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    Light brahma and age of laying

    My light brahmas started laying at 7months old. They did good as I learned and had them brood and raise 2 "batches" of chicks. My question now is how long do they lay? They were giving eggs really good then this spring they all got broody and I blamed my egg production reduction on that. Then it...
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    Sudden death 1 chick of 8

    I have 8 chicks that hatched 5 days ago. I found one dead this morning. No obvious trauma. Size, fluffiness etc. like the others. The other 7 are chirping and interacting with mom food and water as expected. I'm assuming the chick got smothered or there was something wrong with it when hatched...
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    How long can I keep collecting eggs to put under a broody hen?

    I think I'm going to have enough eggs in 4 days total. Sounds like that should be fine. Trialing unquestionable broody hen on wood eggs tonight. Will put eggs under her tonight (planned). Hope all should be good.
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    How long can I keep collecting eggs to put under a broody hen?

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    How long can I keep collecting eggs to put under a broody hen?

    I had my first successful hatch with a brood hen so feel I have a "little" experience. I want to put 10 under the next girl. I'm getting very few eggs. 2-4 a day. I've read I shouldn't use the eggs to put under the broody hen if I already refrigerated them. so I've started saving for 2 days and...
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    Light brahma and age of laying

    I have recently changed over to exclusively light brahma chickens. I need to keep the whole production small because I'm getting tired. I got one by mistake and fell in love with their personality. I have 7 hens and one rooster. I read someplace I believe from chillin with my peeps that I won't...
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    Light brahma and age of laying

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    23 days with a broody hen and no sign of hatching.

    Just looked something else up. The rooster is a Light Brahma which is a large breed. I just learned that larger breeds take longer to hatch and cold can make them take longer too. So I'm giving them another week.
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    23 days with a broody hen and no sign of hatching.

    Day 25 update. Well I was absolutely sure I needed to give up but wanted to try and get a clue what is going wrong no pip no nothing at day 25. They bobbed and moved around in the warm water yesterday. So today I cracked another one. Lots of vascularization, sac around chick, still has yolk...
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    23 days with a broody hen and no sign of hatching.

    I responded but my posting didn't show. I had heard a peep but didn't know you could hear them in the egg. Today I gave up in frustration and broke open one of the eggs. Yes it had been fertilized I didn't examine it well enough but lots of vessels still obvious, skeleton present not really a...
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    23 days with a broody hen and no sign of hatching.

    I was given a broody hen who wasn't part of the flock so I kept her separate. I had her sit on wooden eggs for a few days to confirm she really was broody then I slipped her 4 eggs newly laid all at the same time. Yes I have a rooster. I am totally inexperienced in dealing with a broody hen and...
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    Problem with nipple waterer

    I appreciate your concern but respectfully disagree. Having clean water is the most important thing I can give my chickens. They lay better when they are warm and I have a light in there with them. I agree that having the birds fly into the lamp is not good that is why I moved it. It is wired to...
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    Problem with nipple waterer

    Thanks for the responses. If I need to replace nipple I can keep the same bucket I assume? I assume I could replace them with horizontal ones at that time if I wanted to. I don't want to change buckets because it has the heat tape on it and great stuff between the two buckets to insulate it and...
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    Problem with nipple waterer

    Thank you soooo much. I would have never thought of that. It's cold here but I put the heat lamp under the roost. I know sounds weird but the chickens kept breaking the bulbs flying around and hitting it and knew they couldn't fly under the roost also keeps the ice from forming under the...
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    Problem with nipple waterer

    I've been using a nipple waterer for several months and like it. Today was the second time I went into the coop and all the water had spilt out. It was still hanging so no it didn't tip over. The lid was still on. No hole in the bottom. When I filled it back up no water coming out of a hole on...
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    The Big Fat Is This A Rooster? Thread

    Thank you both. I hope I lucked out. A neighbor has been admiring my birds and I traded the rooster for a broody silk. Silkie is not the breed I wanted but I can at least get the cycle started. I'll buy some light brahma pullets in the spring. I thought he was a rooster but didn't want to accept...
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    The Big Fat Is This A Rooster? Thread

    Thank you both. I hope I lucked out. A neighbor has been admiring my birds and I traded the rooster for a broody silky. Silkie is not the breed I wanted but I can at least get the cycle started. I'll buy some light brahma pullets in the spring. I thought he was a rooster but didn't want to...
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    The Big Fat Is This A Rooster? Thread

    Thanks the more I looked into it the more I became convinced they were both roosters. Just didn't want it to be as I was told I had a boy and a girl. Thanks I'll be looking for a girl now. My leghorns don't make good mamas.
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    The Big Fat Is This A Rooster? Thread

    Thanks the more I looked into it the more I became convinced they were both roosters. Just didn't want it to be as I was told I had a boy and a girl. Thanks I'll be looking for a girl now. My leghorns don't make good mamas.
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    The Big Fat Is This A Rooster? Thread

    Here are the pics. the top and second makes me think it has to be a rooster, 3 combs, think feathers at the neck etc. The third and lowest picture is what makes me doubt myself. I only have the two birds so I probably don't have a female to compare against. Comparing the two birds the one in the...
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