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    Hello please help me with my eggs

    As the days progress you stop being able to see all the veins as the chick fills the egg. I wish I could say that is the case but you should still be able to see veins up to around day 14, for instance my eggs are on day 17 and I can still see veins but only near the tip of the egg in the...
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    Half dark half light

    How many days in? With that transparent of an egg shell I would think you'd be able to see the veins and embryo fairly easily.
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    6-week old chick lost a leg?!

    Pictures of the leg? If it is a fresh wound then I would guess it either a weasel or rat. It wouldn't take much to pull a chick's leg off through a wire bottom or gap through a wooden floor.
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    First time emu egg incubation

    27 days is far to early for emus to hatch. I would say the egg is bad and starting to rot inside, hence the foamy goop coming out of the crack. Give it a sniff, if it's nasty smelling then you'll know it is a bad egg. If there are no other eggs incubating with this one and it doesn't smell...
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    Mother's day hatch-a-long

    I've got 8 more days and 10 for-sure active chicks developing plus a few I can't see through so left them in. Out of 34 eggs I removed 5 quitters (all shipped eggs) and something like 18ish blanks. I’ll do an official count when I lock them down.
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    Really bad feathers on chick

    Is there any way the chick in question could just be a frizzle?
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    Incubating Eggs from Road-side Stall?

    10 more days! I've just finished candling and sorting out all the quitters/duds. 10 for sure are kicking around inside and I left 4 others that I just can't tell. 4 of the 10 shipped eggs are still going, at least 4 were quitters after about a week in. Of the road side stall eggs that were not...
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    Incubating Eggs from Road-side Stall?

    Humidity is staying at a stable 40ish% and temp is between 99.5 and 100. I've been tilting the incubator several times a day. It's been a week or so now and admittedly I've been candling them since day 2. I saw development as early as 3 days! Looks like at least 8/10 of the large breed shipped...
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    Mother's day hatch-a-long

    That's okay, I've been checking mine ever since day 2 and after 5 days I can definitely see some development in several of them. I did remove a couple duds and will be doing so again soon but those darker eggs are keeping me guessing!
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    Too many deformities?

    2% deformities isn't great but really isn't bad either, natural selection will weed out the weaker ones as you've seen. Sad but fascinating to see some of the more developed chicks like that as most would normally die well before they start looking like chicks. I hope you preserve it! Sounds...
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    Two black dots

    If there's a blood ring and you are sure it had died then crack it open and see, that's the only for-sure way to know if it was a twin.
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    Rebuilding an Old Coop for New Birds, Need Pointers

    I've settled on 5ft fencing, figured 150ft for 110$ was pretty good and it should be here in a few more days. The door into the coop will have a screen window (hardware cloth). So far the roof and flooring has been replaced, I just added a coating of water sealant to the floor as the wood is...
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    Eggs moving forward on a rolls type incubator

    I noticed the same problem in my horizontal incubator with the rollers. At one point there was an egg being turned vertically and I found it sitting straight up! Placing them pointy end to pointy end should do the trick, haven't had a chance to try it myself though.
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    4 week old chick gender guesses? (Plus results as they mature)

    4 weeks old today! They are developong their own personalities and I’m guessing there are more roos than hens. 5-7 are BYM. And yes, I know they are still really young to get an accurate gender. Two EE that I’m guessing both are male. Chick 1, an absolute turd to the others. Chick 2, chest...
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    Mother's day hatch-a-long

    Thanks! There were 4 dozen to choose from and I really like the darker browns so I chose the best looking ones to work with. There were only 3 green ones but one was small so I left it out. The whites and light browns were fillers, plus it's nice to be able to see what's going on inside! I'm...
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    Incubating Eggs from Road-side Stall?

    Well, I just set 34 eggs down in the incubator! 10 of the large breed mix and 24 from a roadside stall (some had been in the fridge for a while). I decided to dry incubate them vertically which also allowed me to fit several more than if I did it horizontally. They will be turned simply by...
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    Mother's day hatch-a-long

    I'm just about to set some right now, due to hatch ~May 15 and all but 10 are from local roadside stands. The other 10 are barnyard mix of large breeds that I had shipped a state away. I hope your hatch goes well!
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    Incubating Eggs from Road-side Stall?

    I'll probably buy another dozen on Monday and leave a note in their money box with my # and some questions. Less uncomfortable than knocking on their door ;) After chatting with a friend who said she would likely take any extra chicks, I've made plans to use the full capacity of my incubator...
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    White/Yellow goo attached to chicks back?

    Just the left over egg goop, you can either take if off now or wait as it will fall off eventually as the chick dries and fluffs out. Just be sure you do not tear off anything attached to the belly of the chick where the umbilical cord is.
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    Incubating Eggs from Road-side Stall?

    Seeing as my last hatch from shipped eggs was only 8/17 of those that made it to lock down I kind of want to compare to non-shipped eggs. I've been contemplating incubating eggs from roadside stalls for a while now after noticing the fertility was pretty good in the last few dozen my dad brought...
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