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    Rescued 14 Bantam chicks

    Hello fellow fowl lovers! I went into my feed store several weeks ago and they had just received whole variety of Bantam chicks. A couple weeks later I went in and they still had a lot of them. They asked me if I wanted them for free because they weren't selling. SO.... I came home with 14 2...
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    Five chicks have died! Unknown cause!

    Right after Easter, I bought 4 2 day old baby chicks from my feed store. All were doing very well. (2 Buff Orpingtons, 1 EE, and 1 unknown). 3 days later I bought a 3 day old Crested Cream Legbar. Then I read that a local breeder had Blue Copper Marans, so I put hazed 4 of them for $15.00 a...
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    What breed is this young hen?

    [/IMG] She came with 3 EE's that I adopted last night. Owner did not know breed. He said she layed her first egg yesterday...tan in color. Very friendly as are the EE's.
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    I can't believe the lone survivor is hatching!

    Good morning fellow chicken lovers! I feel like I'm a father pacing in the waiting room waiting for this birth! One month ago...I made two homemade incubators (Styrofoam cooler and light bulb with sponges for humidity) I placed 9 of my friends chicken eggs into bator #1. I had ordered 10...
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    9 eggs...Day 9...only two embryos moving

    This is my first attempt at hatching eggs in my home made incubator. I've kept the temp between 99 and 102. Humidity has been between 45% and 50%. If I only see for sure two embryonic movements...how long should I wait to discard the eggs I'm not seeing any movement? This is my first time...
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    This is what happens when you are a Retired OB Nurse!

    I can't stay away of "eggs", "fertilization" and new babies....so when my neighbor needed to have someone care for her chickens due to illness, I jumped on the band wagon. It only made sense and I didn't realize how much I love taking this on. Now I've made two home made incubators (I have...
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