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    Cleaning incubator - unique situation!

    Hello all! Sort of funny story followed by a serious question - I was at a man's house today and after finding out I keep some chickens he took me to a lean-to behind his house and offered me an antique incubator for 5 bucks! the catch was it was sitting stacked in a pile of other "stuff", and...
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    Buying new geese - what to look out for???

    Thanks! How long should they be quarantined? 2 weeks is what I've heard for chickens. What do you think?
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    older now breed guesses?

    I would say the first two are pullets and the second two are cockerels.
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    Wet, Wet, Wet!!!

    Quote: Just a little concerned why the bedding in the coop is getting wet?!?!?! When it storms around here if their windows aren't closed sometimes the rain blows in and makes their bedding wet.
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    barred rocks or dominiques?

    There are several key differences - First and foremost, Dominiques are rose-combed and Barred Rocks are single combed. Barred Rocks probably arose at least partially as mutations from Dominiques. They were all referred to at one time as Dominickers or Dominiques or Hawk-colored Fowl or...
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    Is it Okay for Chicks to Eat Laying Crumbles?

    I have roughly 30-40 adult birds and many little ones. That is right, Fertrell sells 60 lb bags of nutri-balancer, and 50 lb bags of aragonite (mollusk shells, a calcium supplement) though I've had my bag of NB for almost two years now, for you don't need much of it. Other then that, it is...
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    Unknown protuberance (picture added)

    If you don't want to let nature take it's course, I would, like I say, put whatever ointment you have on hand on, or hydrogen peroxide, then put it on a towel or preferably stick a bandage on if you have a sticky one that would stick to chick down. You can either leave it under the hen or put it...
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    Eggs in incubator 8/22. Anyone else putting eggs in?

    Oh, also they should be kept at a pretty constant temperature, somewhere between 60-80 degrees, but whatever temp. it should remain pretty consistent.
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    Alternative Feeding

    Quote: I've tried growing sunflowers too, but the wild birds always eat all the immature seeds so non ever get to my chickens. How do you keep the wild birds away? I too feed them all the insides and bad squash. Also, I've dried the seeds and if one has worms I will run some dried squash...
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    Alternative Feeding

    I'm really interested in duckweed. That is what grows wild in swamps, right?
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    Eggs in incubator 8/22. Anyone else putting eggs in?

    Typically it is said they can be kept twelve days, then the viability drops 5 percent, then one percent each day thereafter. This seems like reliable information. I personally don't think it is worth keeping the eggs past two weeks, but if they are special then by all means until you can...
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    Unknown protuberance (picture added)

    That's what it looks like, the naval just a little unhealed. I should be fine as long as it is getting around and eating and drinking. You may want to put antibiotic or a piece of bandage or something on it if it is under a mother hen in case the nest box is dirty, but otherwise when it heals it...
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    Feeding with change of lifestyle.

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    Eggs in incubator 8/22. Anyone else putting eggs in?

    Just had 6 Dominiques hatch - and am saving eggs to do another batch in a week or two.
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    Is it Okay for Chicks to Eat Laying Crumbles?

    Yes, that is the main difference. Starter is 21%, Grower or Developer or Finisher is 15-16% and Layer is typically 16-18%. (Broiler is 18-19%). So as you can see it varies. There may be some difference in nutrients, but not much, especially between grower and layer. I make my own feed, and...
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