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    10 month old laying hens west michigan

    I have 5 hens I can part with. Barnyard mix, hatched in my classroom last June. I'm getting too many eggs... all are laying pretty much daily. Varying shades of brown, but someone lays a white egg just not sure who. Looking for $25 each or 5 for $100
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    Fully developed chicks not hatching?

    I run mine super low and watch the air sack. if it gets too big I increase humidity. That being said, I also keep the humidity super high during lockdown and hatch (like water is condensing on the windows high). For that reason I pull my chicks out immediately after they hatch cuz they will...
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    Fully developed chicks not hatching?

    I keep my humidity low, 20-30%. I've been far more successful this way.
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    when to adjust incubator heat for hatching

    I just bought the cheapest humidity sensor/temp sensor on amazon and stuck it inside... I could look down through the window and see it.
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    when to adjust incubator heat for hatching

    Just to check... you are not going by the temp on the actual incubator are you? I hatched only 4 of my first batch of 30 because I was using the incubator thermometer. Got a digital cheap one that I put in the incubator for my second hatch and hatched 17 of 22... The digital was also clearly...
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    Incubator to brooder

    I take mine out as soon as they are hatched... I find that they take forever to dry in the incubator with the humidity up and they knock all the other eggs around while they're flopping about. I've never lost one from doing this, and I have a much higher hatch rate by taking them out than when I...
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    LeAnn's "adopt me" bargain-- What are you getting??? Please post pics

    I'm just curious what people are getting for this... I had gone back and forth between the cackle surprise and the "adopt me"... Decided on the Meyer "adopt me" mostly because they will NOT have ducks (I don't want ducks). I know people get this, I'm just curious what you've gotten from this...
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    I'm in over my head

    I've had similar situations and it hasnt' been a problem. The younger "grow out" chicks aren't likely to challenge a mama, or at least they didn't in my pen. I had 3 mamas fighting over 2 nesting spaces. They finally hatched out (it was seriously musical chickens, every day, it was funny) and...
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    What kind of chick is this?

    My black copper marans always start with a couple of white feathers as well... could be that. I've never had australorps so I can't compare. ETA: Just saw the white spot on the head... I think that means it'll be barred? I'm not sure how the cuckoo gene works but maybe a cuckoo marans?
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    Laced Polish possibly rooster?

    I think those are both hens... the roos tend to have pointy hair feathers and the hens have rounded ones. Those both look rounded.
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    Fence Height

    Yes... Yes I have. Mine perch at the top of my 8' fence. That being said, most of them don't bother to even try to fly over the 4' section, but they really do love to hop over that 8' section. go figure. And it's only a few of the chickens. but it's the same few every day. A rooster, a...
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    West Michigan-- Barnyard mix chicks-- VARIETY

    chicks have hatched, and are now 4 weeks old... I have 30 that I'm willing to sell-- A few are pure blue copper marans, and the rest are barnyard mix. $2 for obvious roosters (marans roos are easy to tell) $5 for other pullets or questionable chicks $8 for marans pullets
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    What breed is Matilda?

    Just a guess... Legbar mix, roo
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    Can anyone identify breed, and hen or roo?

    They look like hens to me, but I'm pretty sure the age is off, they look closer to 3 or 4 months old, not laying yet. Their combs haven't gotten red.
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    Ameraucana or EE, and gender??

    get a good shot of the comb on Sue... Pea combs are really obvious about gender once you know what to look for. I can tell mine by about 8 weeks usually. 1 row of peas VS 3 rows. Wider (3 rows) is a cockerel, 1 row is a hen.
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