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    Is this a roo?

    looks like a girl to me. i have one that hatched end of march and has huge comb and wider body.
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    Feeding and Temperment of BO Roosters

    BOs are generally known to be fairly calm chickens. however i had some BO roosters and they were mean and aggressive. i had to cull them early as one of them attacked my 68 pound airedale terrier unprovoked(didnt end well for that one) i have a scar on my leg from a sneak attack from one...
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    incubators...

    check out my hatch story in little giant incubator questions forum
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    Sudden Death!

    sorry about your chicken. but they can just die. it could be any number of reasons why this happens. if the chicken appeared healthy at least you know it isnt some disease that will spread through the flock.
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    Chicks not hatching

    just quickly grab the chicks out. it will be fine. hopefully the others pip soon
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    Egg Candling Question

    discard egg. it tried its best but fizzled out. good luck with rest of hatch!
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    Nesting boxes

    chickens can roost on the boxes as long as the are covered and poop cant get into them. are those all your nest boxes? how many chickens do you have?
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    Yummy treat?

    i generally stick with chick starter grower food only until 8 weeks. then food scraps of any kind are fine. just make sure chick feed is primary diet still
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    Will it affect the hatch if I miss one day of turning the eggs?

    i only turn the twice a day and have had 100% hatch rate for my last 2 hatches of 20 eggs each. steady temperature more important than turning eggs. i believe hens roll eggs around in nests to move outer eggs in and the inner eggs out to keep inner ones from getting to warm/outer ones too cool...
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    Hi!

    i use an out door electric heated dog dish for water in winter. its fairly large holds about a gallon of water. i also use 10 pound feeder for food. i keep food water in the run area which is fine it is covered and dry. it keeps the coop cleaner just make sure the food doesnt get wet or it will...
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    Freshly hatched chick with deformed feet?

    i had one hatch with that same problem once. it took a while maybe 8-10 hours after hatch for it to walk normal. it is fine now and one of my biggest baby chicks
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    Fertile or infertile?

    did you candle day 3 or 4 thats best time to see veins. day 8 or nine it does look like solid mass which is a goo thing. by day 13ish that mass will be bigger and/or harder to see through egg which would be growing chick
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    HELP! I think I messed up

    337 eggs is too much for 1 hen. they generally sit on clutches of 8-10 eggs each
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    is this a pullet or no?

    too early to tell. some chickens grow combs faster than others even pullets. looks like your gonna have to play the waiting game for a few weeks.
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    Fertile or infertile?

    doesnt look good for that egg. what type rooster/hen are they?
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