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    Name the breed

    This is the best I have. My husband took the pictures.
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    Name the breed

    This is the best I have. My husband took them😂
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    Name the breed

    Can you guys tell me the breed of these beautiful ladies and the handsome boy? We are being gifted the rooster and some hatching eggs but the elderly couple we’re getting them from can’t remember the breed.
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    Need help understanding

    This is my second attempt at hatching some chicks and although it went better it still wasn’t very good. My first hatch I set 12 and 2 hatched. I opened all of the I hatched eggs and they were all fertilized and appear to have stopped developing in the early stages/embryo. I just finished my...
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    Help! What went wrong?

    I’m using the nurture right 360 and I don’t have any extra calibrated thermometers. I live at 9,100’ in the Colorado mountains and it is very dry so I tried a dry incubation thinking that since it is already dry it may be my best bet. Now I’m thinking I was wrong and I should keep it at the...
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    Help! What went wrong?

    I just finished my first hatch and it was pretty unsuccessful. I set 12 eggs and only 2 hatched. In an attempt to learn what went wrong I opened the 10 unhatched eggs. They were all mostly yolk but there was a small dark spot in all of them. I am assuming this means that they were all fertilized...
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    First Time Hatching...Looking for some advice

    I don’t hear anything from the other eggs☹️ My eggs are blue and green and I had a difficult time seeing anything when I candled them on day 10 and 14 so I’m curious as to whether they are even fertilized.
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    First Time Hatching...Looking for some advice

    I am using the nurture right 360. I live up in the mountains in Colorado and we use a wood stove for heat so it is VERY dry here. This is my first time hatching so I decided to try a dry hatch. I thought it might be easier to maintain 25-30% humidity since it is so dry here anyway.
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    First Time Hatching...Looking for some advice

    This is my first hatch and we are half way through day 22 and only 2 chicks have hatched out of 12. The other 10 have not pipped. I am moving the 2 chicks to the brooder this evening. What should I do with the remaining 10 eggs? I have someone that is interested in getting hatching eggs from me...
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    Help!!!

    I posted a couple of weeks ago concerned with my flock having mites. I am leaning more to feather pecking but I am still not 100% convinced that it’s not mites. This is my first time having chickens and so I honestly can’t say it’s not mites. I have inspected them, in fact I inspect a few...
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    Feather Eating or Mites

    They are 5-6 months old. They eat pellet layer feed with crushed egg shells, scratch, summer squash & zucchini (at the moment), and fruit & veggie scraps. I have 20 hens and 1 Roo. Their coop is 8’x8’ and their run 13’ x 10’. We are currently working on a new coop and run that is bigger. We just...
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    Feather Eating or Mites

    My flock is looking awful and they are to young to be molting. They all have bald spots on their backs at the base of their tails and on their butts. I have not been able to examine them all as I am usually by myself and they do not care to be held but I have been able to inspect 2 of them and...
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    The Bunny Chat Thread - For Bunny Owners

    Wow! Thank you soooo much for taking the time to answer my questions and show me...I really appreciate it. This is incredibly helpful. I also have a trio of Rex that aren’t old enough to breed yet but I am going to use this information to help me determine what to do with them...they were given...
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    The Bunny Chat Thread - For Bunny Owners

    I apologize for all the questions. I’m very new to this and want to be as knowledgeable as possible. When you say she has really bad form what does that mean exactly? What should I be looking for in my breeders? The main reason for us to raise rabbits is for meat but I also want to set myself up...
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    The Bunny Chat Thread - For Bunny Owners

    She is a year old and a proven mama. She will be a breeder and we are raising for meat and possibly pet if there is interest. I am paying $40 for her...is that a fair price?
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