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    HELP how do I motivate my chicks to hatch

    Yeah, because they haven't really done anything super active until hatching day, chicks can tire out quickly lol
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    HELP how do I motivate my chicks to hatch

    Yeah, definitely don't try to help them hatch unless it's like the last day for them to hatch, because you could definitely cause a lot more harm than good.
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    Bantam brahmas

    In general, most chickens start laying at 6-7 months, but some won't start laying until around 9.
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    Cost effective heating

    Well for me, after about a week or 2, I would just use natural sunlight and things to keep them warm during the warm days, but I put the heater back on as soon as it starts getting cool again. I wouldn't leave them outside without watching them in case of predators and things. I don't know if...
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    HELP how do I motivate my chicks to hatch

    To be honest, I don't think so. I know some believe that when hens cluck at eggs, it motivates the chicks to hatch...so maybe talking to the eggs will? I'm not sure if that is true though, just something I've heard. It takes hours for chicks to hatch after their first pip, which isn't visible...
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    Crazy Rooster

    I have this rooster, and he's pretty crazy. He's always trying to fight me and my family, has attacked us more than once, and is just uncontrollable, so I have to keep him in a cage. Even though he is crazy, I want to keep him. He is an Easter Egger, which is a cool mixed breed that lays colored...
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    Candeling Muscovy’s duck eggs - are they dead?

    Can you send some pics?
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    Female Chick lost a nail !

    I'm not sure why she would loose a nail like that, unless she was getting bullied or something by the other chickens. However, I do know that she will be fine without a nail. A couple years back, one of my favorite chickens got attacked by a mongoose and lost half of 2 of her toes, so she can...
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    Broody Hen

    It sounds like you have an incubator. If you want her to just stay broody, maybe just let her and keep a close watch on her and her eggs. If something goes wrong, like she abandons the eggs, you can always just put them in your incubator. I think when someone says inexperienced they just mean...
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    My Chickens Are Dying- And I Don't Know Why

    To my knowledge, they have been laying eggs, but a mongoose has been getting into the coop and just leaving eggshells behind so I'm not really sure. He's only been eating the eggs though, and mongoose are the only predators where I live. With my previous experiences, mongoose only go after super...
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    My Chickens Are Dying- And I Don't Know Why

    On Sunday, I found one of my chickens dead on the ground. This morning another of my chickens were found dead too. The weird thing is that there were no injuries upon her and she has been showing no signs of sickness. Does anyone know what might be the cause of this? I have 5 other chickens, and...
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    I Want to see Your Very Cool Crosses!

    My friend's chicken went broody about a month ago, and 4 eggs hatched! She kept grabbing eggs from the other chickens, so there's a couple different breeds, but they're all half frizzled bantam. They think one is half bantam and half polish crested, but they're so young that none of the...
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