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    1/2 of my chicks hatched on day 19/20 now nothing but 1 standstill pip

    they may just be resting whatever you do dont open the bator or your chicks willstick to the shell and die really no other way to put it !!
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    Keeping mixed age chicks?

    yep! but if you do see them 'attacking each other' then just split them apart again. i have mixed baby chicks with 2 week old chicks and the babies just saw them as mother figures! :)
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    Getting a hen to set

    well hens are unpredictable of going broody but you can encorage it by not lifting the eggs (so they build up a batch of eggs). the weather over their is probally sun,sun,sun unlike rainy scotland! so i think you will be okay with letting them set around this time right now right up to october...
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    Are these eggs fertile?

    your welcome :)
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    Are these eggs fertile?

    yes :) you see the little white 'ring' ? this mean they are fertile.
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    Hello from ScotlandI

    HELLO!! im also from ayrshire scotland and i have finall found two more people from SCOTLAND :)
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    Has anyone had a hard time killing your ducks? :(

    don't worry im paniking too!! this is the first year that i have decided to fatten up all my cockrels that i hatch and use them for meat and im terrified that i don't do it right and i put them in pain!! :(
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    Need Suggestion for egg hatching please!

    1) yes definetly you don't want to start incubating unfertile eggs do you :) 2) i would leave one egg in yes mark it with a pencil :) and the rest incubate or eat :)
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    first time broody hen?

    well i have been longing my hen to go broody and finally shes started showing signs! shes laying on 6 eggs ! shes went all puffy and shoving eggs underneath her but sometimes she moves half way of the nest and theres like 4 eggs uncovered oops! but she moves back onto them. but now i have...
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    Eggs hatching 2-1-13 Anybody else?? - Hatch-Along

    i made it out of a cardboard box lol !! :)
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    Eggs hatching 2-1-13 Anybody else?? - Hatch-Along

    ill be setting round about then i have just built a 40 egg incubator so fingers crossed good luck !
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2012

    will it be on this thread ?
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    Down to 3, phew.

    well i started out with 6 hybred chickens and a white star roo *R.I.P* and then i got my bator after that i had 40 chickens !!!! i had to build a bigger chicken coop !! they finished 4, 6kg feeders per day !! i way over my head although it was amazing how i could tell each other apart ! i culled...
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    New to showing

    hi i was wondering what do gudges look for whilst showing a chicken or eggs thatnks :)
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    Comment by 'lucyharper123' in article 'Homemade Chicken Egg Incubator Designs & Pictures'

    i want to add a incubator called the cardbatorbox :)
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