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    letting the hen do all the work?

    thanks for the advice. i went out gathered up my chic feeder and waterer. went to the pen and the chics were running around with mamma. and she was heavily guarding them. im just gonna let her do her thing i think. she seamed to be doing a good job.
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    letting the hen do all the work?

    i have been letting my hens set on the eggs in one nest. some have hatched. the nest is about 4 ft off the ground they are still in there. 1st question: do i need to seperate them or will the hen take care of her young. can this be done natural? i would like for it to be a natural thing. how...
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    incubator help.....please

    thanks alot man. i feel dumb for not thinking. pretty sure you just put me on the rite track. thanks alot
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    incubator help.....please

    okay im using an old maha steaks cooler a 40w light bulb and the same water heater thermo that i have seen everyone else using. my problem is the big fluctuation in temps when the bulb is on and off. the temps will be 101.1 midrange before thermostat kicks in 92.8 thermostat shuts off at 105.3 i...
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    sexing baby chicks by laying them on their backs???

    a guy at the feed store was showing everyone in the store, that was looking at the baby chicks thay had to sell, how to sex chicks. he said to lay them on their back in the palm of your hand. if the chick just sorta lays there like its asleep, its a pullet. if the chick will not lay there, it is...
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    im new and need help

    one more question. i read to feed medicated feed for 6 to 8 weaks. whats the scoop on this.
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    im new and need help

    okay. i will keep them seperate. will it be okay to put them together when i move them outside to my pen. i have a very large pen, made out of 4 flipped over cotton trailers in a square formation, leaving the center open topped. i have a hen house built in the end of one trailer. i can build...
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    im new and need help

    i went to that site and read that. i dont have cornish rocks though, and t healthy the place i got them doesnt say anything about that. i dont know how to feed them now....
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    im new and need help

    okay i can see im not asking the right question. i have 15 1 weak old birds in a brooder with room for all of them, plus the 100 i have coming. my question is if i put the 100 birds in with the 15 birds i already have will i have problems"? with disease or whatever? but again i have room. they...
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    im new and need help

    i have plenty of brooder room. thats not an issue. what im worried about is diisease. i have read not to mix birds. thats my question.
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    medicated feed

    im new and want to know. i read you need to feed your chics medicaed feed for 6 to 8 weaks. i have a lot of feed thats not medicated. can i give them duramycin-10 in there water to do the same thing. or am i on the tottally wrong track. or tell me what is the rule of thumb for antibiotics and...
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    im new and need help

    okay this is my plan stop me where i screw up. well i have 15 chics i got from a local gebos. 6 rhode island reds, 2 ducks, and7 bantams. i have 100 roaster chics that will be here anyday. i want them all together. can i put them all together. i have had these chics one week. my broasters will...
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