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    How do I stop a hen being broody

    Great news.... it worked. thank you.
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    At what age do you turn off heat lamp?

    I have a permanent chick enclosure (a temporary pen with green netting round, secured at the bottom with stones and bird netting over the top works just as well) where I keep the chicks until they are about 3 to 4 months old, I usually integrate them at night so they all wake up together, you...
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    How do I stop a hen being broody

    Thank you so much, I have just the cage to do the job.
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    How do I stop a hen being broody

    My Pekin has been broody for over 3 months now. On several occasions I have removed her from the nest and put her in another hen house over night with no nest box, when I let them out in the morning she has something to eat, then she off back to the main hen house to sit once more, putting her...
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    Duck eggs from nest to incubator

    Thank you, everyone has made me feel so welcome.
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    Anyone in Ireland?

    Thank you so much, just popping over to take a gander. pun intended.
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    Percent of Hatches?

    Just had a hatch rate of 66% from my own home eggs. Last year got eggs in the mail and only had a 30% hatch. I went by the book, but it turned out most of them were not fertile.
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    Anyone in Ireland?

    Hi, I live in Co. Wexford and looking for Silkie hatching eggs.
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    Duck eggs from nest to incubator

    It's now day 20 and 14 of the 40 Pekin eggs have successfully hatched with more on the way, so I'm very happy to have saved the 4 duckling eggs left by the mother to go cold in the nest.
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    Duck eggs from nest to incubator

    So far so good, I have 2 supper little Pekin chicks have hatched and they are all fluffed up. A number of the other eggs have now started to hatch. I tried to take some pictures of the ducklings, but they just wouldn't stop moving.
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    Duck eggs from nest to incubator

    I knew my Muscovy duck was sitting on eggs, but not too sure when she set them and guested they would hatch on or around the 27th April. On Tuesday 21 when my husband went to let the hens out of the hen house, he was greeted by 5 little ducklings and a hissing mum. I went to inspect her nest...
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    At what age do you turn off heat lamp?

    I'm really sorry, but I can't answer this question, as I have only ever put my chicks in natural lighting under a ceramic heat lamp, so when a stop the heat at 4 weeks the chicks are fully feathered and ready for life outside at 5 weeks old.
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    What is a comfortable amount of chicks under one heat lamp?

    Thank you for jumping in as the more information I have and can use is going to help me raise happy healthy chickens.
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    What is a comfortable amount of chicks under one heat lamp?

    Thank you so much for the information, it has helped a great deal, my fingers are now crossed for a good hatch in 4 weeks time.
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    Band Aid for sprawled legs

    I tried a tea cup method for my Pekin's sprawled legs, but the monkey kept jumping out and one of the other chicks took his place, so I got a slim tall mug and he still managed to get out, plus I was not happy with the fact he had no access to food or water and I had no idea how long it would...
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