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    HELP, chicks turning carnivorous on each other

    Does it matter which color lamp to use? I've got chicks on the way in an incubator and would like to know.
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    live!

    new babies! http://ustre.am/442a
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    Keep a word, drop a word!

    green hulk
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    Boys VS Girls

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    First time incubating eggs help !,,

    yup mine also. I've never really liked the whole thing of putting them in a cut egg carton..
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    First time incubating eggs help !,,

    Well throughout the 18 day period that you can open the incubator and can actually turn the eggs because after 18 days you shouldn't turn them, you should turn them 4 times within those first days. Equally spaced out though... but as I said it's all about where you live and the climate you live...
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    First time incubating eggs help !,,

    I do not reccomend the dry incubation because I lost 16 chicks to it. They were fully developed but died before hatch day. I think it's because of the the temperature here in the West in San Diego, CA. Just be careful those eggs sound expensive. oh and I don't rotate the eggs and have never had...
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    Boys VS girls (Never stops!)

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    Soft egg & now lethargic

    I had a hen do this to me once. I never found out what was wrong with her but after I put cut garlic in her water she started up again. Hope this helps :)
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    What went wrong?

    Glad to be a help :)
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    What went wrong?

    Well I can tell you last month I personally had tried what you did. The dry incubation method, keeping the humidity around 30. Although out of 17 eggs only one survived. :/ So I realized that dry incubation is not for everyone because people live in different places with different weather. So I...
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    What went wrong?

    To help you someone would need to know the temperature and humidity you kept them at all through the days and also how many times you would open the incubator a day?
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    Brooder blueprints :)

    Well I decided I needed to upgrade from my cardboard brooder to a nice one that will be easy to clean. So I drew up plans that I will complete on friday. What do you guys think? any tips from the pros? or anything else to add? Title Top view of the brooder 45 degree angle view...
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    how often do i need to clean??

    Where would you get pine shavings? as stefan333 said?
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    Here are my BABIES! :D fourth born :) taking a nap zzzzz :P dead or alive haha the twins lol curious george..? aghh i hit my head this doesnt smell good... smells good...should take a nap in here.. in order
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