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This is what made my hatch of my #5 eggs a 100% hatch.

I thought the chick was a quitter so I marked the egg with an X. It hatched to my surprise.
 
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cmom said:
All of my #5 eggs hatched. I had them all in one hatcher and everyone hatched 100%. I usually have very good hatches but hardly ever 100&. I know it's not the same when you ship eggs. A couple of years ago I got 3 out of 15 on RIR shipped eggs, one male and 2 females. :jumpy
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That's asesome, cmom!!! Always nice to get 100%. My last hatch was 100%, but that was with only 7 eggs. I don't expect to get close to that with these eggs, but I was well aware of the hazards shipped eggs face in transit. One thing's for sure... I'm on track to do much better than 3 out of 15. It may be presumptious, but I'm anticipating double that at a minimum. I have 14 that are developing beautifully, and several more that I thinm will be okay... and they're equally split between the two batches ( 7 of #1 and 7 of #5). Congratulations on 100%!!!!!!!!
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Can somebody tell me the cure for these chick?
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Can't help with a knot on the leg. Maybe a PM to @casportpony (our local pathologist) will help.
cmom said:
This is what made my hatch of my #5 eggs a 100% hatch. I thought the chick was a quitter so I marked the egg with an X. It hatched to my surprise.
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You should name it "Lucky"... :lau
 
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Yep I call it freezer camp other wise they are pets and if you do like me and have an incubator going 9+ months out of the year then the feed bill would be enormous and a person would have a hundred roo's in no time and they do nothing but crow and produce manure and eat and eat ..
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Yes, some go to freezer camp. I have hatch out thousands of chicks through the years and around 50% turn out to be males. Only the males that won't make good breeders will get processed. I do try to sell my best males and keep the best as future breeders. I show birds and love to show them and sometimes one will get a champion.. I have never beaten Matt at shows we both have been at.
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cmom said:
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Yep I call it freezer camp other wise they are pets and if you do like me and have an incubator going 9+ months out of the year then the feed bill would be enormous and a person would have a hundred roo's in no time and they do nothing but crow and produce manure and eat and eat ..
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Yes, some go to freezer camp. I have hatch out thousands of chicks through the years and around 50% turn out to be males. Only the males that won't make good breeders will get processed. I do try to sell my best males and keep the best as future breeders. I show birds and love to show them and sometimes one will get a champion.. I have never beaten Matt at shows we both have been at.

Ya I run into the same problem hatching 50% or more Male's is about what I get and even though it is a heart breaker and some are beautiful there is just so much room and feed and again some can be sold but I am not going to give them away except for special circumstances so freezer camp is the best way to go .
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