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  1. R

    thermometer/hydrometer and incubator temp confusion..

    So I recently bought a hovabator 3270 and an incutherm pro therm/hydrometer and doing all the research before I start hatching as I’ll be doing emu eggs and want the most accurate readings possible.. I saw the salt test with hydrometers, still confused.. What reading am I supposed to be using...
  2. Sam0strange0

    Why do the eggs look like this?

    I’m guessing from temp fluctuations it was really hot outside didn’t collect for a few days and put them in the fridge is it still safe to eat?
  3. Loving my girls

    Massive eggs from Teeny Hen

    I have a maran cross, she’s always been small about 2.5kg and she’s 2 years old. Her condition… Her wattle is lovely and red, she’s currently sprightly and her eyes are clear. Her coat is black still with the blue when the sun catches it. She’s seems to be a very healthy girl. However here’s...
  4. NickiV

    Broody Guinea Fowl

    If I'm not especially interested in my guineas hatching their own eggs, is there any reason why I can't just chase a broody guinea off the nest and remove the eggs? Will she go back to the coop? I'm really more invested in keeping them alive then letting them reproduce.
    • NickiV
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    • broody eggs guinea fowl nest
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Guinea Fowl
  5. G

    Reoccurring Egg Color Mystery

    Ok, so I have only two hens that are laying right now. I know this for a fact. My oldest hen is a tiny silkie who lays small, pointy eggs and she is raising chicks right now and hasn’t laid once since she went broody. My Buff Orpington has always laid these smooth, even pinkish-brown eggs and my...
  6. SFrey369

    What specific breeds might my 6 hens be and which eggs?

    Sorry if this is dumb but I'm wondering if any educated chicken folks can tell me more about what breed my mutt chickens/Easter eggers are because when they were given to us we were only told they were Easter eggers. Also I was wondering if anyone could take an educated guess at who lays what...
  7. A

    Missing eggs

    Hello, I am trying to get some feedback on what could be happening. I have this beautiful splash ameracauna who lays large light blue eggs (about a year old now). She didnt lay her first winter - similar to the flock who came from the same hatchery as her. This spring she was laying regularly...
  8. RossAcres

    I've been gone for a while....

    I'm back! I took an accidental hiatus due to oa lot of life changes. I had to move, almost lost all my birds, and got a new job. I no longer have the hookbills, gray calls, or white calls. I plan on being a little more active on here now that things have leveled out. I'll try my best to catch up...
  9. K

    Entire flock stopped laying

    My entire flock of hens and runner ducks stopped laying eggs when we changed the coop around, and I was getting almost 2.5 cartons a day. I introduced a younger rooster and wondering that was the problem. I’ve given them some gut health medicine, cleaned all the waters, fresh bedding laid. So...
  10. B

    One hen laying weird eggs?

    We have Brahma chickens, 2 sets and ages of hens. Our older hen (only 2 years old though!) has been laying less frequently and getting these bigger, paler and slightly misshapen eggs. What is happening? Shells aren't fragile or anything. She has always been a loud layer, regardless of what her...
  11. Chicken_Trainer2007

    Bugs on my three broody hens and eggs

    I have three hens with bugs on them I don’t know if it’s mites or not but I gave them the worms and mites meds (to my whole flock)I’d like to know if these are mites and if the meds kill or just prevents the bugs. And will the bugs effect the eggs in a negative way when hatching? : here’s the...
  12. cluckcluckduck089

    Half developed eggs available in northern arizona

    Hi everyone! We have two broody hens who are trying to hatch eggs. I am in the presses of trying to break them but haven’t yet. We weren’t able to collect eggs for a few days and have ten partially developed eggs now. We don’t have the space for them so I was wondering in anyone in northern...
  13. sillyduckz

    dewormer egg withdrawal period?

    hi all! i have some questions regarding SafeGuard dewormer. my duck Reptar was recently dewormed, and she received her last dose on the 9th. i've read in some places that the withdrawal egg period is 14 days, but other sources say there is no withdrawal period at all. is the withdrawal period...
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    • dewormer ducks eggs help
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  14. Hrobinson98

    Young Chicken, laying weird

    Hello, One of our younger chickens, she's almost a year old, she will be a year in June. She is an Austra White. When her and her two sisters were still in the brooder they had Coccidiosis, we cought it early and treated it. Her other two sisters lay on a regular basis. She sits and has laid...
  15. K

    Is there a such thing as “too much candling”

    Is there a such thing as candling too often? We are have some eggs incubating and we are on day 6. Just want to know if there’s a such thing as candling too often? I know that you don’t notice a huge difference within a day, but didn’t know if it “hurts” anything to candle more than just once or...
  16. E

    Hen eating broody hens nest when she gets up to eat/drink

    Hello! We have a broody hen that is sitting on some eggs (all good there!), but when she gets up to eat/drink once a day another hen races in and eats as many eggs as she can before the broody one gets back. We keep replacing the eggs for our broody girl, but at this point it’s getting...
  17. DuckDuckPromise

    Duck Egg Prices?

    Hey! So we have a very small flock of ducks, and I’m not entirely sure who is male and female right now, and they are much too young to lay (when do duck typically lay, anyways? :confused:) But I was just wondering what y’all sell your duck eggs for?! I can compare chicken egg prices fairly...
  18. DuckDuckPromise

    How much do y’all charge?

    Hey y’all! We have been blessed with chickens for years, and ducks on and off, but I have never actually SOLD the eggs! Given them away lots, but never sold. So, I’m trying to see what prices typically are.. I want to be fair and not charge absurd amounts, but also make it worth it, if...
  19. F

    Is turning my eggs every 8 hours, 3 times per day enough?

    Hello everybody! I'm about to start my second incubator journey. Last year, I managed to have a ~90% success rate with my bator, of combined duck and chicken eggs. First time was rather lucky as far as the incubating went. Back then, I had more time on my hands since I did it on a school break...
  20. TheDaringDucks

    We've got embryos!

    I'm so excited! I've been waiting for this for weeks I finally have some embryos! After losing 17 eggs to a malfunctioning incubator I was really sad that I might not get ducklings this year. I decided to let nature handle the rest of the eggs I had gathered and let my broody duck hens incubate...
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