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    Burrying eggs??

    I think this weekend, when I clean out their run, I'll bury a few eggs and candle at 5 days
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    Burrying eggs??

    Also, I'm in the south. It's been 80'ish during the days so it's feasible the soil could have gotten warm enough to incubate. I also use the hot litter method for their bedding and we see how warm natural composting is. I'm almost tempted to experiment with fertile eggs in the dirt
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    Burrying eggs??

    My hens like dirt baths and constantly dig holes. I said in an earlier post, I wonder if they dug the hole and laid in it, sat on the eggs, with me thinking dirt bath or just sitting, then buried them when they left. My dad said chickens will bury the eggs if they're afraid of an egg eater...
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    Burrying eggs??

    I assure y'all, I was not joking. I've literally never seen this before
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    Burrying eggs??

    My guess is they dug the hole, laid the eggs, sat on the nest, then when they left the nest they buried them. But since I never saw them in the last 21 days sit on anything I cannot confirm.
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    Burrying eggs??

    I have brought the chicks inside, the hens were pecking them. They're in the incubator since they're still wet. I have never seen this in my life. My dad, raised chickens for 70 years now, said they will bury their eggs if they think the roosters will eat them. But he's never heard of any...
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    Burrying eggs??

    HI all We've had a pretty warm March and hope to continue into April. I'm on the SE USA. I have noticed the last few weeks, my 2 white leghorn's weren't laying. So, I inspected them a few times, nothing looked injured, no pasty butt, they were running around like normal (they're in a run, so...
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    Baby ducks

    As long as the other ducklings aren't picking on it, and it is acting normal it's ok. Continue on it's high protein feed. If they're older than 2 weeks you can throw in some more protein. I know it sounds bad, but I buy minnows and put them in their swimming pool. That keeps them active and a...
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    Does this chick need help?

    After 12 hours, wet a q-tip, get tweezers. Take a cm size piece of the shell, add q-tip, take a cm size piece of shell, add q-tip. Wet the q-tip and pat the chick and the inside membrane because it looks stuck. It's really really hard and dangerous to assist in hatching because if the yolk sack...
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    Hi all

    Hi friends, I'm Christina. I'm not new to chickens but I'm new to breeding. I grew up on a farm, so I am a pro at taming roosters but also not afraid to cull and head to the freezer camp. Right now, I have 6 chicks that hatched Sunday night into Monday morning. I know how to vent sex, my dad...
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    Sex-linked Wyandotte

    Thank you both for your reply. I typically vent sex at 24-48 hours, but was hoping I could create a sex-link cross so it would be much easier
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    Sex-linked Wyandotte

    I have a silver lace male Wyandotte, I have 4 golden laced hens. If I'm correct, their offspring should be sex-linked. Can someone tell me which color would be male and which would be female? This is the first time I've tried mixing colors and I'm a little confused
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