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Chicken Math 101 – with Quiz!I love this! I have 5 chickens in 4 breeds (all have names) so I have zero! Time to get some Plymouth Rocks... -
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Guide to Assisted Hatching for All PoultryI used these instructions and was able to hatch a chick successfully. Sadly, Valor had to be...- SoftSilkie
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Reasons for Tossing Out Your Indoor Brooder and Start Raising Your Chicks OutdoorsFabulous and inspiring article! I love the concept of not terrifying the chicks with hands...- DoozyWombat
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Hatching Eggs & Raising Chickens
Hatching baby chicks from eggs is an exciting and rewarding process. Learn how to incubate eggs, take care of hatchlings, and properly care for brand new fluffy chicks.
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Reasons for Tossing Out Your Indoor Brooder and Start Raising Your Chicks Outdoors
My early brooders Six years ago when I got my second batch of day-old baby chicks, I thought I had arrived at the ultimate solution for a... -
Candling Pics Progression Through Incubation Of Chicken Eggs
CANDLING PICS: Progression Through Incubation Thanks to ZooMummzy, I am doing a test run of my little plywood bator and her little rooster... -
Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry
Preface If you need immediate instructions on how to assist a hatch, you may skip this section and go to the next one, where the instructions... -
Development of a Chicken Embryo Day by Day
This is an explanation of what is happening each day as a chicken embryo develops, complete with candling pictures. The egg I am using is a silver... -
Chicken Math 101 – with Quiz!
Dear esteemed colleagues, there is a well-known and documented phenomenon known as “Chicken Math” effecting our coops, though there is little... -
Guide to Letting Broody Hens Hatch and Raise Chicks
Using a Broody Hen to Hatch and Raise Chicks A broody hen is the absolute best way to hatch chicks for you and your flock. She will do all the... -
Integrating new birds at 4 weeks old
Integrating as young chicks is much much easier than older birds, setting the space up to facilitate might not be so easy but well worth the... -
Incubation Humidity
Relative Humidity (RH) “humidity” – simplified, is the amount of moisture present, relative to the amount that would be present if the air were... -
Adventures in Hatching - When Things Don't Go Quite as Planned
Hi there. I'm long-time chicken keeper with a lot of experience, but even I can get so caught up in making sure humidity is perfect and the... -
The Beginner's Guide to Incubation
The Beginner's Guide to Incubation This guide is intended to help people new to incubation learn how to properly incubate and hatch eggs. It... -
A Viewpoint on Managing Roosters
Introduction The content in this article is not in any way meant to be a definitive guide to raising and keeping cockerels and cock birds. It is... -
How To Raise Baby Chicks—The First 60 Days Of Raising Baby Chickens
Raising Baby Chickens—The First 60 Days Getting and raising chicks is exciting and may even be a little nerve wrecking time for chicken... -
Step by Step Guide to ASSISTED Hatching
ps.... dont hesitate to pop on the threa ALSO there is a 9 1 1 - HELP! stuff went wrong links from the thread HERE... -
Aggressive Baby Chicks and How to Stop the Behavior
Each spring I see countless cries for help from people with a day-old baby chick who is terrorizing the other chicks in the brooder, pecking at... -
Yes, You Certainly Can Brood Chicks Outdoors
I brooded my first chicks the way most of us learned to brood chicks...in the house, in a big box, with a heat lamp. It was a hoot at first... -
How To Incubate & Hatch Chicken Eggs - Just 21 Days From Egg To Chicken!
How To Incubate and Hatch Chicken Eggs Incubating and hatching eggs is one of the most enjoyable (and addictive) aspects of chicken keeping... -
Egg failure to hatch - Diagnosing incubation problems
Diagnosing and troubleshooting incubation problems and hatch failures Eggs failing to hatch can be a disappointing and sometimes costly... -
Getting the Most Out of Your Hatching Eggs
So you want to hatch yourself some chicks and you’re ready to collect eggs and toss them in the incubator. Wait! There are some things you should...