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    17th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    Mone are due on Sunday, we just went into lockdown! We saw, or were pretty sure we saw anyway, movement in all 52 eggs going into lockdown.
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    Cross beak out of nowhere

    Do you have any older, clear, pictures of the beak? I don't really see anything in the first photo, but I'd bet there is a very miniscule misalignment even then. Unfortunately cross beaks start off as a miniscule misalignment so small they're generally not visible and get worse as the chick grows.
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    AinaWGSD's Project 365

    Day 91 More tulips
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    Lavender Orpington Roo?

    How quickly a chick feathers is only an indicator of gender  IF they are specifically bred for feather sexing. It requires a specific combination of genes and most hatcheries aren't breeding for it. I would be nervous too if I had one chick feathering that much slower, but 1.5 weeks really is...
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    Location of garden vs chicken run, soil contamination concern?

    If you have those links handy I'd be interested in reading. Personally I don't think it will be an issue with a small backyard flock. I suspect you'd probably need 20+ chickens and minimum space for it to be an issue (more like a commercial set up) but that's just a gut feeling, I don't have any...
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    Illinois...

    Omg, what a Rollercoaster! I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope everything goes smoothly with your new grand baby and best of luck with your hatch.
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    Umbilical cord or intestine?

    I can't say with any certainty, but in the second picture the narrow skinny bit that seems attached to the egg looks like umbilicus while the part attached to the duckling does look more like possible intestine. If I had to guess I'd say it was probably an umbilical hernia. I'm sorry it didn't...
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    AinaWGSD's Project 365

    Day 90 My rhododendron is in full bloom now!
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    5.5 week old ameraucana - she’s a girl, right?

    At 5.5 weeks I would not be certain either way for either of the chicks pictured. Give it another 2-3 weeks.
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    AinaWGSD's Project 365

    Day 89 Low-key obsessed with this tulip. Look how pretty she is!
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    Blood Sample Collection from Living Birds/Relatedness Testing with HealthGene

    A toenail is unlikely to be adequate for that volume size. A 25g needle would work, red blood cells will lyse at 27g or smaller.
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    Sexing guess at 2 weeks

    I agree, too young to tell yet. But oh my word! That second picture is so precious!
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    AinaWGSD's Project 365

    Day 88 I'm so glad tulip season is finally here!
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    17th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    We tossed 4 eggs at day 14. Two clear, one early quitter with a blood ring, and one that looked like it quit around day 7-9. Air cells were looking a little small, so we dropped the humidity to 30%. We'll probably candle one more time at lockdown on Thursday, but it looks like we're going into...
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    You can only pick 6 hens...what's your line up!

    Congratulations, it's always so much fun picking breeds! We are also limited to 6 chickens in town and there are 4 people in our family, so each person chose a breed and we voted on the final 2. We ended up with: Rhode Island Red Blue Laced Red Wyandotte Cream Legbar Meyer's Cookies and...
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