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    HELP broody hen kills chick

    Is she a Buff Orpington?
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    HELP broody hen kills chick

    @cmom That looks great!! I should build something like that too. I have my first broody and tried to move her and her eggs, but she keeps going back to the nest box. She is the one on the far left. Her eggs are about to hatch anytime now.
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    Meyer hatchery - never again

    Thank you for your kind words! I am very happy with my new batch of chicks. I have 6 Welsumer pullets, 2 Welsumer cockerels and 2 Plymouth Barred Rock pullets. My goal is to breed two different chickens. I choose the Welsumer because I am originally from the Netherlands. And the second breed...
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    Meyer hatchery - never again

    @ChickenFox I am so happy your chickens were healthy. I am sorry they all got taken by predators. The 4 survivors are doing well. I tried to get them all 4 in one picture. They are very tame and come running to me when I get to their pen. Maybe because I have given them so much care and...
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    What should the humidity be while incubating chicken eggs?

    @Mosey2003 Thank you so much for your information. I am relieved that my humidity is not too high. I will follow your advise and keep it the way I have it right now (I just added water yesterday, so it is 54% at the moment. I will try to keep it at 50% until day 19.
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    What should the humidity be while incubating chicken eggs?

    I am on day 7. I have a Hova Bator 1602N thermal air with automatic egg turner. It came with a thermometer and hygrometer. According to the instructions I should keep humidity at 45-55% up to 3 days before hatch. When I am reading others posts this could be to high. How do you determine the best...
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    Meyer hatchery - never again

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    Meyer hatchery - never again

    This is the bunch :). The cockerel is second from the bottom. He is much smaller in size and doesn;t have as much feathering as the pullets.
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    Meyer hatchery - never again

    @EggWalrus Thank you so much for thinking with me! The chicks are 3 weeks old at the moment. I want to put them in the coop in 3 more weeks or longer (depending on how they are doing and their feathering). They have been outside, but on a section of my property where my flock doesn;t come. And...
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    Meyer hatchery - never again

    @Alexandra33 Awh, thank you for asking :hugs! I have 5 left. The 4 pullets are doing very well. They are super active and lively. As I am used to with chicks. They had their first field trip outside last weekend. The weather was great. They loved to scratch and dust bath :). So much fun to...
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    Meyer hatchery - never again

    Welsummer
  12. OasiVerde

    What breed is this?

    I saw the note in my planner to post an update. Unfortunately this chick didn;t make it, so I am not able to send a picture anymore :(
  13. OasiVerde

    Getting free produce - is more protein necessary?

    Thank you for your picture. That looks great! So simple and easy to maintain! I like that you have a system for your compost and who gets it. When I tried worm composting, I bought three plastic bins, drilled holes in them, stacked them and added kitchen scraps and shredded paper. My property...
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    Getting free produce - is more protein necessary?

    @Compost King I would like to start a worm compost bin in my green house. Would you like to share pictures of your set up? I started a couple of years ago with plastic bins stacked on top of each other. I have no idea what I did wrong, but all the worms died and I have never tried it again.
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    Meyer hatchery - never again

    Thank you all for your responses. I am SO happy to read that many of you do have had a good survival rate and have healthy chicks. :love This morning another one died, even after giving all of the survivors a round of Tylan (never had to use this before / this was my last resort of trying to...
  16. OasiVerde

    New chicken enrichment

    That looks amazing :thumbsup! I am going to add enrichment for my chickens soon :)
  17. OasiVerde

    Am I doing something wrong? Hatchery chicks are dying :(

    It is H&H old fashioned starter. This is their website, I bought the bag at the local feed store. https://handhfeed.com/ It is manufactured by Micobe Inc in Hamilton Texas. The number on the bag is 01 3668 18, so I assumed it was Jan 2018 :confused:
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    Am I doing something wrong? Hatchery chicks are dying :(

    Yes, they explained it. I actually contacted the brand company (I don;t know how else to call them) and they contacted the mill. They explained to me that the number on the bag is a random number, but the mill has all the dates. It is actually interesting to find out how this works, I am...
  19. OasiVerde

    Meyer hatchery - never again

    Thank you, I will look into them. Looking for healthy, strong chicks :) I am sick to my stomach from ordering at Meyer. If one could look into the future....... But I learned my lesson, the hard way :(
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    Meyer hatchery - never again

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