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    laying nest...how many?

    I Just use old milk crates and cut half of one side out. I have four but my 8 hens use only one. Mum kept complaining about the noise from them when they layed.As they line up waiting for the same box. So i put a golf ball in each one of them now they use all of them and now theres not much...
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    would a Australorp X White Leghorn be a good layer?

    I am going to order some chicks and they have isabrowns,black sex links or australorp x leghorns. my question is would they be just as good layers as isabrowns?? thanks
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    when should I order some chicks?

    I raised some black sex links and they have been laying for a good 2 months now. When should i order some baby chicks? i want the order chicks to be laying when the black sex links go into molt. So when is a good time?? thanks
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    how many birds?

    HI all I am going to order some day old leghorn chicks from a hatchery, and was thinking of getting acouple of meat chicks. As i would only have to pay for the chicks and not postage. I am only wanting acouple at butcher time,just to see how they go then i might get some more. Just wondering...
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    broody sign?

    My White Rock hen has been walking around the yard picking up bits of grass and laying them on her back. Is this a sign that she may be going broody,she is around 15 months old.?? thanks
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    what do these chicks look like?

    I got these eggs of a friend which has a bantam rooster but i dont know what breed of hens. Most of the eggs were large brown eggs so i guess isabrowns? But i also got acouple white bantam eggs. I was wondering if anyone could guess what thse chicks parents were?? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. thanks
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    New Embryology experiment Final

    heaps kool do you think the chick will survive?
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    keep a rooster for a day

    I have my own incubator and all that just wanted to get some cheap hatching eggs
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    keep a rooster for a day

    in NSW Australia away from everybody:(
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    keep a rooster for a day

    Hi I am thinking of hatching out some chicks but when I go to get some eggs there either too much $$ or I can only get so many. I am allowed to have a rooster were i live but once i get a complaint I have to get rid of him. So I can't have one full time but its not illegal to own one. I Have a...
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    Another Egg

    I have 6 black stars that are around 6 months old. i walked into the coop today and found two little pullet eggs. I have been waiting for these pullets to start laying so I can replace my old leghorns. I am going to hatch out some isabrown eggs soon. So I will have replacement pullets on time...
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    APRIL HATCH-A-LONG come join in

    I'm in too Just testing out my new bator. Got 12 bantam x isabrown eggs in it. Due the 1st, I can see 9 are alive and doing well. I want to find out what the hatch rate is then i will put in about 40ish isabrown eggs for next cycle layers.
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    Trying to hatch eggs!!! help

    your black crosses might never go broody,buy a silkie and you never need to buy a incubator.
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    candling?

    Hi I got some bantam x isabrown eggs of a friend and put them in my incubator thursday morning so they have been in their just over 3 days. I just candled them and all i can see are the yolks move when i tilt the eggs. Should I be able to see the yolks move or should i see some vains.????? The...
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    low egg #'s

    what breed are they? and how old are they?
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