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    My One Year Old RIR Hens Quit Laying

    It has been very hot here lately,so maybe this has something to do with this. Thanks so much for your answer. This does help. Benny
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    My One Year Old RIR Hens Quit Laying

    I have a small flock of RIR chickens, consisting of 6 hens and one rooster. The hens have been laying well since they were 5 months old. I have lost one hen due to natural causes and one hen has raised 5 small chicks. The old hens are now 1 year old. The rooster has been getting meaner everyday...
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    Should I leave the eggs in the carton are take them out?

    I am getting ready to lockdown 12 RIR fertilized eggs in a homemade incubator where they have been turned 3 times daily. Tomorrow will be 18 days were I have watch the temperature and haave kept the eggs in a dozen eggs carton with the top removed. Now that they will soon hatch, should I...
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    How long do i leave the live chicks in the incubator?

    This is my first incubating try and today at 5:00 a.m., day 22, one chick got out of the shell, followed by 3 more at differernt times of the day, the last being at 5:oo pm. How long can I leave the live chicks in with the remaining 4 eggs before I can should remove the live chicks. I know the...
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    When is it safe to introduce new chicks back into the main flock?

    Thanks for the response. New at this, and really didn't know the correct thing to do. Really need to build another pen for the newborn and keep them seperate until size is equal. That is what I will do. Thanks again. Benny
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    When is it safe to introduce new chicks back into the main flock?

    I have 5 RIR hens and 1 rooster that are all hand raised from 2 days old to their present age of 11 months. One hen went broody and hatched 5 chicks which are now 5 weeks old and fully feathered out. The hen and chicks have been separated from the rest of the chickens for 8 weeks now by chicken...
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    When to place RIR hen back into the flock.

    I have 5 RIR hens and 1 RIR rooster that are now 10 months old. One hen went broody and hatched 5 chicks that are now three weeks old. I have the mother hen and chicks living in the same coop with the other chickens but the chicks and mother hen are separated from the rest by chicken wire...
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    My Grandson's first grade class what to hatch some baby chicks!

    My grandson's first grade teacher wants to try and hatch some chicken eggs so the kids can see this happen. I live 12 miles from the school. The teacher lives 25 miles away. My question is would it be possible for me to run the incubator at my house for the first 18 days so I can do the turning...
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    When do I let new chicks and hen back into the flock?

    I have a small flock of chickens, being 5 young RIR hens and a rooster. One hen went broody and hatched 6 chicks and 5 have lived. I separated the hen and chicks from the rest of the flock 4 weeks ago, 3 weeks before the chicks hatched. All I did was split the coop in half with 4 foot chicken...
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    Mean RIR Rooster

    I have a 10 month old RIR rooster that will attack anyone that comes around if they get too close. I have two small grandchildren that are scared of him and I also will not they go around him without me present. I also have a 10 month old RIR hen that is sitting on 8 eggs that should hatch...
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    Old Starter Grower Chicken Feed

    I have a broody RIR that has been sitting for 18 days as of today. If I am lucky I will have new baby chicks Friday. My question is it OK to feed Purina Starter Grower chick feed that is a year old left over from starting their mother as a chick a year ago. The feed has been kept dry in a...
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    Question About A Broody RIR Hen

    I am new to chickens and I have a couple of questions for you people with some experience. I have six RIR hens eights old and one of them went broody Wed. 2/09 and was setting on one egg. I thought she would quit but as of Fri. she was still setting good. That afternoon a friend of mine gave...
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    8 Month Old RIR Hen Goes Broody On One Egg

    One of my 8 month old RIR hens started sitting on a single egg Wed. 2/9/11. I thought she would quit but today Fri. 2/11/11 she is sitting right on. A neighbor gave me 8 fertile eggs from his hens and I placed them under her this afternoon and she went back to sitting. Is she old enough to hatch...
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    Homemade Egg Incubator

    That Fixed my problem. Thanks You guys are great. Benny Quote:
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    Homemade Egg Incubator

    I needs some help. I just built a homemade incubator and used a hot water heat regulator from Lowe's, 60 watt bulb, an old igloo cooler, pc fan, and the system works well but it comes on @ 90 degrees, runs for 9 minutes, get the incubator up to 102 degrees and shuts off for 16 minutes and cycles...
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