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  1. disneyguy

    Eight Hens, 3 eggs a WEEK!

    Awesome reply, thanks! I use a Bar Ale from the locale Western Feed shop in my area. It's a layered feed and I've used it their whole lives, sometimes switching to the other feed (Purina) but the ingredients are identical. I have a shade that I've debated putting up but didn't think it'd make...
  2. disneyguy

    Eight Hens, 3 eggs a WEEK!

    Thanks for the conversation and making me feel not alone! For the heat question, I'm in Sacramento - so it gets easily averaging about 100 degrees here in the summer, up to about 115. We have been at about 95 - 100 average so far this summer. I don't have true next boxes, and never have. The...
  3. disneyguy

    Eight Hens, 3 eggs a WEEK!

    Howdy! Having a bit of an egg problem over here, that has a couple of layers to it. I have eight hens, and at the turn of the year (December - February), I was getting three dozen eggs a week. Since, egg laying has dropped dramatically (odd, since the summer has started and the sun more...
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    So excited to start collecting eggs!

    Such an awesome experience, and never gets old! :)
  5. disneyguy

    HELP'!!! 2

    I just had the same issue with one of my chicks - I had a fairly normal hatch up to day 21, all but 2 eggs hatched at that time. My second son happened to arrive the day of the hatching, so I was a bit busy getting to cleaning up the incubator. Needless to say, on day 23 when I went to shut off...
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    First time hatchers

    Awesome! Patience is key :) enjoy.
  7. disneyguy

    First time hatchers

    I've hatched twice, and never could keep the humidity higher than 60% at time of hatching. Each hatch, I had 85-90% hatch rate of those that made it to lockdown (not counting eggs that weren't actually fertile to begin with or that didn't develop all the way). Good luck, stay calm, and have...
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    What food??

    Awesome advice, thanks!
  9. disneyguy

    Is my guinnea pig pregnant?!!?! Help

    Very cool!! Congrats. Heads up, the babies will need to stay with mom for 3-4 weeks and then weened immediately. You'll be able to tell the boys from the girls by looking at their "areas" - each genital spot looks like a "Y", and the male will simply have a dot between the "V". When you...
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    Is my guinnea pig pregnant?!!?! Help

    Hi there, From just that picture alone, it doesn't appear likely unless you know she has been exposed to male guinea pigs (for even 30 seconds!) within the last month. GPs tend to have a "pear" shape to them naturally, preggo or not - it only intensifies when there are pups in there. Underbelly...
  11. disneyguy

    Ducks impacting laying production?

    Gotcha, okay. Thank you for the information! I've seen signs of molting, and our sun exposure is being way thrown off!
  12. disneyguy

    Ducks impacting laying production?

    Great! haha. Thanks for the reply.
  13. disneyguy

    Ducks impacting laying production?

    Thanks for the reply, and pardon my delay. I've had the ducks for about 2 months now, and most of my chickens are about 8 months old (hatched in April). Only "construction" has been on the putting up of the wiring to make the duck run, nothing has been done to the chicken coop/run.
  14. disneyguy

    Ducks impacting laying production?

    Hi all, I've recently brought in two ducks - a Pekin and a Campbell - that reside next to, but not with, my chickens. The duck enclosure is right alongside the run of the chicken coop. I'm curious - could this arrangement cause my chickens to stop producing eggs? I'm not getting nearly the egg...
  15. disneyguy

    Curious - when do I collect eggs for eating, and when should I incubate?

    Good to know! Thanks.
  16. disneyguy

    Cross beak chick

    Hi there, welcome to BYC and to chicken raising and sorry you've encountered this! I've heard of using tape or rubber bands to try and set the beaks together, however at 8 weeks that may be a bit tricky and development may be a bit too far along. Of course it's worth a try. I decided to put my...
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    Curious - when do I collect eggs for eating, and when should I incubate?

    Exactly - I just wonder how I'll know what eggs are fertile and will be set to hatch and what eggs won't be cooking up a chick. Awesome idea! Thanks!
  18. disneyguy

    Curious - when do I collect eggs for eating, and when should I incubate?

    Hi BYC! I hatched a group of chicks late April, and managed a rooster out of the mix. I have some really awesome chickens that I'd love to breed, I just have one question that apparently is a stupid one because I can't find the answer anywhere! Ready? When the time comes, and "Captain Hook" is...
  19. disneyguy

    Are two roosters too many?

    Referencing "Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens", the author's recommendation is 3 roosters over 2 (assuming the proper ratio to hens is equally proportionate) so that the roos are a bit more equal, and one doesn't necessarily have complete domination over another.
  20. disneyguy

    Backyard rooster

    Just curious - have your neighbors specifically complained to you about them? I started my first flock a couple of years ago, and had a rooster so I immediately rehomed because I was worried. This April, I hatched some chicks from an incubator and out of the 9 that hatched, one is a rooster...
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