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My first try at incubating went well. I had 24 of 33 hatch and all but two of the baby chicks survived and are doing well. Five of the unhatched eggs clearly did not have anything develop. Four eggs appear to have a chick - but I'm on day 24 and figure they probably wont hatch. Do most of...

When I ordered chicks before, I always got just pullets. In my last order, I had to get straight run and ended up with a few male birds. I parted ways with a couple of the males, but did keep one in the coop. Since then, my stories of my birds have become much more interesting. Just the...

We have several brew pubs in our area that use whole grain barley and wheat for making the beer. Has anyone used the spent grain? Much of the nutrition has probably been used up in making the beer, but I imagine my chickens would eat it (they eat everything). Has anyone cracked the code on...

After the massacre of all but one of my chicks, I got rid of the raccoon that caused the problem. But, I know more will follow. I don't want to set leg hold traps because of the risk that a dog will get caught. I am considering the egg trap (name is based upon it's shape)...