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    Comment by 'highaltitudehen' in article 'Incubating and Hatching Chicken Eggs aka HATCHING 101'

    This is so useful for us! We are just getting started. Thank you!!
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    *CHICKS are HERE!!!* Egg Candling Pics: Progression Though Incubation

    I'm on day 10 with the incubator at a constant 99.5 degrees, but it doesn't have a fan. I just read (above) that the temps should be higher if you don't have a fan. Hopefully things will turn out okay anyway! :-)
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    5th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2014 Hatch-A-Long

    We have chicken eggs in the incubator right now, but they will hatch on Dec. 7th, so we will keep it warm, and put new ones in on Dec. 11th. Excited to be part of the fun!
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    Comment by 'highaltitudehen' in article 'Chicken Behavior The Ignorant Gal's Guide To Things No Sane Person Would Tell You About Chickens'

    I love this...and the part about the rooster dance is going to come in handy with our new roo (first time owning one)
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    Comment by 'highaltitudehen' in article 'Chickens & Winter Egg Laying and Lighting'

    I agree with the other comment from the folks in Colorado. We have a sharp decline in production, but 80% of our hens are molting, and the nights are already getting below freezing. Seems like I need to wait until Spring to see who is still a good producer and who isn't...despite the use of a...
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    Jelly egg layer

    Good advice both! I'll see if my local ranch supply carries Flock Block, but also I like the idea of separating her and seeing. She's a very nervous hen, so separating her would probably cause he not to lay an egg, but maybe after some time she would. Thank you!!
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    Jelly egg layer

    I find a "jelly egg" in the coop every day. I don't know who it is for sure, but there is a young barred rock who should be laying every day at her age (almost a year). I wonder if it's her? If not, then why isn't she laying? I'm thinking I need to cull her, but wondering if anyone has...
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    Another jelly egg!

    I have a Rhode Island Red who lays a jelly egg every day. She never used to do this, and I feed oyster shells, plus the washed and dried shells of their eggs, so it seems like calcium shouldn't be an issue. The feed I use hasn't changed either....could it be something that happens to the hen...
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    Jelly Eggs

    I have the exact same thing happening here with one of my Rhode Island Reds. Did you ever find a solution?
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    new hens are not laying

    We recently added 2 Barred Rock hens to our 5 Rhode Island Reds. The BR's aren't laying yet and it's been a week. Do I just need to be patient? Thanks!
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