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    42% morality rate at 72 hrs

    Yeah we have tried all the above lol, we just purchased and incubator and we will try it that route.
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    42% morality rate at 72 hrs

    This was based off the hatchery recommendation of 95-100. Good to know I’ll swap that out tonight.
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    42% morality rate at 72 hrs

    It’s the 250 w producers pride heat lamp. I misspoke it’s an 8 foot long 4 foot wide box. With heat at 95+- on one side and the outside ambient temperature on the far side. The air exchange may have been something we overlooked depending entirely on the breeze.
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    42% morality rate at 72 hrs

    Just ordered 50 frypan chicks from Cackle hatchery and lost 2 the first night which is kinda expected. At 72 hours we have lost 21 and counting. First night lost 2 chicks, then the mass casualties happened 4 here 3 there in 72 hours we lost 21 chicks and counting. Or set up is as follows: We are...
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    Simplicity Springs

    The structure on the left is a mobile coop for our first 10 chickens we got well if you know chicken math….. the necessity for the second much larger mobile coop on the right. We do not have a coop and our dogs do an amazing job. 2 years and lost 2 chickens total both to hawks but the dogs...
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    Simplicity Springs

    Good M/A/E what ever the case may be! Thanks for having us. We are a first generation homestead attempting to ground our boys in the core values and skills we feel they will need as adults. We are located in Central Kentucky among the Appalachian mountains. Here to get into a more involved...
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