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I don't have a second incubator unfortunately. My ameraucana are yellow and grey. I think they are actually Easter Eggers. My freak hen is white with a beard and lays a rust colored egg (I think olive egger and white leghorns cross) and is bred to black polish. My middle channel is filled with...

Hi. I'm an old member. I hatch only about 4 hatches per year. Two in the fall and two in the spring. My last hatch was April 2017 because I skipped fall to have a baby. I set 35 eggs on Feb 7th and 6 more today Feb 12th to fill my incubator full. I am setting 20 ameraucana, 16 polish and 5...

Update: I called U of A and they have suspended necropsies until mid September but referred me to Midwestern University which is closer anyway. I called and they charge $105 for exam, euthanasia and necropsy of 2 chickens. I could save $30 by culling myself but then it's done right and fresh...

Well I pretty much hate myself but my sister told me you can't go there to yourself. I called her crying and she said she once brought in a stray puppy with parvo and got her senior dog sick and not to go there because it's not like someone intentionally would harm their beloved pets. It's hard...

Thank you. I am heartbroken. I've hatched all these out from eggs. They are my babies.

Ok thank you I will call them.

I don't know. This post is just a downward spiral I doubt anyone can help me with. I was actually trying to sell off most of my flock because I'm overwhelmed. Basically I had like 50+ chickens after some overly successful hatches in April. I listed 6 rooster and a guy offered to trade for 2...

This is a nightmare. I think it might be time to get rid of my flock I have roof rats and scorpions. It's totally out of control. I can't hardware cloth 1000 square foot chicken run. The problem is the massive amount of water needed to cool my flock. It gets up to 120℉ in the summer. Today was...

This tiny cutie was waiting for me this morning.

OK thanks. This has been a successful but weird hatch. Hopefully these vessels dry up eventually.

I've assisted plenty. Actually 2 this morning. I usually just chip away shell and put them back in and they finish themselves. I've gone too far in the past and there's unabsorbed yolk so I try to wait it out. This morning I chipped away the 3 chicks. There were some blood vessels on this one, I...

This happened to a bunch of mine, two hatches in a row. I got 20 out of 30 and 27 out of 35 so clearly I'm doing something right. But fully formed dead chicks just kills me. And this last batch I paid $40 for a dozen eggs which were picked up locally and added to my own eggs. Literally perfect...

Thanks so much guys. I think I'll add the Silkies a couple days later. That's what I did when I put quail and chickens in the same hatch. I don't want anyone subjected to the wrong humidity

The cold spot is about 97 and the rest is about 100. Are polish and Silkies considered bantam? I guess if they are that small then they'll be the same size as my pullet eggs. I want to get the hatch started this weekend all together so they are close in age to a hatch I have in lockdown right now.