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Okay so I took her eggs and put them in the in the incubator. We are on day 28. Put in lock down on day 25 no sign of movement or pipping. The all candled like they were developing. Good new she has been laying like crazy and is now sitting on the eggs. So if the incubator group doesn't hatch...

I candled the eggs no sign of growth. I put in my incubator. I will check in 8 days. Hoping for the best.

I got 2 Rouen ducks from Cackle last year in a surprise box. One male and one female. She has built a nest and laid 16 eggs and counting. They are both very protective and try to chase us out of the duck pen. Her nest is in the duck house. She does not appear to be sitting on them yet. What are...

Is my Rouen duck going to hatch her clutch of eggs? She made a nest and has laid 16 eggs in it. I have two Rouen one drake and one duck. They are both super protective and do not want us near the duck house where the nest is. We know the eggs have been there with more added daily for over a...

I could use some help. We live in northern Arkansas and it has been really hot the past 3 days.We got (12) month old barred rock pullets in February and 50 mixed buffs and road island reds in March. Everyone has been doing great and we hadn't lost any chickens.We lost 2 buffs in the past 2 days...

Thank you for your help. No sign of any parasites. They have really calmed down. We started taking them outside to a pen on nice days and the pecking has mostly stopped. The weather is getting nice enough to move them out the chicken coop. They are much tamer now too.

Thank you for the help. We looked for blue kote and could not find any we bought pine tar and applied that over the bloody and red spots we also bought a pecking block. I will try the grass clump and see if it helps as well. Thanks again.

Hi I am new to chickens. We just bought 10 acres and bought 12 month old barred rocks from the feed store. They were over crowed and some were pecked. We put them in a large brooder with tons more space. They have all been pecking each other and we can't get them to stop. Some to the point of...