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    PVC coyote rollers

    Great idea. However I need to mount these to the tops if my metal gates. That is where mine are escaping. I have one gate that is about 5ft and I'm afraid the pvc will bend to the weight of the chicken and not spin.
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    What is happening and how did I fix it

    This winter will the the 2nd for one group amd the 3rd for the other group and my roo.
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    What is happening and how did I fix it

    And this didn't happen last winter, they all layer thru winter.
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    What is happening and how did I fix it

    This has been happening for a couple months now since Aug, sept
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    What is happening and how did I fix it

    I live in East texas. I have 15 laying g age hens that were producing an average of 12 eggs a day. A couple months ago all of a sudden around 5 eggs a day, now I get if I'm lucky 3. 2 were molting so I know they probably stopped for a bit. But here's the real kicker. I noticed my rooster was...
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    The Buff Orpington Duck Thread

    She sets for several hrs at a time but keeps getting up. This b is way different than my hens. I would live to sneak my eggs from the Bator under her and see if she will take care of them when they hatch.
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    The Buff Orpington Duck Thread

    I have a buff that is around 9 mos. She has been laying almost daily for a while now. I put fake eggs in her nest to keep her laying there, and taking the real ones. I have some in the incubator with about a week and a half till hatch time. So this is a 2 part question. 1st. My girl did not lay...
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    How do you avoid shrink wrapping chicks

    So what do you keep your humidity at during incubation and on lock down?
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    How often do turkeys lay eggs & what to do with the eggs?

    How about a trade? Maybe some feed or a gift card to your local feed store so when you need something for them you can get it.
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    How often do turkeys lay eggs & what to do with the eggs?

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    Confused about "sticky" chicks (hard amber goo)

    I am having the same issue with the shrink wrapping. I put my eggs into a hatcher from the incubator. I candled them before lock down amd humidity was perfect. So after no hatches I checked them and shrink wrapped. This is the second time this has happened. Both times it was colder outside. So...
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    why did my hen abandon her eggs

    This is her first time being broody. After three days she got up and is now out with the other chickens. What happened?
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    Did my hen jump ship

    My hen has only beend sitting for 3 days and thismorning she got up and now is out with all the other ckickens. What happened?
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    help!!!

    I do now. I Google it. My next batch I will make sure everything is calibrated. I am definitely learning alot as I go. I just hate that it may be at the expense of a chick.
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    help!!!

    Well the Lil guy didn't make it. That will never happen again. I will be getting multiple humidity readers.
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