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    Humidity during lock

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    Humidity during lock

    Chickens. It will be closer to 50 maybe under if I open all the way
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    Humidity during lock

    I keep reading the humidity during lockdown needs to stay around 70% but the instructions say to open the vent all the way. We live in a very dry climate and I can’t keep it at 70% and open. What do ya’ll recommend?
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    Prolapse in newly hatched chick?

    Our first (and early) chick just hatched but it looks like it may have a prolapse? Any one know what this is? Is there anything I need to or can do for it?
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    Prolapse in new chick?

    One of my chicks just hatched early (day 18) it looks like he has a prolapse of some sort? Is there anything I should/could do about it?
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    Pipping early!

    Help! This is my first incubation. I’m not going to be home today or tomorrow so I took the eggs from the turner last night and added more water to raise humidity (day 17). This morning I checked on them before leaving and one is pipping and chirping. What do I do? If anything? If/when it...
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    Who to cull?

    I’m reading sexlinked won’t breed further. Is this accurate? If that’s the case, I’m figuring I should try to also keep a Del. roo?
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    Surprise chick, what breed?

    Hello! I’ve been looking all over but cannot figure the breed of the surprise chick that came with my shipment from a hatchery. Any ideas?
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    Who to cull?

    Also Thank you for this! The exact experience I was looking for. Thank you!
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    Who to cull?

    Being new to this, I’ve been just looking at size and temperament of my roosters. Im looking to solely be replacing my broilers. I have enough layers at the moment. However, I really like my Orpington rooster. I’ve read they make good dual purpose birds which is why I was considering culling all...
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    Who to cull?

    Hi there! We are new to raising chickens for meat and need some advice on who to keep to grow our flock (without buying more chicks) and who to cull. We have Delaware broilers. 14 cockle and 4 hens for meat. I’d like to be able to hatch 30-40 for our next batch. I was considering keeping the 4...
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