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    Day 24, shall I shut the incubator down.

    First time hatching and incubating chicks! I have a River Systems ET49 Incubator (I am not sure if you get many in the US, it's basically the same as design as the Borotto Real 49, popular in the UK, Europe and Australia). I am not particularly impressed with it, especially how expensive it...
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    14 dead chicks found in coop!

    I think I found out the cause of the mass pile up, I hope this info helps others prevent similar issues in their flocks. 2 days before the pile up I turned off their night light, they didn't seem to have an issue with this at the time. There was pretty bad weather on the days leading up to the...
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    14 dead chicks found in coop!

    Thanks for the replies everyone, it really helps. The chicks all survived last night, I have made some improvements to the coop to try and prevent a recurrence. I have fitted a wooden skirt along the corner to cover the timber wall support and to blunt the corner. I have moved a playpen out and...
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    14 dead chicks found in coop!

    I didn't see any real blood, one of the chicks seemed to have had some feathers pulled out with a few small blood spots where the feathers would have been (by the others I think) but nothing to make me thing a predator got in. The lowest temperature was on the night of the pile up (40 degrees)...
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    New Chickens, Egg laying decreasing

    Hi Mother of Chaos Sorry I didn't see your post, I'm located in Australia so I the feed brand won't be available in the US but here is a link to it: https://consolidatednutrition.com.au/product/super-poultry-mix-2/ The ingredients are: Wheat, Triticale, Field Peas, Corn, Kalo, Groats, Meat Meal...
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    14 dead chicks found in coop!

    Hi All It was a sad day on the homestead today, I woke to find 14 of my 6 week old chicks dead near the corner of their coop :( . 6 weeks ago I purchased 300 day old chicks, I had hoped to help a community group by donating eggs, in exchange for donations towards the upkeep and feed for the...
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    Feathers looking straggly, fraying, broken ends

    Some photos of the Isa Browns before I noticed the fraying feathers (photos taken from February to April this year).
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    Feathers looking straggly, fraying, broken ends

    Hi all I raised 20 Isa Browns from day old chicks, they are about 9 months old now. In the past month I noticed the feathers on the necks and backs of the Isa Browns are looking straggly, fraying, some of the ends of the smaller feathers have broken off. I have checked for mites and can't find...
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    New Chickens, Egg laying decreasing

    Just a quick reply in case anyone else has a similar issue, thanks to everyone's replies. The lower egg production was due to their feed. As a noob I went and purchased laying pellets and added some wheat seconds thinking I was getting the right stuff. The wheat seconds were rather low quality...
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    Cornish Cross Pullet laid her first egg!

    One of my 17-week-old Cornish Cross Hens (I think they are Ross 500s) laid her first egg. A tiny 30g egg! I’m quite excited haha :D. I bought a batch of Isa-Brown day-old chicks and the hatchery had a special on excess meat birds so I bought 10 (ended up with 11, one spare). I didn’t have a good...
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    New member from WA

    Hi All I am a new chicken keeper from Western Australia. Reading the great advice on here really helped me prepare for my chickens. I just purchased 10 Hyline Hens and hope to also get some Rhode Island Reds, perhaps as fertilised eggs in due course! Look forward to being part of the community!
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    New Chickens, Egg laying decreasing

    Hi All I am a new chicken keeper and last week I purchased 10 ex-commercial free range 17 month old Hyline Hens, it's been so exciting but I am a little concerned about their egg laying. On the first day, the hens produced 9 eggs which was amazing but since then egg production has...
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