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    My worst predator

    Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do!
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    My worst predator

    I went out to the chicken house this morning and boy did I get a surprise. A 5 foot black snake got one of my juvenile ( 1 1/2 month old) chicks. One of the 13 that I hatched from eggs. Don't know how the snake thought he was going to swallow the chick. I called my boyfriend and he said "...
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    Incubators Anonymous

    13 chicks hatched out of the 30 eggs. Don't know if that is good or not. They are doing well in the brooder. Now we need for refurbish the chicken house and build a new enclosure for them outside.
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    Incubators Anonymous

    I now have 11 chicks. Two hatched this afternoon and the other nine are now in the brooder. Still have one working on getting out of the shell and there are a few more eggs in the incubator. I thought it was exciting last year when I got my first chicks from Tractor Supply, but this is even...
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    Incubators Anonymous

    UPDATE!!!! The eggs started hatching this morning and now I have 2 chicks. One hatched around 3:00 and the other hatched around 4:30 pm. I excited to see how many more will hatch. There are several more eggs that have little peep holes in the shells and I guess they will break out anytime.
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    Incubators Anonymous

    It is day 20 on my first batch of hatching eggs. I have 2 incubators, one we made using a Styrofoam cooler and the other is a store bought incubator from Tractor Supply. I'm very anxious to see how many chicks I get from the 30 eggs. I candled them after one week and definitely did see...
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