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  1. Sparrow-Song

    Baby Chick Feet Deformed—Can I Help?

    I just did my first incubation (that I personally managed, my family did them before when I was really little) and I did not do a good job with the heat and humidity. (Partially because the incubator was years old, also just inexperienced) I really want the chicks that made it to do well—this...
  2. B

    Silkie chick possible neurological issues or is it something else?

    I posted yesterday with a video of my poor lil silkie chick who hatched yesterday morning. She was displaying symptoms of what appeared to be wry neck, or like it had choked or aspirated. Every time she would try to fall asleep she would wake up after a few seconds in a fit like way, walk...
  3. A

    Help! Getting babies in a week. Confused on feed

    There are so many options for food it’s a little overwhelming.. where do I start?? I get day old chicks next week. What do I need to know/buy? What’s the best option? I’ve decided on everything but the food/any supplements. Also does it matter which brand of electrolytes I buy?
  4. M

    20% mortality rate and rising

    I pre-ordered 100 white American Bresse from Dunlap Hatchery earlier this year, vaccination for Merek’s included, and got my first shipment of 50 day-old chicks in the mail on Friday. 1 DOA, nothing unusual there. I moved them into the brooder with little fanfare and left the DOA out back for...
  5. A

    Call Duck Eggs - Saddle Shaped Air Sac

    Evening All, I am just looking for some advice. I have just received 3 eggs posted, and I have candled them to look at the condition of them. The air sac appears to be slightly saddle shaped (having done some reading about them). I am leaving the eggs for 24 hour to settled before placing...
  6. KaleDaDuck

    Should i keep incubating these eggs?

    So i bought 40 quail eggs from the supermarket and put them all in the incubator at a steady 37.6 c and 50% humidity and then went and searched if quail eggs from the supermarket are fertilized and google said no... I dont want to waste the incubator's time incubating unfertile eggs should i...
  7. Frosty_2503

    day old chick keeps flipping on her back or gasping for air... help!!!

    She (or he) hatched yesterday morning, her air bubble in the egg was slightly irregular but she hatched on her own. She keeps flipping onto her back or will wake up from a nap gasping for air. It’s heartbreaking! There is no click when she breathes normally but when she’s gasping there’s the odd...
  8. R

    Vaccination for day old chicks

    I’m from the UK and was wondering what vaccinations people recommend for day old chicks which is available over here. We hatched chicks a few times but they are only a hobby and we didn’t vaccinate but this year we were thinking to. Any help would be brilliant
  9. viacky

    Day old silkie chick - splayed legs

    After a disastrous hatch, with the broody abandoning her eggs right at the crucial moment. I've had one lovely silkie hatch out, but unsurprisingly given the turmoil of her hatching, she has some problems. She has quite a bad case of splayed legs, which hopefully you can make out in the picture...
  10. T

    Counting Days

    Hello All! Got a question about counting incubating days. I have some Pekin duck eggs in an incubator and looking to get an accurate count to day 25. Is the day that the eggs are placed in the incubator counted as day 1 or is day 1 calculated starting 24 hrs later...(full day) Thanks
  11. chickyrookie

    When does Day 1 start?

    I'm hatching my first batch of chicken eggs and I'm freaking out because they're not hatching and it's day 22, or is it? Do you start day 1 as the day you "set" them? Or is Day one 24 hours later? If that's the case, I still have time, right?
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