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I have a cheap in incubator that worked perfectly the first hatch and then worse and worse each time. It wouldn't stabilize temp this year so I'm not using it. Would it still be useful to someone or should I just scrap it? It's forced air and it produces heat but it fluctuates wildly. Don't...

Hi, I incubated 6 eggs, and 5 hatched on Day 21 (this past Fri) with first external pips at 2am to last hatched by 10:30pm. Three eggs were from my Buff hen (all Orpington), and the last one left is a Buff. While the other hatchlings were dried and fluffy, this one still had veins visible. It...

Hi! I had 5 of 6 incubator chicken eggs pip and hatch within 24 hrs on 'hatch day', which was this Friday. The chick inside peeped this morning but isn't pipping externally. What's the latest you had a 'last egg' pip and then hatch, or be alive and then die without pipping or without hatching?

Hi, this is Raven. I got her as an Orpington but she has this different comb and is a bit smaller than my other Orpingtons. Does she look like any specific breed or does anyone have a suggestion of what kind of mix she is? I have some chicks from her and I want to be accurate when I offer...

Hello! I have a broody hen (Orpington so quite large) from a 1 Roo, 3 Hen coop. I was sick for 3 days so didn't collect, and she decided to sit on the clutch of 9 eggs. I marked them all and have been checking for extras to remove. There were none yesterday, but today we lost 2 marked eggs...

Hi, Two eggs broke in her nest today or yesterday afternoon and her breast feathers are sticky and stinky. I changed the nest material (actually moved her to a broody pen), but didn't clean the eggs. She's not wet but she's not clean. Should I try and wipe her feathers, legs and bill? If so...

Hi! My hen has been incubating for 25 days. She originally had 8 eggs, and after 2 wks, there were 5 more. A chick from a different hen (under her though) hatched on time (from when she first incubated/sat) on day 21, and one of hers hatched yesterday on day 25. Today, day 26, the hens were...

Hi, I'm Henora! I am new to having pet chickens, and I live in Ontario, Canada. My 6 Orpingtons (1 roo) are 7 mos old and very fluffy. I've wanted pet chickens for yrs, and the eggs are just a bonus. For other interests, I kinda wish we could cross cats w chickens so that cats laid eggs and we...

I have a 7 mo Orpington hen Aoifa who is insisting on sitting in an empty nest all day. She started about 7 days ago, and we took the first 3 eggs. She hasn't laid others. It is cold here (-13F to 14F) so we spent all wk removing her from the nest 3+ times a day. Is she being broody? If we...