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  1. C

    Do you intervene with a new chick?

    Happy New Year! First timer here and I had a question, my bantam hen just successfully sat on her first egg, the little chick hatched this morning! We are super excited. I was wondering if there’s anything I need to do for the chick? We put starter feed and water right by them in the coup, but I...
  2. Silkie Jax

    Newbee to BYC and Silkie Hatching

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? New to owning my own but I fell in love with them working at a friends barn. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 12 = 3 Roo and 9 Hens (3) What breeds do you have? Silkies, White Rocks, Australorps and...
  3. T

    Lockdown chickens

    Hi, I'm on day 17 of my chicken eggs so lock down tomo, iv already hatched 1 chick n duck a couple weeks back but since then I lost alot due to saddle airsac really badly, thankfully these 1s don't look as bad but my question is in gona move my chick eggs to the other incubator as still av duck...
  4. P

    End of Day 21 one hatched one has not

    Hi we have had one Silkie bantam hatch on day 20. All fine and normal but second egg that candles fertile has not popped. nearing end of day 21 does that mean there is a issue? I have candles as not pipped yet. The first pip has not taken place and there is still aair gap for the chicken to...
  5. C

    Chick gasping in egg?

    Hello, I’m hatching 13 quail eggs and I noticed that one of the chicks that externally popped today is now gasping within the egg. I can see it through the hole it’s broken but I don’t think it’s normal. Does this mean it’s dying or is it a humidity problem? It’s day 17 for the quails and I have...
  6. C

    Emergency hatching!

    Hello. These are pictures of the chicks I ended up hatching in my bathroom because the mother hen was mean and killed her first chick. All 7 made it!! A spray bottle to keep the eggs from getting too dry and a straw to feed them sugar water! Now 2 of those hens are hatching their clutch anytime...
  7. C

    Upstate ny adk

    hello! I am vary excited to finally have chicken's of my own. I am new to owning them myself even though I have been around them before with friends growing up. I have 6 isa browns, 2 orphington,2 Barhams and I can't remember the other breed lol but I have 6 of them. I also have 6 ducks,1...
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  8. TT43

    Eggs arent hatching - expert hatcher advice needed

    My eggs chirped a couple days ago and now nothing. No movement in the eggs, no pipping and its day 25. Temp has been 99.5, humidity at 68-70%, chicken eggs, no turner in bottom. We turned eggs several times a day until day 18. Will the water test kill them if they are still alive? What do we...
  9. DatCrazyChickenLady

    Egg cracked or hatching? Help!

    Hello! We have been letting our hen hatch a few eggs and this morning one was super cracked and crushed- but the chick is alive. We haven’t been tracking it super closely- but the eggs should be hatching this week I think. Is the egg hatching or cracked, and what should I do? It’s been like this...
  10. R

    Help? Do I intervene in a stalled zip or not?

    Hi! This is my first post but I need help! This chick has been pipped since 4/29 around 7p. He started unzipping at 12p on 4/30. He has looked like this since 4pm on 4/30. What should I do? Leave her be or what? I have 4 other eggs pipped right now. Humidity is 75% ( I know it’s high I just...
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