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    Emu vs. Chicken, not a fair fight

    After several years together, our lone remaining emu did something unexpected this morning. He/She is a couple of years old, the only one we've ever hatched on the property, Hubby's love - we thought it was a female (not very vocal but no hissing, maybe thumped once) but then he/she built a...
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    Float Testing, Checking Egg Viability For Late Or Overdue Hatching

    My eggs are at 13 days, and I am only able to candle the white ones ... is this something I should do now to keep bad gases from bad eggs out (something I read on another group) or just wait until days 21/22 and do it then? We have a Brinsea Mini Advanced, I'm keeping the water level correct...
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    Is it too late to add supplemental light?

    Thank you!
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    Is it too late to add supplemental light?

    We had planned to forego the artificial light this winter, but alas we are down to 0-2 eggs per day from 18 layers .... is it too late to add light? If not, what kind of delay should we expect before production picks up again? Thanks!
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    Getting ready to call Colonel Sanders

    We're getting 2 eggs a day (with one 3 egg day last week) one in the morning and one in the afternoon -- I'm guessing they're from our Reds that were hatched 3/17 (25 weeks). The reds have nice red combs and wattles, while the Speckled Sussex of the same age have almost none. I swear we need...
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    Laying throughout the day .... normal?

    We've got at least 4 birds laying, and we're getting eggs throughout the day. Is there any way to get them to all lay in the morning? I worry about the temperatures in the heat of the day and whether the eggs are still okay to eat ....
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    How do you ever leave home?

    Quote: Hmmm, and I already promised myself I wouldn't add to the flock next spring .... oh well, I don't think anyone believed me anyhow :-) You should get yourself an incubator or broody hen - I sell hatching eggs. I've often thought of an incubator -- we especially wanted one when we had...
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    How do you ever leave home?

    Quote: Thank you Krissteff, I was thinking of looking for a service to let the pups out for a mid-day break while my oldest son is at work - he lives very close by and can do early mornings and early evenings .... but has little to no experience with the chickens .... I call them tomorrow --...
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    How do you ever leave home?

    Quote: Hmmm, and I already promised myself I wouldn't add to the flock next spring .... oh well, I don't think anyone believed me anyhow :-)
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    How do you ever leave home?

    Quote: Illia, who lays those gorgeous dark brown eggs?
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    How do you ever leave home?

    Thank you. I think Hubs agrees and just hasn't said so yet.
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    How do you ever leave home?

    We're trying to go away for 5 days (Hubs and I, together, alone, oh my heavens) for the first time since we got chickens in early March. He does morning animal duty and I take evening. Oh the preparations involved. Maybe this is why farmers didn't usually travel a lot. I've ordered the motor...
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    Our first week of eggs .... just one chicken or more .... don't know?

    We're super curious (Hubby has mysteriously grown interested in "my" chickens) -- but there are 7 twenty-three week olds and another 10 that are 17-18 weeks .... so soon the task would become too much ..... Another egg today, so we're getting one egg a day for the last 5 days .... but today's...
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    Our first week of eggs .... just one chicken or more .... don't know?

    Yay -- I told my husband I need a peep window so I can tell who's doing what -- I asked Tractor Supply for Rhode Island Reds, but have since found out that I got "production" reds, which from what I gather can be Rhode Island or New England .... or a combination thereof? Anyone more educated is...
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    My Chickens Don't Know WHAT to Think Now...

    It's great!
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