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    How much do you pay for feed??

    Try $100+ a month for about a flock of 50, 4 Pekin Ducks, and 5 three month old Heritage Turkeys. Sometimes $130-$140 a month.
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    Won’t Go in Coop at Night

    Usually I train my younger chicks but you can do this with the adult chickens as well. Sometimes young chicks at 6 weeks old will hurdle in a corner especially if they're introduced in a coop that already has adult chickens. Lock them up in the coop for a week or two, try a week at first and see...
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    Won’t Go in Coop at Night

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    How Are You Covering Your Chicken Run for Avian Influenza?

    Wow, my chickens are pasture chickens. They go in the coop at sun down and out by 6am. Now how would I protect my flock from avian influenza. You thought you had problems?
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    Comment by 'JerryPerez54' in article 'Daily to weekly chicken maintenance.'

    He's talking about the nesting box, pretty much one foot all around. 12 inches high, 12 width, 12 deep, and 12 long. I believe that's what he was saying.
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    What treats do you give your chickens?

    My chickens love fully developed boiled embryos. After several power outages the embryos died, I boiled them and fed them to my chickens. They love them. Where I live these outages happen at times and when the embryos don't develop properly, I remove them from my incubator, boil them and feed...
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    Too many eggs, first chick hatched a week ago

    I have plenty hens that go broody, Brahmas, Australorpes, Blue Plymouth, Turkens, and Leghorns, however, they all like to lay eggs together in the same nest box even thought they're plenty nesting compartments. I have a real nice setup and they're free range. I buillt me a beautiful large...
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    Egg Marked With Permanent Marker

    You must be hatching duck or other types of eggs, chicken eggs do not need candeling on the 22nd or 23rd day because it takes them 20 to 21 days to hatch.
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    can i make a incubator out of a plastic tub

    I have a plastic bin, a baking pan in the center for my water and a heating lamp placed at a height that gives me the right temperature. A hygrometer at one end since I have the eggs at both ends away from direct heat. My humidity is at 50% overall inside temperature is 105° and the actual egg...
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