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What is going on??? I have been hatching my own eggs for a few years. No issues. This year, despite fertility being almost 100%, and using three different incubators, I’m getting a 25% hatch (and survive) rate. Those that do survive appear perfectly normal. Embryos are dying within a few...

I have a hen who has started moulting with the coldest temperatures in years about to arrive - forecast -37C. She has a couple of bare patches on her head and her back. Should I try to cover them somehow to prevent frostbite? What can I do?

Hi, warning: gross pictures below. Is this a chicken parasite? I don’t see one that looks like it in my chicken health book. They’re moving a bit. Very small.

These chicks were hatched out of eggs from a pen of both Barred Rock and ISA Brown hens under a Barred Rock rooster. Can you tell which are pure and which are crosses? Sorry for the poor picture quality. These guys are wiggly. And I’m also sorry that chick 1 and chick 2 pics are mixed...

I have three Jersey Giant pullets, 4.5 months old. One of them has a darker face and comb than the other two. The other two have lighter faces and more red combs. Can a Jersey Giant have these features? She was also a lot smaller than the others but seems to have caught up. I confirmed...

Yep, I know I’m the biggest ahole ever. I didn’t adequately secure my incubation room. Don’t worry, I will never forgive myself. These guys are mid-hatch, day 20.5. The cat got one newly-hatched chick out and chewed on her, she knocked one pipped egg off the incubation table, and the lid was...

Just wondering... I have two Opal Legbar eggs with side air cells. I have spent a ton since shipping wrecked my first batch from this breeder so I reordered and ended up with three Opal Legbar eggs in lockdown. So since it has been really hard to get to this point and I have spent a lot I want...

Bad pics. This guy was on the run. This pic was from when it was 6 weeks + 1 day old Thanks!!!

EDIT: Eddie is a Jersey Giant! I gotta take new pics. Standby... Left: George Right: Eddie Sorry, these guys move fast and I didn’t get standing shots

Left: Ladybug Right: Train Track Left: Ladybug Right: Train Track Ladybug Train Track Left: Ladybug Right: Train Track Fluff Ball Didn’t get a standing pic of him

Which would be better? I only have one egg that has developed after a hatching egg order got scrambled by the shipping. Assuming this little guy hatches, it will be alone for a week until my next batch hatches. Alternatively, I could stick it in with 7-week-old chicks but I’m assuming that...

This is me: I have overfilled my incubator. It’s my first hatch. The breeder gave me a bunch more eggs with my order and I couldn’t bear to not set them. I candled all of them and and pulled one because it had a huge blood spot. I had the turner out to make room and was manually turning but it...

(1) Are you new to chickens/when did you first get chickens? Yes. March 2020. I’m a city girl who married a small town guy and now I live in the country. I didn’t want chickens; didn’t want the extra work. But my toddler loved eggs for some reason (coveted them in the carton, liked to hold...