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    new size or will it stay the same?

    We have RIR's that lay jumbo size eggs. They won't fit in an XL egg carton. Last spring we rescued a chick from a parking lot. It ended up being a Heavy Cornish Cross. He fertilized one or more of the RIR's and we hatched out four chicks. They ended up having white feathers with a few black/gray...
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    medicated feed

    I got some chick starter from the local coop. It was medicated. How long should I feed the chicks this before going to unmedicated? This is the first time I have ever had medicated feed.
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    eating clear, incobated, candled eggs

    Sometimes I have weird thoughts. The other day, this was my wondering. If you place eggs in the incubator and candle on day 5 to 7(brown eggs), are the clear ones you remove still edible? I know that people who eat balut take an 18 day old embryo in the shell, boil it and eat it. So, if you cook...
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    Hatching today

    First hatch from rescued rooster.
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    unknown hatch date

    8/22 set my chicken eggs in incubator. It's been a few years since I used the unit. For the first 5 days my thermometer said 96.7. I tried to adjust it based on the instructions for it. I got it to go up a few tenths, even when trying the 5 degree change toggle, or the reset to factory toggle...
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    what color eggs will they lay?

    I have brown egg layers for hens (Rhode Island Reds is what Bomgaars sold the hens as. ). This spring we rescued a white chick while at a park and it turned out to be a rooster. I think he's a white leghorn. He's old enough to breed the hens now. What color eggs will any hens hatched from this...
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