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    9 chicks disappeared in a matter of a few hours

    Earlier this week we lost 9 of our six week old chicks without a trace. It had to happen between the hours of 1pm and 5pm. Only thing I Can think of is either a family of foxes or a murder of crows. The crows That that live around here are very large and many of them. Today I discovered a...
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    broody hen on two nests

    i have a girl that makes two nests of eggs. one in a box and one under the coop. she will not stay on one nest for longer than a day. i remove the eggs from under the coop every day but i still find a pile of eggs. how might i keep her on one clutch
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    ROO odd behavior when pet sitter came

    i think he was just doing his job;). but keep watch, i had (HAD) a over protective roo that started to go after the kids, that he new his whole life. i never would have thought
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    Looking for someone to slaughter a couple of my chickens

    I believe Trumbull locker in rock creek will process your roos for you.
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    Lakenvelder??

    If this helps. It is my silver lakenvelder at about 4 weeks old. And turned out to be a boy.
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    Announcement April Fools 2011 - NEW BYC Program & Partnership - Sell Your Extra Eggs!

    We have 13 hens. 5-6 dozen a week. Also 11 young ladies that will be ready in July!
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    can I take 8 hr old chick out of incu straight to brood if not dry yet

    it has been 8 hours and our first chick is not drying at all... i know they are supposed to stay in there for 24 hrs, but with humidity high for other chicks to hatch, how is she going to dry?? this is our first experience with hatching, so might sound silly, but dont wanna risk anything...
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    How long will it take baby chicks to dry?

    thank you! now was that because they would not dry?? does anyone know the exact reason for keeping them in incubator for 24 hrs?? what if i quickly took her out now and put her in the brooder? it has been 8 hrs since hatch...
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    How long will it take baby chicks to dry?

    Thank you! that was the same stuff i was reading! lol.. you are probably right about the humidity.. but have to keep it like that for the other eggs to hatch ya know??
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    How long will it take baby chicks to dry?

    Well our first of four chicks hatched today at 1pm!! it was really amazing!!! it has now been 6 and a half hrs and she is still wet and only takes couple steps here and there.... getting a little worried, she keeps laying on the wet sponge that is in there and i am thinking she will never...
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    How long will it take baby chicks to dry?

    Well our first of four chicks hatched today at 1pm!! it was really amazing!!! it has now been 6 and a half hrs and she is still wet and only takes couple steps here and there.... getting a little worried, she keeps laying on the wet sponge that is in there and i am thinking she will never...
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    gotta a question...

    Well we are only using a heat lamp with a piece of cardboard over it with a nickel size hole in it.. Sounds like what you are using would be pretty effective too, if anything try the cardboard thing, but light is good!
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    gotta a question...

    We are also at day 10 of incubation, brown eggs also. At day 3 we were able to see the small embryo and very faint veins. Out of 11 that we put in incubator, we have 5 for sure growing and can see them moving around well now. Are your eggs real porous? Sometimes it can be real hard to see if...
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    Lakenvelders

    here is our 4 month old cockerel named Avery. was named Ava till he started crowing haha!
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    would a rabbit kill a chicken?

    Wow! Thanks for all the replies! well our rabbit is about 12 weeks old and is an English spot. Yes, it is kept in the same pen as the chickens. Really also wondering if our other hens could have done this to the new hen that entered our coop 1 week prior? I know we will never know for sure...
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