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Any one have trouble hatching a pure bred black star mix with a another breed? I had 3 fertile eggs mixed with a aracana (green layer) roster all made it to almost the last day one went rotten (almost fully formed), another never hatched, only one hatched. I was wondering if this is a common...

what types of feather growing patterns will i notice between the baby rosters and hens as they get older? i am almost at week 2.5 and 3.

About when should the peck order start? should i be doing anything different while this is going on? I have 5 chicks and 2 of them seem to be fighting they will be 3 weeks old by Thursday and Friday (23Th,24Th)

I have noticed some bare spots on my black star mix its 2 weeks old. is this something i should be worried about?

What treats at what ages can i give my baby chicks? i started with scrambled egg (nothing added just pain egg) and i just stared giving them canded corn they are all a week old now. when can i give them blueberry's and grass/ greens? what other treats can I give them? I have them on medicated...

what is the least rosters to hens I can have without them fighting way too much? I just hatched 2 rosters and 3 hens and in my older birds I have 1 roster and 9 hens would it be safe to put them all together when their the same size?

I held a black pen tip up to my couple day olds and they all backed up to the back of the tank like they where very scared (they usually run up to the glass). why would they be scared of a pen?

I have one chick that's only a couple of days old, its a lot fatter and the head is noticeably rounder (its also a lot fluffier). could this mean its a roster?

i had 6 fertile incubating eggs in my incubator, 5 of them hatched so fare the were supposed to hatch to day and one tomorrow, but some hatched a day earlier. so the last one is a black star egg (mixed with a green layer roster) had two of those eggs in the incubator one hatched yesterday. the...

I have 2 chicks that hatched today, they hatched this afternoon. i see pips on the others but they haven't hatched yet, is it normal for them to take longer (by longer i mean longer after the first pip)? the are green eggs the one that have hatched are brown. one egg i put in a day later, the...

I know I am supposed to wait 4- 8 hrs before taking my chicks out, but only 1 / 6 hatched so fare and can see the others starting its moving around and I am afraid of it bumping the thermometers in to other eggs. I read opening the incubator to get the chick out reduces the number of birds that...

I was thinking about using shredded paper or shredded newspaper for a bedding for my chicks when they hatch but, I'm sure they will try and eat it. is it bad if they eat it? I know theres ink and stuff in news paper.

How many eggs do you get from your pure bred silkies per week and per hen?

so right now i have a thermometer in the center of my incubator with 6 eggs laying on their side around it, i stop turning tonight. so should i leave them on their side for the hatch or place them up in a part of an egg carton?

are silkies rosters violent against each other? just wondering because they usually only come in strait run.

Do i need to lower temperature when i stop turning eggs?

How much room would i need for 2-3 full grown silkies? would a dog house with a good sized yard be big enough? or at least big enough till I can mix them in with the full grown birds (normal sized)?

about how much square footage should i have per chicken ( just the coop not the yard)? dose a front porch with chicken wire and a roof count towards the space per bird(normal sized chickens)?

I am on day 15 almost 16, i removed the infertile eggs today and notice the developing eggs feel warmer than normal. is this normal? are they just providing their own heat? my temp is at 100 right now and i am using a hava bator 1602-n with a PC fan, and there are 6 eggs in it.

I have a book that says "there is no need to turn eggs after the 15Th day" is this true? every were else says 3 days before hatch.