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She’s a little fighter and will peck at the other chicks I have, a mix of big chicken chicks who are all about 6 times her size, we’re not leaving her in with them as they’re too boisterous for her. She’s in a brooder box next to their brooder and will get short bursts with them every day until...

Hi, she’s been like it since birth, her legs were straddles so I taped them with vet tape and she’s been waddling around, she also had one claw out of place which I taped, this is now fine and having removed the tape from her lower legs she’s not splaying her legs any more, but she’s lopsided...

Help! I have a tiny Poland/polish chick who looks as if she has a dislocated hip, anyone know how I can help her, she's feisty and eats/drinks, bosses any other chick about who comes near her, but she won't make it outside with the others if she can't walk properly.

Thanks, they're stumbling about and unsteady on their feet but I have non slip matting down for them. Hoping the stumbling isn't a bigger problem than newborn wobbles, I'll have a proper look in the morning but for now I'm pooped and off to bed (20 to 1 in the morning here 🫨😴 Thanks again.

Hi all, I have two new hatchlings, one Poland and one Silkie, both are tiny compared to my usual hatchlings. Will they be ok left in the incubator overnight then they can go to the brooder box tomorrow (bulb in heat lamp is broken and new one arrives tomorrow), my worry is that the humidity...

Hi, I’m not far from you, I’m in West Tisted, near Alton.

Hi, so sorry for the delay in answering but life has been manic this month! All hatched , final two were on the Monday evening but one was very small. We called them Darkwing (after the cartoon character because our very first duck over 30 yrs ago was called that), Sage, Basil, Dill & Peanut(the...

The other three now all have holes so hopefully will unzip within the next few hours, 🤞

Baby no2 has arrived, at 0155hrs, this one was much quieter once out and had more goo but is now snuggling in the other bator with the first. Bed now as we’re pooped!

I’ll bin it then, thanks. I was thinking Pekin

We’ve just done the same thing! Ours is nowhere near the size of yours, but bigger than it was. It was originally a child’s Wendy house but had been used for chickens for over 20 years, it was around 40 years old as it had been used for several children for a little over 20 years, so was...

Oh, forgot! She came out of the egg and kicked the shell away before rampaging around the bator, but I noticed what I assume to be yolk left in the shell, I’ve put this in the other bator with her and she immediately stuck her head in, took a nibble then walked away, it’s still in there with her...

So far we have one new baby who is now in a separate bator as he/she was being an absolute hooligan and refusing to sleep, all calm now and snoozing. The other four are still biding their time, two are noisy and two don’t look as if they’ve internally pipped. Here is no1 who we’re calling...

I bet it is, starting children young on the road to understanding is so important, and that’s also when they’re most likely to get excited about it.

Congratulations! Soooo cute! How many did you get in the end?

I currently have two extra thermometers as I wasn’t sure I could trust the bator, all three are different but one is very close to the bator and that’s the one I trust. I have a hygrometer in there too which is extra just to be sure. I realised last week that it would probably be a good idea to...

Wow! That’s amazing, so good for schools to be able to do that for children who otherwise wouldn’t get the opportunity (and for parents), I live/work on a farm estate , agriculture, not livestock any more, but the estate manager does tours for schools from the cities to show children where food...

Thanks, fingers and toes crossed that all goes smoothly. We started with six eggs but one didn’t even get off the starting block and had to be removed. I’m a little concerned that it’s a couple of days early hatch day should be Monday) but assume that’s probably due to temperature fluctuations...

I have my phone set up above them on time lapse recording them so my granddaughter can see it and take it into preschool as they’re learning about new life in spring at the moment - perfect timing 😊

Squeeeeeee!!!! As I’m typing the first to break through is pushing pieces of shell up 🥰🥰🥰🥰