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    Delaware Chicks, chickens Feed

    Thank you for the information!
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    Delaware Chicks, chickens Feed

    What do you all usually feed your Delawares from Chick to Hen/Rooster? I have changed recently from feeding layer feed to my hens and rooster that maybe with them to Purina Flock raiser putting a handful of oyster shells and some crushed egg shells in their feed. Plus oyster shells in a separate...
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    Is anyone using the Premier "heat plate" brooder for chicks?

    Thank you all! It makes sense. I'll turn off the light a couple of hours before dusk. Then they can prepare for the night filling up. I have windows in the room. So there is natural light. Just not a lot of light that goes in the brooder on the floor. But will be enough for last couple of...
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    Is anyone using the Premier "heat plate" brooder for chicks?

    Does everyone use the Premiere 1 heat plate from 1 day chicks on with the lights out at night? I used this before but left a light on at night so they could get water and food when needed. I didn't want to have weak chicks. Does everyone leave the lights off at night from day old chicks?
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    Brinsea Octagon 20 incubator wicking

    No. This is for the Octagon model. Thank you! I didn't put any paper towels in it. Fingers crossed.
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    Brinsea Octagon 20 incubator wicking

    OK. Thank you FoodFreedom!
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    Brinsea Octagon 20 incubator wicking

    OK. Thank you FoodFreedom!
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    Brinsea Octagon 20 incubator wicking

    I was also thinking that some people put paper towel down on the tray in incubator for traction for the chicks. However I am thinking that may keep the humidity from rising and keep humidity low if using. Is it still recommended to use the paper towels for traction so they do not get splayed...
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    Brinsea Octagon 20 incubator wicking

    Thank you! Pictures are really helpful Yorkshire. Got it now FoodFreedom! Thanks for all the help. :)
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    Brinsea Octagon 20 incubator wicking

    Thank you for the reply. Do I fill the well bottoms to the length as well with the sponge? 1/2'' wide and length of well? Then pour the water on top of the sponge.
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    Brinsea Octagon 20 incubator wicking

    HI. Does anyone have any pictures of their Brinsea Octagon 20 of wicking with paper towels and how it's done and or of using a sponge or sponge pieces for water retention please? I didn't know whether I should cut a few pieces of sponge and lay in the egg tray and drip water through an...
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    12 week old Roo with soft tissue damage in leg.

    This happened again to another rooster from another breed around the same age. By the time you notice them walking funny it is already too late. I had a Necropsy done this time. It was nutritional. It was a food I changed them to after the mash was done. I went to a pullet food from a...
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    New coop design. Raise or not to raise

    Thank you! So much more work to be done. We'll get enough done to put them in before winter and probably still have a bit of stuff to do in the spring.
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    New coop design. Raise or not to raise

    Thank you! We're in NE PA. We still have a lot of work to be done. But should be able to get the Jubilee's in there for the winter soon. Already have the Dominiques in the one end. Still have work to do in there to. It's getting there.
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    New coop design. Raise or not to raise

    Well it's getting there. Still need to stain it, clean up, odds and ends, final touches, roosts inside two of them inside, etc. Pictures so far. Hopefully done before the real cold hits. LOL!
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