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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thank you for your thoughts on your experience. Her food and water is about two feet away. She is eating and drinking and pooping out of the nest. She only poops in the nest about every other time. I guess I will just keep cleaning up anymore that she puts in the nest and just let her sit and...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    You have a Broody hen that keeps pooping in the nest on the eggs. Most of the eggs now have some amount of poop on them. Is there any hope for this clutch of eggs with the hen or should I take the few unsoild and put them in an incubator?
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    Sex linked traits?

    Thank you, I thought it was just a coincidence but I don't know a whole lot about genes and traits in chickens. I don't think I'll be able to tell anything from the color of their legs they're all about a slate grey with pink toes.
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    Sex linked traits?

    I have chicks from a white silkie rooster and a white crested blue polish hen. Half are black and white with four toes. Half are more silver and grey with five toes. Can these traits be an indication of sex or are they just a coincidence.
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    Which Hardwire Cloth

    Thank you for the information. I live in Mid-Missouri and I've only had problems with raccoons and possums maybe a fox. I found that chicken wire and wooden lattice are useless to protect chickens. So I rebuilt my chicken run using my leftover chain link fence. Now I'm wondering if I need to get...
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    calling any one from missouri

    I built my incubator out of a heavy duty styrofoam cooler approximately 2 inches thick. I'm using 2 25 Watt incandescent light bulbs for heat I have a thermostat and an aquarium air pump to circulate air. I have a buff orpington rooster that I crossed with a Rhode Island red a Barred Rock...
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    Excited about the first batch in the incubator

    Thank you for the links. With the info in the links I have improved my homemade incubator and hopefully increased hatch rate.
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    calling any one from missouri

    I am new to BYC. I am in Fayette and have had chickens 3 years. I have my first batch of eggs in a homemade incubator. This site is very informative and useful so far.
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    Excited about the first batch in the incubator

    I've been raising chickens for three years and have used this site for reference and then finally decided to become a member. Now I've decided to try and raise my first batch of eggs in an incubator. Going to be an interesting assortment I have eggs from silkies and buff orpingtons and various...
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