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Hello there! My Muscovy ducks are on day 32, and I have a few that have internally pipped. All of them are quite active and I hear chirping. One of my eggs looks like it is starting to slightly bruise right where the little guy has been pecking. Is that ok? This is my first time with duck eggs...

Hello again! So today I am looking for advice on how to proceed with 2 Embden goose eggs that are still in lockdown in our hatcher (old small incubator). There were 3 eggs that made it to lockdown. Day 26: Candled all three eggs and seen movement in all of them. Egg #2 was internally pipped...

So I just went out to do my afternoon check on my ladies. I took them some fresh spinach - one of their faves and was missing one of my bantams, Flash!! Which meant she was probably roosting - YEP! So, I went into the coop and there she was, the little red speckled cutie all huddled up in her...

Can a hen tell which eggs SHE herself laid, or do hens only recognize an egg as an egg? If there’s a communal nest box for example, does a hen know which eggs she laid in a pile of other eggs?

Hello all, I have had chickens for a few years but am a first time duck owner and have had them for a year now. I’ve had instances of chickens eating their own eggs which isn’t surprising (bc chickens are chickens) but I caught one of my Pekin’s this morning eating one of my chicken eggs! Then I...

My hen this morning would not chase treats, was lethargic, and keeping to herself. I gave her an Epsom soak just in case because I recently lost a hen to egg issues. Her crop was empty but she still acted sick. Eventually she drank water but still would hardly move and she walked slow. I...

At the end of yesterday, Day 21, I candled all of my eggs. I found two out of 13 that I could see movement in and were definitely still alive. Well, something in me told me to leave the other eggs in there. And I am glad I did, this morning my mom called me into the kitchen yelling, “you have a...

I simply don't trust the incubator's read due to using it in the past. I cannot find the thermometer I used in the past and am scrambling to figure out which one to trust. I've got two in there, one reading 99.4 and one reading 98.2. Grabbed a third meant for a terrarium and it reads 98.6 These...

Last year in may one of my geese, consumed a washer and bolt/screw. She was rushed to the vet when she became lethargic and thus started chelation therapy. Within about a month and a half she successfully passed the metal and was back to being happy/healthy. I was wondering if anyone has any...

Its about 30-40 degrees F where I am and we have gotten rain/snow in the past 24 hours, I noticed a goose egg right next to my house(my girls love to lay here) it must of been laid within the last 24 hours because it wasn't there yesterday morning. But my house drips on the spot they like laying...

I am about to start incubating a set of 18 eggs that have been on my counter for a few days, les than 10, when I saw one that seems to have a bruise on it. It is oddly colored compared to the rest of the egg and when I shine a light it looks more see through. It is also a little oddly shaped on...

Im treating my whole flock for coccidiosis due to a chick having it that im brooding indoors, and this includes 2 grown outdoor hens. Im not a huge fan of eggs and only one is laying right now so i feed their eggs back, usually 3 eggs once a week. So heres the big question: Is there enough...

Ducky had started to externally pip 24+ hrs ago and made some holes! When i could finally see his beak through the hole i noticed the membrane still covering most of it. I decided to peel back more of the shell and use a wet Q Tip to damp the membrane and move it so the duckling could breathe...

Hello so ill keep it short, so its been almost two days and my hen seems to be egg bound. First day she seemed egg bound but after a few hours seemed okay, turns out the egg hasn't passed yet and she is straining again. I tried to let her naturally pass it but it doesn’t seem like she will...

I got my first egg on Saturday from my Rhode Island Red hen! She laid Saturday and today but my question is why aren't my Australorps laying yet? My two autralorps are three weeks older than the rest of flock and have not laid yet. My barred rocks and RIR are the same age and as of right now...

Hello so this is my first time incubating eggs and I know that it is one day after you set them in the incubator until it is day 1. I just overthink a lot and don’t know if it is tommorow at 12:00 am or Sunday at 12:00 am, but I put them in the incubator on day January 9, 12:00 am so I just...

Hey y’all, I am gearing up already for hatching goslings next spring, and was curious on letting Muscovy ducks hatch out most of my goose eggs next spring (I only have 1 pair of geese, they are Chinese geese) and I was also wondering how many goose eggs can one Muscovy hen hatch out in a clutch...

Hi everyone, I recently have my chicken inside my home, because of a recent bumblefoot scab removal Original thread here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/bumblefoot-week-after-scab-removal.1557084/ Well he’s been inside sense 12/02 per vet request, things have been going great...

Hello, I recently read a book that mentioned how one chef trained in the EU had to learn how to cater different recipes based on the seasonal quality of eggs. This is something you see having chickens, but I never thought to adjust recipes for it. I was unable to actually find any recipes that...

So my Pekin female, Daphne, has been laying eggs consistently for a couple of weeks now. Only once did I fail to find an egg... until yesterday and today. I didn't turn the coop completely inside out but I searched all her nesting spots. Its possible im missing it but I've found them every...