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    Ayam Cemani chicks due to hatch April 14!!! Located in NH

    Not anytime soon, but someday!
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    Ayam Cemani chicks due to hatch April 14!!! Located in NH

    No, they have all been spoken for.
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    Ayam Cemani chicks due to hatch April 14!!! Located in NH

    I have seven Ayam Cemani eggs in my Brinsea incubator and all of the eggs are developing and they look great!!! Chicks are due to hatch April 14. I’ve attached pictures of the “parents;” one of the hens and the roo. If there is any interest, please let me know!
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    Help modifying an incubator.....

    I have read that a couple of people have made modifications to styrofoam incubators to make them taller to accommodate emu eggs. I saw some pics of one modified 'bator, but would love to hear form others who have hatched emu eggs successfully in a modified incubator and how the modifications...
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    Hens only laying 1 egg a week!.......

    Thanks for the replies! She has raised these hens since they were day old chicks. They eat an organic chicken feed and have since she bought them- always the same feed. She lives in a wooded area, so predators are a possibility, but nothing has been seen. They have been dusted with DE...
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    Hens only laying 1 egg a week!.......

    A friend of mine has 7 hens that are just two years old. For the last few months she has gotten *very* few eggs and the hens used to be great layers! Now, it's down to about one egg a week The hens are healthy, well cared for, and nothing is visibly wrong. They're not molting, are eating...
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    Our missing chick saga.....

    Yesterday afternoon around 2:30, I had the chicks outside in an exercise pen on the grass. I quickly drove to get my kids from the bus stop, came home and let the dogs out. When the dogs came out, they spooked the chicks, and three of them managed to squeeze through the openings of the ex. pen...
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    How can I keep the water in the brooder from filling up with shavings?

    I have a layer of pine shavings in the Rubbermaid tub the chicks are in. I am *constantly* finding their waterer FULL of pine shavings and I'm not sure how to remedy this problem? Any suggestions? Thanks!
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    One of my chicks peeps *incessantly*!!!

    Nothing is wrong that I can see. No pasty butt, no injuries, nothing. He is not slow growing either; he's one of the biggest chicks we have. Maybe he's just a talker. I just took him away from the other chicks for a few minutes and he settled right down and only made soft little cheeping...
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    One of my chicks peeps *incessantly*!!!

    This morning, I jumped out of bed because one of the chicks was peeping so loud I thought for sure something was wrong. The same chick has been peeping very loudly the last few days but otherwise seems fine. It eats and drinks and runs around fine, but constantly peeps.... LOUD! Is it just...
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    It's supposed to be 83 degrees here today! Can I bring the chicks out?

    Thanks for all the replies, everyone! It's getting warmer by the minute and there's only a very slight breeze, so it looks like I'll be taking them outside later this afternoon! Thanks again!
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    It's supposed to be 83 degrees here today! Can I bring the chicks out?

    Some of my chicks are a week old today some will be a week old tomorrow. I have them inside in a brooder with a heat lamp and they're doing great! It is supposed to get up to 83 degrees here today and I was thinking I might bring the chicks outside for the first time I know they're supposed...
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    How many nesting boxes?

    Quote: That is such a great picture! My husband and I have been wondering how many nesting boxes to put in our coop... I'll have to show him this picture
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    Setting Eggs on April 24th!!!! Who wants to hatch along w/me???

    Well, we set 14 eggs in the beginning. 3 weren't fertile, one had a blood ring, and one stopped developing about halfway through. So, we were left with 9 eggs and they all hatched!!! Sadly, one chick who hatched on Thursday had a lot of "cord" (for lack of a better word, lol) still attached...
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    8 out of 9 hatched so far. The last egg isn't making any progress....

    3 of the chicks hatched yesterday (Day 20), 5 have hatched today, and there is one egg left that has a pip and a bit of shell missing so I can see the white membrane underneath, but it isn't making any progress The chick is still alive; I can hear it peep faintly *very* occasionally. The egg...
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