EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

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duluthralphie said:
I am doing this to keep all the breeds separate, and to keep the lines straight. Otherwise I would need to set up 9 different brooders, run 9 different heat sources, and 9 different grow out pens.

I already have 15 breeding pens.


I sell some of these I need to be able to tell Toads from White Legbars at 2-5 days of age.

I needto tell Cuckoo Maranm, Dominique and barred rock chicks apart with 100% certainty. So I have to take the risk. It was a hard thing to decide to do, I only did it after talking to a lot of breeders and seeing their results. None of them mentioned infection by anything as a problem.

I have tried fingernail polish, bands and none of them work well.
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I think Benny makes a good point. What prevents unwanted bacteria from entering the edges of the hole, 'specially given the chickens' habit of walking in all manner of bacteria-laden,potentially harmful stuff? What prevents the hole from closing just like pierced ears will without earrings in them? If the feet are muddy, how can you even see a small hole in the foot?
 
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