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I just noticed that 2 of my 2 week old bantam chicks have cross beak. This has to be new because I pick them up often and I would inspect them. One is a silkie, the other is an Ameraucana. They are both from different breeders. I am wondering if this is my fault. Is their crumble feed to big? I...

Today was hatch day for my first ever silkies. This morning humidity was good, but I got home from a 10 hour day and humidity was at 24%. One chick pipped, and the membrane was white as could be. I was not going to assist but the egg was movin like crazy and the chick non stop peeping. So I...

I have never done meat birds. My husband bought home 3 Cornish cross chicks last time he got feed because he wants to try it out. Well I had chicks about the same age so I just put them in the brooder with them, and their medicated feed. It's been 3 days and it only occurred to me tonight that...

I got 2 of these free chicks today for chick day. I looked online at dunlap hatcheys site and I can't for the life of me figure out what it is. I'm hoping it's not some rooster sex link. It kind of looks like a red sex link but its color is blue. I am thinking its a standard chicken.

I missed a day of collecting eggs so yesterday I collected the 2 days worth. Of course all 11 eggs were in one out of the 6 nest boxes, and they were extra dirty. One of the eggs broke over these eggs, leaving them all covered in dried yoke and whites. I wasn't sure what to do, but that's a big...

Just got this sweet little turken from the feed store. I did wipe its vent with a warm washcloth right after I took this picture. So what else should I do?

Hooray! One of my 2 eggs pipped this morning! But the humidity was down to 50 so I poured some water through the hole in the top. It usually lands in the water dish below but this time it landed on the paper towel. So now the eggs are sitting on a wet paper towel. Is that ok? The other issue- I...

I have been trying to find reviews on strombergs sq hatching eggs but I am not having much luck. The few reviews I have found are discouraging, but they are older. If anyone could tell me anything about them it would be very much appreciated! They have a breed I would love to have and I don't...

I wanted to test my new incubator before I bought eggs, so I put in 4 of my layers eggs. Well a couple are going into lockdown soon, and because I was so excited at the success of my incubator I have eggs I ordered going in. Will it hurt the eggs that are in lockdown to be turned along with the...

I recently got a new but factory blemished brinsea eco 20. I set the temp. to 99.5 and put in 4 eggs from my chickens to test it out. I have 15 chickens that have been laying since August/Sept. and 5 roosters, (dont worry we have plans for 3 of them,) and I am pretty sure I have seen the bulls...

Hi everyone, I would like to talk genetics a bit. Here's my questions- does the hen or the rooster carry the easter egger gene? Can you make second generation Easter eggers if the rooster has the white egg gene? If you breed an ee rooster to a brown layer will you get an olive egger? And lastly...

I have 5 ducks that I got straight run as ducklings. The plan was to keep the females for laying purposes and humanely butcher the males for us to eat. I ended up with only 2 females, and 3 males. I want to keep my cayuga male because he ended up being the only semi-friendly one out of the...

So for the first time since I can remember, my animal shelter has a rooster! I was excited to see this and even considered giving the bantam rooster a home. I commented the picture they posted on their fb saying, " Aw he would have a home with me in a heart beat if he was a she! When the humane...

I have read many forums on incubators, I have visted many web sites, but I STILL need help! With my hovabator I only had about a 50% hatch rate and that just won't do. I want something not styrofoam, something suitable for eggs from chickens to geese, and it must have an auto turn and digital...

I had the basic styrofoam hovabator this summer and it worked fine. I wasnt impressed but I also wasn't disappointed. Now that I have hatched a few batches, I want to ask my husband to get me a nice incubator for Christmas. I have tried researching on my own but it's impossible to know with so...

After quarantineing a new chicken for a month I introduced her to my flock about 2 months ago. She seemed very healthy. Shortly after though I lost my youngest pullet to cocci. I treated the flock and all seemed well for about a month. Then I started seeing the droopy wings again so the flock...

Yesterday morning I awoke to my husband telling me the chickens got out of the coop and were all over our 1 acre yard. -They spend their days in a 650 sq ft run rather than free ranging because I worry about the outrageous number of hawks we have here.- Apparently when checking for eggs I...

Hi everyone! About a month ago my parents expressed to me that they want quail. I have an incubator so I told them I would make it happen. Well today 25 jumbo brown quail eggs were put in the mail for me. I have only hatched chicken eggs, and have only raised chickens and ducks. So I would love...

So I need to treat my flock for coccidia. One died about a week ago and though the rest all seem normal treating for cocci was advised to me. The only thing we could find around here is sulfadimethoxine. The package is a unclear so I have yet to use it. I found this link on the...

Early yesterday morning a chick pipped. By this morning it had broken off part of the shell but had not done anymore. By this evening the membrane was very dry and it was clear this chick needed help. 5 others hatched since this chick pipped. I zipped the egg and put it back in the incubator and...