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Ok, What the heck? I've got some chicks hatching out now, as we speak, ~ 19/20 days in, temp has been steady at 99-100, dry hatch w/ humidity at maybe 30%. started lockdown 36 hours ago, increased humidity to ~ 70%, temps still steady ~ 100. Two chick hatch, both have the yolk sac not absorbed...

Does anyone know which is wheaten and which is partridge? They are penedesencas..

I hatched out some wheaten and partridge penedesenca chicks, but now I don't know which is which. Can anyone help me identify them? Thanks

7 wk old, I'm thinking rooster, other thoughts? https://www.backyardchickens.com/g/i/5617700/a/6404239/sponsors/sort/display_order

I'm waiting for shipped eggs (1st time). I've got the incubator warming up... And I find myself checking it several times a day!! It's been steady ~ 100 for two days... Do I think eggs will magically appear??:lol: Ok, so this is my first time getting eggs in the mail, bcms and welsummers, I like...

I wormed my chickens with wazine and read to discard eggs for two weeks. What about incubating them? Anyone know of birth defects caused by wazine? I hate to just pitch them..:(

I hatched out a bunch of npip french black copper marans and got this little chickie... They are supposed to be purebred bev davis line... https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/image/view/album/6086065/id/5101894/sort/display_order What do you think? He/she has the feathered shanks like the...

The guy I got her from said she was some kind of marans, I've since discovered he doesn't know a leghorn from a rhode island red. https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/image/view/album/6086065/id/5101819/sort/display_order

Can anyone tell me which this is? https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/image/view/id/4985832/album/6086065

I have a two phase question; I want to collect some eggs from some new Cuckoo Marans hens I got that were bred to a Sultan Polish Rooster. How long can I collect the eggs before I need to put them in the incubator? How long before the eggs do not have the Sultan as the daddy anymore? When is...

why is it important to set these eggs horizontal? Will they still hatch out if left upright in an automatic turner?

I know this is probably a big ole blood ring in this first egg, but I thought for sure I saw movement, these are silkie eggs at 7 days, This second one just shows the blood ring .. I guess... This third one looks kind of clear, but maybe a hint of something... Shouldn't the veins be more...

I just candled my 11 day old narrangansett turkeys and three had what I think are blood rings And this little one was a quitter On a positive note, still have eight turkeys, six ducks, the peacock I'm just not sure of and the silkies have only been in four days..

This turkey egg is 7 days old, shows circulation but there are 3 blood spots, will this egg develop or should I cull now? can anyone identify the problem? Thanks

I have 12 Narrangansett turkey eggs, 1 peafowl egg, 8 duck eggs and will be putting in 12 silkie eggs (if I get them) this sunday, so they will all hatch out together. I know the humidity needs to be higher for the ducks, may try misting them or putting paper towel over them and keeping it...

My babies were hatching in my Hovabator and doing great, but the temp kept creeping up til it was 102, i tried adjusting it down, but it seemed like the more babies, the higher it went..so, I raised the lid slightly and took out 10 babies leaving the other 6 eggs inside, temp went back to...

So, out of my first try, I got 4 out of 18, but hey, they are the sweetest four. Do they look familiar to anyone? The only one I know for sure of the little black one, a banty. I'm thinking the bigger black one might be a roo.. Is 3 weeks too early to tell. Any input would be for fun only.. I

I am getting some turkey eggs to incubate in a few days and my sister wants me to try to hatch some of her duck eggs..and, well, my uncle has a million peacocks, so I thought I might throw in a few of those eggs too ( figuratively speaking) Don't they all take 28 days to incubate? and would the...

I set my eggs in the incubator on May 28th at 06:00am... so June 15th is the 18th day...do I go into lockdown at the end of the 18th day (which technically would be june 16th at 06:00am) or anytime during the 18th day? Also, I have them in a turner, temps have been ~ 100-100.5 at the tops of...

The subject says it all.. Yes, I'm a newbie, the rooster on the cover of the chickens magazine is so beautiful, can anyone tell me the breed? Thanks