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    What Predator are you guessing?

    Thanks for the posts dont know whether to buy more hens or just give up and keep the ones we have left or at least hopefully keep the 8 we have left. Love having them and watching them in the yard but can not continually afford to spend $7-$10 per laying bird just for the hawk to get. Do you...
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    What Predator are you guessing?

    Around two months ago I had a hawk attempt to get to the Banties in a rabbit hutch/cage. did not work about a month later went out to do lock up and missing a Australorp now around a month later we had just gotten a 4" snow, had to clear off an area for the chickens to come out. Went to lock...
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    Please Help Is This Mites??

    Quote: How often do you treat with Ivermectin and can the eggs still be eaten or do they have to be discarded and if so for how long?
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    Emergency!! Lost 16 chickens in a week!!

    for the bugs you might try Seven Dust for gardens. Good Luck hope you get it figured out soon!
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    One to many rooster

    Quote: We got a Black Australorp rooster when he was a year and he is calm and collective, the first couple times my 6 y.o picked up her hens he came after her and then I chased him with a broom and never another problem now we can pick him up to do care on him in the coop. I have always...
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    My chickens are dying...

    I too am dealing with fowl pox at this point, most of the cases have been dry pox but have had one case of wet pox which sounds more in your direction. Will be interested in what you figure out.
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    calling any one from missouri

    I was kinda thinking the same and that there was very few in the South because never see any post from Missouri
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    calling any one from missouri

    Quote: Congrats on getting the nerve, I have one that needs to be done and wasn't going to do it since he will never be shown but I might now b/c of the frost bite issue you mentioned.
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    calling any one from missouri

    Kirksville, MO here have 3 SLW, 3 RIR, 3 Black Australorp hens & 1 rooster, and a white hen that a clover kid needed a home for. Will be looking for show quality chickens come 2011, dont know what breeds yet as the girls have not decided, I do know we are looking for mainly pullets d/t I dont...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    7/10 but they seem to lay thru out the day so maybe there will be 1 or 2 more, I hope they have been in a slump lately!
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    What type of chicken should a beginner get?

    Everybody has there favorites, first and foremost most chickens DO NOT lay an egg every day sometimes they do but it does not go on for a long period of time. A good laying chicken will lay 2 eggs every 3 days. Then you have to account for moulting that they will slow down if not quit laying...
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    Chicken cant walk

    I would hold off on culling her as well, this summer we had one that the rooster bit/pulled on the leg. Could not see any injury but she would not walk or move. We seperated her off and put feed and water where she could get to it and there was several times that I thought culling was best...
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    Why can't you just break the egg?

    if you can hear them chirping then they are in the air cell and will be pipping soon! Good LUCK!!!
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    are my duck eggs trying to hatch ???????

    Yes you should up the humidity to at least 65-70% Ducks require a little higher humidity than others b/c of the prolonged hatching, after a duck egg pips which looks like will be very soon it will take up to three days for them to hatch dont hurry them they take a lot longer than chickens and...
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    What is the bare minimum you need to hatch eggs successfully?

    You can buy a cheap accurite digital combination thermometer/hyrgrometer at Wal-Mart for around $7, but regardless of what you buy for a hygrometer make sure you callibrate it b/c I dont care how expensive or cheap most will be off...
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    Q. re: setting two batches in same incubator?

    You can hand turn them all but I dont know even if you remove the turner that all 66 eggs will fit in the bator floor. If it was me I would add water until you get it up to around 50-55 I think 45 is on the verge of to low... Like you said though you will have to have a hatcher to move the 44...
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    duck eggs piping

    I agree with Shellyd2008 they are a lot slower to hatch than chicks, the last batch I done took anywhere from 2-3 days to hatch. I would let them be and get the humidity up to the 70's and wait. Good Luck!!!
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    i know this is weird but what do i do with a hygrometer pls answer

    Shoot for 50% days 1-18 and 65% days 18-21
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    Doomed?

    I think you should still have a good shot at it. The fact that you are hatching shipped eggs is more against you than the faulty thermometer, if you get a 50% hatch with shipped eggs you are doing good. If you have an LED flashlight go to the bathroom and candle the eggs you will be able to...
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    lock down questions

    mlove: you should lock down on the night of the 10th or the morning of the 11th, your lockdown date is technically the 11th. You should try to get your humidity up to 65%. If you get it above 60% all will be good. Your hudmidity will go up as chicks hatch and dry. If it gets so high that...
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