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    Help me know what I did wrong.

    I just finished incubating my first set of chicken eggs. There were only 5 to begin with one was infertile and one was an early quitter. That left me with three as we went into "lockdown" I am using a hovabator still air with an automatic egg turner (taken out the last 3 days). On day 20 and one...
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    Why are my girls suddenly squatting and stomping their feet when I reach for them?

    I agree with ^^^^ They should start laying soon if they are not already. That is the "squat" they do when allowing the rooster to mate. :) Pet them and give their feathers a scratch, after they will stand up, puff out, and shake. It is actually quite cute. All of my girls that are old enough...
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    First time rooster owner. . . what to expect

    Well surprise, surprise we finally got a rooster instead of the pullet we were expecting from the feed store! Really it is about time as this is our 3rd "flock". The newbies are just going on 18 weeks and I was wondering when the our RIR rooster would start mating with the girls? He has just...
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