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    Rhode Island Reds for meat birds

    First, I love your response. "It depends" is honestly exactly how I would respond if it was a topic that I know as much about as you clearly do about chickens. While I've done plenty of online research, I still feel like I don't know enough to even ask the right questions! For a little...
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    Rhode Island Reds for meat birds

    I love my Rhode Island Reds as a breed--hardy for the cold Minnesota climate, friendly, good egg layers. So far I've only used them for eggs, but want to start breeding for meat this year. It's important to me to stick to heritage breeds, both for preservation and because I don't want to buy...
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    Nervous first time hatcher!

    I left my one lonely chick in the incubator last night, and woke up this morning to four happy, bright eyed fluff balls bouncing around the incubator this morning, then another six who hatched today! One of them has a red bulge hanging from his backside, that made me panic initially, but I in...
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    Nervous first time hatcher!

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    Nervous first time hatcher!

    I'm hatching several dozen eggs, and while a number of them show pips, only one has hatched so far. After a couple hours I moved our single chick to our brooder, under the brooder plate, after showing it where water and food are. I'm worried because its very chirpy and may be lonely for awhile...
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    Seemingly healthy chickens drinking very little water?

    I just ran out to check, and the water isn't frozen :)
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    Seemingly healthy chickens drinking very little water?

    Their waterer is a heated one nipples, though it's been warm enough that the heater has been running very little. Now that it's nice and muddy outside I've been wiping off the nipples when they get muddy.
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    Seemingly healthy chickens drinking very little water?

    I have four hens and recently added a rooster. After consistently drinking plenty of water since I got them less than a year ago, I haven't had to fill their waterer for days. They appear healthy, are very energetic, and are laying normally. It is spring, so they have started free ranging...
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