So far nobody else has hatched, so I'm still waiting patiently. Yeah, sure, patiently LOL. How long does it take for a chick to get steady on their feet? All mine have been 3-4 days old when I got them, at minimum. This one can get around because every time I check he/she is in a different...

Today is day 28/21 for my ducklings and layer flock eggs (mix breeds) and day 20 for my Rhodebar eggs. I started with 21 duck eggs, all have developed 10 layer flock eggs, 1 never started the rest have developed 12 Rhodebar eggs, 1 smashed during shipping so I set 11. 4 never started (look...

All my eggs went into lockdown earlier this week. Today is day 27/20 (ducks/chickens). When should I start seeing movement? Does that happen before the internal pip, or is it mainly after the internal pip and during the zip?

Nope, you aren't horrible. I will give them a boost of sugar water or electrolytes, put them in a nice warm place, and come back later to see if they rallied or passed. Sometimes there is just something wrong, and it doesn't matter how many hoops we jump through they won't make it. Or they do...