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    What is this and is it serious?

    This chick hatched yesterday, the white wast matter and a growth looking thing are still attached to it. I'm a little worried cause this guy hatched 2days late and I've heard that the yoke sometimes doesn't get absorbed all the way when that happens and the chick can die up to 2 weeks after that...
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    What can I feed a day-old chick?

    I don't have any chick feed, what can I feed them? I wasn't expecting to have to keep them overnight, since I am selling them to a neighbor. They hatched today and while I know they probably won't be hungry right now, I would like to give them something just so I don't have any problems.
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    How long can you leave chicks in an incubator?

    I have a small force air incubator. How long can I leave a chick(s) in the incubator? I've heard you don't want to leave them in for more than 12 hours because they will get dehydrated, but can I leave it in for 24 and it be fine? I have one hatched and another unzipping, in total there are 3...
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    A chick just hatched

    I have two problems, a chick just hatched he has a string of membrane still attached to him, and he seems to be frantic, and he has some whitish stuff in a clump hanging off his behind. And 2 the humidity just spiked, I'm trying to bring it down without cooling the chick so much that he dies...
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    I'm knew

    Hi, I've been around chickens for along as I can remember. Currently, we have around 35 hens and one rooster. The breeds we have are; silver laced Sussex, Novagen brown and Jenks' color pack. I have a standard poodle and yes, while the French make them look like fashion models, they were and...
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    Heard a chick peep, What do I do?

    It's day 22, I candled my eggs to see what was going on, one of them started peeping. When I candled them, the air sac looked weird, It was way bigger than when I had candled them on day 18. What do I do? I'm worried that the chick has internally piped and won't pip on the outside. I'm new to...
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