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    Chick half the size of others

    One of my runts that was developmentally behind from the start has a comb that never even came in beyond tiny little stubs. The only one after a year already. She is clean as a whistle every day and always standing off alone and just mean as can be to the rest of the flock. She sits in the nest...
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    Chick half the size of others

    I sometimes get one chick that ends up developmentally behind in a hatch with chicks purchased from different breeders. I don't believe all adult hens in my current adult flock have ever actually laid an egg, and have an issue with one consistently laying an egg with a very weak shell or having...
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    Rooster Issue

    I tried to introduce a new rooster his year because I have tripled my number of hens. What I learned is if the new introduction chases my hens around, their egg production may stop from their being stressed out. If they don’t submit to this rooster, they may never. It’s a hen’s way of saying...
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    Unprepared Hatchery Mixup

    Reptile lamp is probably available in stores. Thanks for the idea! We would certainly have paid a higher price for juveniles. I feel it’s cheaper than our cost for weeks of starter feed. Only we can buy them from a local store in the spring and save on the shipping cost.
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    Unprepared Hatchery Mixup

    Saw your cave post earlier and none of those things in the store in my area. I have to order them and wait.
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    Unprepared Hatchery Mixup

    We adopted our flock from the previous property owner. He had way too many chickens and no early months special feeding regimen. We hatched our first eggs last winter and did very well caring for them. I did not lose a single hatchling. Our birds are huge compared to their parents. But this...
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