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    nipple watering system

    will hooking a water hose up to a nipple watering system cause too much pressure that the chicken can not push up the nipple? The only ones I have seen are gravity systems using a bucket.
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    I have 3 laying hens and one rooster. I have 3 laying boxes but the 3 hens are all laying in the sam

    All of the eggs are in the one box that all three hens are laying in.
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    I have 3 laying hens and one rooster. I have 3 laying boxes but the 3 hens are all laying in the sam

    Should I get more laying boxes?
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    How to raise the humidity in my incubator?

    I can't seem ton keep the humidity in my item number 3200 incubator between 55/60 degrees that I got from tractor supply. Is more or less humidity better or worse ? Help.
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    Fertilized eggs

    Yeah - I'm pretty new at this but promised 9yr old grandson to help with 4-H project. Putting a couple dozen an incubator that I got from Tractor supply. Seems like a good waste of a few omelettes to me but we are giving it a shot. I'll keep you informed
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    Fertilized eggs

    I have 3 olive egger hens and a rooster. They are all about 8 months old. Each hen lays everyday in the same nest. Sometimes there are 2 hens at one time In the box laying. If I just leave the eggs in there will they sit on them and when. Maybe I should get a couple more boxes. How do i know if...
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    How to raise the humidity in my incubator?

    Yep - it's a tractor supply the 3200 on. How critical is the humidity? I'm getting the eggs from "my pet chicken" this is a project that my grandson wanted to do. He is 9 yr old and just starting FFA. We have plenty of room and already have 3 olive eggers Layimg chickens and a very/loud...
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    How to raise the humidity in my incubator?

    How to raise the humidity in my incubator? I can't it over 43%
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