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    Mixing chickens and bantams together?

    So, I have 4 fully established adult hens in my chicken run with their own coop who all get along perfectly fine. Last spring/summer I decided to have a go at hatching some bantams which was a little hit and miss but I managed to raise a few. However a few of them did turn out to be cockerels...
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    Going away for a few days but what about the eggs in the incubator?

    So, like many others out there I have been bitten by the 'hatching bug'! Still being new to incubating and hatching my own eggs and reading up a lot about the various techniques I am still having a lot of teething problems. Out of 12 eggs in 2 separate incubators only 2 chicks hatched which was...
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    One little chick has hatched, but what do I do now?

    Yes the first chick is all fluffed out and dry, have just noticed that the other egg that started pipping last night has made a bit of a bigger hole in the last hour so hopefully it may not be too long until that has hatched out. In that case I might wait until he/she has hatched, open the lid...
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    One little chick has hatched, but what do I do now?

    Yes I thought about that but I don't want to scare the chick by doing a sudden grab and also I heard that even by lifting the lid of the incubator can be fatal for the other eggs, especially if they are pipping. Oh what a dilemma!
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    One little chick has hatched, but what do I do now?

    Hi all. Well, after a long 3 weeks of hard work incubating my Dutch bantam eggs, my work is starting to pay off as yesterday my very first chick hatched which is my first attempt at hatching. Wow, I didn't realise how exciting it was to see a newborn chick slowly break out of the shell into the...
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    Potential problem with my incubator, need advice ASAP!

    Hi. I have just joined and have previously read through the forums and been inspired by ideas etc. This is my first time I will be hatching my own eggs, I have 6 Dutch Bantam eggs that I recently got and have put into my incubator which have been in there for a few days now and I turn 3 times a...
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    Help incubating chicks for the first time- problems that I foresee!

    Hi. I have just joined and have previously read through the forums and been inspired by ideas etc. This is my first time I will be hatching my own eggs, I have 6 Dutch Bantam eggs that I recently got and have put into my incubator which have been in there for a few days now and I turn 3 times a...
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