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    Baby Chick is obsessed with me

    Hello mllrye, I'm wondering if you've found a way to wean the baby chick off you. I'm having the same problem with one of the four Speckled Sussex chicks I hatched in the incubator three days ago - his anxiety level every time I leave the room is quite worrisome. I tried ignoring his alarmed...
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    The Three New Hens

    They're such cuties! Miss Jubilee looks a bit like Floris, my Speckled Sussex. :)
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    A White Gold Laced Wyandotte chick

    I think that's right - it appears to be a recessive white. This is what I've found: White in Wyandotte is described as being developed from sports within the breed and is presumed to be cc (recessive white). While not a true genetic albino (no pink eyes), the cc genotype eliminates all...
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    A White Gold Laced Wyandotte chick

    Are Gold Laced Wyandottes carriers of the white gene? Out of 11 GLW chicks, one came out white. Did anyone else have this happen to their GLW hatch? They're from a reputable source, and there was zero possibility of mingling of the parents with any of the other chicken breeds. I was gifted the...
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    What breed might this mama hen be?

    Chicks are now 5 weeks; they were abandoned by their mom last week, soon after she started laying again. Also in the clip, a peak at Gigi-the duck who turned broody shortly after seeing the chicks. We had to improvise some sort of shelter where she chose to nest, in order to provide some...
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    What breed might this mama hen be?

    Chicks and their mama are growing - 3 1/2 weeks old now.
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    How and when to give grit

    Hi rosemarythyme. I stand corrected. Yes, you are right in that the OP was specifically referring to 6 week old chicks, whereas this would be for layers, from 16 weeks on.
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    Creative uses for the incubator

    As it turns out, the egg incubator worked very well as a fermenter - I made some tasty natto black beans, as well as wild ferment black beans in it. I fermented both types for about 23 hours (I could've probably taken them out a bit sooner than that), at 39 degrees C. Now I'm experimenting...
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    How and when to give grit

    Hi rosemarythyme, this grit contains 23% Ca, so definitely not too much, and certainly better than feeding them crushed eggshells (I actually consume those and find them to be not only highly beneficial but also delicious), which contain roughly 40% Ca. I looked up the composition of this grit...
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    Blue australorp - hen or roo?

    They're all pullets; the darker one is a blue Australorp, imo. You've got some real beauties there, including the mystery breed one.
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    How and when to give grit

    Mine have access to soil mixed with sand. I also offer them separately grit+redstone for pigeons, which I was told is very good for chickens as well - I think it's made of crushed seashells and redstone. I don't mix it in with the food, so they can take only the amount they need. If all you have...
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    When can I give some snacks?

    My chicks are 2 1/2 weeks old and have been enjoying steamed and pureed stinging nettle since they were just a few days old - super healthy for them, too. Recently, I gave them some cut-up cabbage leaves; today, they received just a small snack of steamed beef liver (run through the blender...
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    Creative uses for the incubator

    Oh, so sorry to hear about the incubation gone wrong... I use a small digital thermometer inside the incubator, in addition to the built-in one, to try to avoid a potential accident. The sprouting idea on top of the incubator is so cool - wish I could use it, but the lid on mine is dome-shaped...
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    Creative uses for the incubator

    Has anyone tried using their incubator to ferment things (yogurt, etc.) in, or as a dehydrator? I'm testing out using my spare incubator (50-60 egg capacity) to make natto black beans in one container, and wildly fermented black beans in the second one (see pics). I'm curious if anyone else has...
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    Blue australorp - hen or roo?

    Pullet for sure, and a pretty one, too. Here's my blue Australorp girl, all grown up.
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