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  1. A

    First time chick mom - 3 hens broody at once

    Hi there, I have 3 hens sitting in 3 nesting boxes. 2 started within days of each other, and the 3rd started a week late. The boxes are 36 inches off the floor. Should I move all 3 when the chicks hatch to the floor in separate boxes or put them in the shed I. The run? Should I build a ramp to...
  2. R

    Will my button quail hatch her eggs?

    Is it normal for her to lay eggs wherever and just ignore them? Will she gather the eggs when she's ready to incubate? How many eggs will she lay before sitting on them? Right now she has five eggs in the enclosure, just ignoring then. The enclosure is decently sized and they have a sort of arch...
  3. le_bwah

    Broody Coturnix #3

    Well, maybe more like #2.5 since this is Wilma's second go-round on "real" eggs. She's done everything a mother hen can do to give her adopted babies a shot at coming out, and weathered some impressive rain storms the last couple days. With luck, there will be chicks before Sunday. Have a...
    • le_bwah
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    • aviary broody hatch quail
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Quail
  4. J

    Cross breed hatching

    My neighbor gave me these eggs to incubate. She labelled them above. The roo is a Blue Cochin. Does anyone have any idea what these crosses may look like? The 3 I have marked don't look to be viable, but I'm keeping them in for the next week to be 100% sure.
  5. J

    Maran Imposter!

    I received Black Copper Maran eggs from a local farmer and one hatched chick looks suspiciously like a campine 🧐. I assume maybe a campine and maran mix if anything as it came from a dark brown egg. Here are some pictures of the chick. It has spots around its eyes, striped back, and a little...
  6. HeritageFan

    Incubator advice for ducks and Turkeys

    I have had ducks for a few years, and finally bought an incubator last year. I had a very low hatch rate, on my first try, but my ducks were 5 years old and I’m pretty sure that was the biggest problem w my first attempt. I was given a dozen duck eggs a few weeks ago from a friend who has the...
  7. J

    Everything that went wrong with my first hatch

    Hi there, I'd like to share my experience with my first hatch ever. We got chickens two times before, but those were hybrid chickens and they died after 3-4 years. After that, we decided to not keep chickens anymore, but when we found an Omlet Chicken coop, we finally were ready for chickens...
  8. H

    Newly broody Turkey and almost to lockdown eggs.

    So I have a 2 year old black Spanish hen that has just gone broody within the last couple of days. We do not have a tom anymore for fertile Turkey eggs to hatch and I have an incubator full of eggs due to hatch this Saturday (5 days away). If she just went broody, is it too soon to put chicken...
  9. R

    Warning for all Hatchers!!!

    At the end of yesterday, Day 21, I candled all of my eggs. I found two out of 13 that I could see movement in and were definitely still alive. Well, something in me told me to leave the other eggs in there. And I am glad I did, this morning my mom called me into the kitchen yelling, “you have a...
  10. Goosey Girl

    HELP: What should I do next???

    I think there isn't anything else I can do ??? This egg never lost the weight even though low humidity and daily cooling and spritzing. Honestly, didn't think it would make it this far. About 12 hours ago I noticed that it externally pipped, NOT in the air cell. (This egg with abnormally...
  11. Goosey Girl

    Egg air cell not progressing???

    I have one goose egg at day 21 in the incubator that has not been losing the required weight. I have been dry incubating and it shows humidity at 25%, but the air cell is not growing the way it should. The little bird is very active in the shell and I figure the shell is just extraordinarily...
  12. Quacking ducks

    Selling Ducklings, what price should I sell them for?

    Hi, I hatch and sell ducklings and chicks and I was wondering…. what price are ducklings selling for this year? My last batch of chicks sold the day and day after they hatched. A local farmer said that I should raise the price chicks from $4 to $5 each. Should I keep selling my ducklings at $6...
    • Quacking ducks
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    • chicks ducklings hatch hatching price
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. ChickenNuggie

    First Time Hatch & Egg-topsy: My Story

    We were given an incubator as a gift since we couldn’t afford to buy one ourselves. It’s not a high-quality incubator, and it appears that we have had problems with keeping temperature and humidity steady. The external temperature read out is Celsius and does not seem to match the thermometer...
  14. S

    1 hatch 1 no movement

    Hi everyone me again, it's day 21 today my baby hatched this morning at 6.40am I have another egg in there which hasn't pipped and haven't noticed any movement when I quickly just candled. I didn't notice any movement on day 18 either. Should I just wait it out a few more days? Pic of my hatched...
  15. E

    Humidity setting for incubator

    What is you incubator humidity setting for quails? TIA
    • Enilcita28
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    • hatch incubator quail
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Quail
  16. lmadeline146

    Incubators or Broody Hens & why?

    I’m deciding between having a hen hatch eggs for me this year or using an incubator. If you prefer one over the other, could you describe why? I’m doing research on the pros and cons of both so anything is helpful.
  17. The_Chicken_Tender

    Baby chick rolling other eggs around in incubator

    The first chick hatched in my new incubator but she keeps walking around all the unhatched eggs, which is causing them to roll around. I marked both sides so I would know which side to turn them to, and I stopped turning them two days ago. I read that if they are turned after that time period...
  18. Mayonnaise83

    Could hen still be broody immediately after hatching and killing all of her chicks???

    I have a black copper marans who recently went broody for the first time so I gave her 6 eggs. She successfully hatched 5 of them and then the next day she killed them all. When I found them she was still sitting on the nest because there were still two eggs under her that were laid by other...
  19. hannahsocal

    HELP!! Baby chick hatched MISSING TOES??!?!

    I had a very successful hatch so far but one of my chicks (the last one to pip) was having trouble and making no progress so I stepped in to help (gently, carefully with all precautions taken of course). When he was almost out of the shell, I noticed one of the feet had all of the toes shorter...
    • hannahsocal
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    • assisted hatch birth defect chick hatch hatching problem help missing toe missing toes short toe short toes
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  20. AusHen

    November 2022 Hatch-a-long

    Just put 6 eggs into a bator, this time a pen of two flocks together. Due to hatch on the 3rd of November Pen consists of - Buff Silkie rooster Buff Silkie hen (bearded) White Silkie hen Paint Silkie hen (bearded) + Buff polish rooster Buff polish hen 2 x frizzle Buff laced polish hens Gold...
    • AusHen
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    • chicks hatch hatch a long incubating
    • Replies: 47
    • Forum: Hatch-A-Longs
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