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    Day 19

    Good to know. But how long can a chick survive in the incubator without food and water? I've heard up to 48 hours. 1st one born at 4:30 this am. 2 more not far behind. 8 more pips already including 1 that was questionable. I'm just worried that they will be hatching into Saturday which will be...
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    Day 19

    So pulled the Turner last night day 18. of the 55 incubating 4 are shot. 2 more doubtful. 3 questionable 46 look good. 4 have pip today. 1 is going full on get me out of here and has a good size hole in the egg. We just past day 19 point 10 minutes ago
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    Colored Orpingtons?

    I have this one from when they were 4 months old.
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    Colored Orpingtons?

    I bought 7 Colored orpingtons from TSC last year got 6 hens 1 roo. They look like lavender orpingtons and when they were 3-4 months of age had a lavender tint on their backs and neck. Now they are just mixed light to dark and most have darker grey heads. I've been reading and instead of lavender...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Often Do You Clean Your Coop?

    I have old 3 inch round fence post I cut into 40 inch lengths 4 of them put a 2x4 on both ends spacing the post about 16 inches apart and hung them with chain from the ceiling about 26 inches off the ground made a great roosting spot. The 20 birds I have love them when it's cold out they huddle...
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    How often can I feed yogurt to my chickens?

    I mix a small 6oz sugar free low or zero fat yogurt with a couple of broccoli heads that I've pulverized in my ninja. The chickens go crazy for it but I only give it to them about once a month I don't want to give them to much dairy. I have 3 roosters and 17 hens.
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    Hatched from olive egg

    What kind of Cross is this? Thinking RIR and gold laced Wyandott? But also coming up possible Welsummer and BLack laced
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    Hatched from olive egg

    What kind of Cross is this? Thinking RIR and gold laced Wyandott? But also coming up possible Welsummer and BLack laced
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    First eggs

    We got our first eggs. A elongated brown/lightbrown day 1 a greenish blue day 2 and 3 and a small dark brown on day 4. I believe it was our Jersey Giant then our Americanna/blue orpington cross (she laid 2) then rhode island Red all chicks are brown eggers except the Americanna
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    Check out my diy brooder!

    That's pretty cool. I too was looking for a quick inexpensive brooder. I used an old dog crate. Took it apart in the middle added a plywood hinged top and a heat plate. Worked so well I turned the other half into a 2nd brooder and got some more chicks. Then I just turned the old crib into a coop...
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    Looking for possible breeds for these 2.

    The Neighbor gave us a few different eggs and we got these 2 to hatch. They have a bunch of different breeds. Some mixes and a few different roosters. She does have barred rocks Plymouth rocks araucana Americana a couple buff orpingtons black orpingtons. I have never seen her roosters so not...
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    Another TSC special! Supposed to be a Speckled Sussex??

    This is the app I have been using pretty accurate and gives you from 5-10 possibilities
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    Another TSC special! Supposed to be a Speckled Sussex??

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    Another TSC special! Supposed to be a Speckled Sussex??

    My app says Altsterier or Welsummer. And a few others.
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    Looking for possible breeds for these 2.

    The black/silver one I got back from Google blue Austrolorp. Blue orpington. Silver orpington. Americanna Araucana. Brown/ black i got rhode island red with black sex link. Olive egger ( gave me 5 different pairings) it did come from a green egg. Also it's smallest in the group but tries to act...
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