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    I am in trouble!

    That is a very good idea. Never thought of that. Thank you. I'm going to have to look into scavenged green house materials
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    I am in trouble!

    Yes, I have been thinking about that as well. I think I somehow have to do both. With the cold windy winters here, the chickens seem to spend most of their time indoors during this time. Spring, summer and fall tho your right. Outside from sun up to sun down.
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    I am in trouble!

    That is an option. Wife might have my head tho, lol
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    I am in trouble!

    Both, we do sell eggs but every chicken seems to be a pet with its own personality. That makes culling very difficult. We even have customers/ friends that request chicks from time to time. All this while living in town. This backyard chicken hobby got out of hand quickly, lol
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    I am in trouble!

    The main coop will be divided into 2 rooms. I do have 2 4ft by 6ft mini coops. They were supposed to be tractors, but of course I built them to heavy to move.
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    I am in trouble!

    My chicken addiction has finally gone too far. I now have 68 chickens and not enough coop space. My coop is expanding to 19ft by 9ft. Big as it can possibly get. 9 of my chickens are bantams, but still not big enough. My run is massive, 200sq. Ft fully enclosed and approximately 7200 open air...
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    mystery chick... help?

    I sure hope it's a pullet...
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    mystery chick... help?

    Thank you, I was wondering that. What thru me was bantam cochin I have feathered a lot faster. 2 different critters tho
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    mystery chick... help?

    This chick is 5 weeks old. Having trouble with breed, Prolly too soon to think about sex, any thoughts?[/IMG][/IMG] has very feathered legs, couldn't get a good shot, sorry will keep trying. Thanks for any imput
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    spaced hatch questions?

    I moved chick starter and water closE enough to her nest that she could reach it, installed a heat lamp but otherwise let nature do its thing. She showed them food and water while setting. That was pretty cool to see
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    spaced hatch questions?

    I am too. Most all of my information comes from this site, so I kindof know what to expect. We gave the broody hen the eggs to sit on after we knew good and we'll she meant business. She was isolated and egg count always remained the same. The only thing I could think of is she seemed to abandon...
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    spaced hatch questions?

    The hen story is for comparison. They were not all her eggs. I found it odd the last one hatched on day 28 is all. Now I am seeing the same thing in the bator. Temp is at 99.6, humidity is at 45. Have seen really no variation. I have no way of checking acuracy. I have ruled out Andalusian eggs...
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    spaced hatch questions?

    Yes, 2 different settings. Broody hen hatched 4 out of 10. First hatch to last was 7 days. We bought an incubator to try and hatch our own. Placed 18 eggs in it. It's a brinsea octogon 20 ex advance. Day 8 we candled. 2 blood rings and one dud were removed. 15 remaining eggs looked good. All...
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