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    So no more chickies

    I was originally setting out for something fun to do, that I had done in the second grade classroom. Hatch chicks. After talking about it, it turned pretty much into a project. Like, I had to document /everything/. List the tools I used, how I did it, my feelings over the whole hatching...
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    Sad news, guys.

    If anyone remembers me, I was one of the people who went through psycho depressess-ness and swore none of the eggs would hatch. And then there were three chickens smelling up my room :3 But they had to go sometime. And my mom appearently thought three weeks was old enough (she has the nose of a...
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    Can my babies go outside?

    It's a warm, summery day, I think in the mid-eighties. Feels around the same as the inside of the brooder... My three babies are almost 2 weeks old (are they BIG or what?!), and I was wondering if I'd be killing them to lay down a towel outside (if they feel like sitting on a towel ) and let...
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    A lump on my chick?

    Hi guys! So, today, mum noticed something's up with one of my chickies. They're about a week and a half old, starting to get their tail feathers (awwww!!). The funny thing is, Martini's got a lump. On the side of her chest, it's extreamly easy to see a big, hard lump. I can't tell if it hurts...
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    Okay, day 26! (some pics!)

    And, dunno why, but I've resigned myself to thinking that none of the eggs will hatch Maybe because I automatically do this with everything-bring down my expectations so the results always are good or expected-so that if one chick hatches, I think my heart would explode with love and thanks...
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    Feeder Q

    Okay, I lost the nice little metal (bottomless! Ah!) feeder I bought from TSC, but I DO have something increadibly similar given to us a long while back--A little candy jar. It has a feeder bottom, and it came with the jar. Only problem is that it's painted red and white. I is afraid-Are the...
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    Taking chicks outside

    People say to wait till after five weeks, but by then, they won't be my babies anymore I live in Florida, and it's usally 80-something+, so if the temp matches (or almost matches) the temp of the brooder at the time, is it okay to take them for a little outdoor venture? Oh, and on a side...
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    Woah. Dream.

    I forgot to turn the eggs at yea time, so I had to turn them at 12, a minute before I fell asleep. Thus, of course, the eggs took part in my dream. I'm only on day 12/13 (12 offical, 13 my count), but when I picked them up to turn them in the dream, one was moving around, and I could feel it...
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    Cbox?

    I don't know if it's possible to GET a Cbox, or if everyone wants one, but I think it's a nice idea for quick chats :3
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    Brooder Q?

    Wondering-I've seen someone here use a...erm... something like a ferret-or-critter-or-whatever-some-sort-of-small-animal cage, as what looked like, a brooder. It was pretty big, but would the barred sides be considered okays for new little chickies?
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    Is it normal to get freaked?

    I SWEAR. I don't even want to candle the eggies, I'm sooooosososo scared that none'll hatch. The missap on day two made it worse (the temp spiked 108-110 for about three hours), but even if that DIDN'T happen... This is my first time, so I have NO idea what to expect. I range from being...
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    Bah.

    This sucks. I really really really wish it was possible for me to KEEP chickens, but-I can't. The neighborhood laws disagree, and our yard ish tiny. And there are PLENTY of ferral cats by the house (30-ish, in a little coloney?). Already have two of my own, indoor/outdoor. I don't believe they...
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    Candling

    Okay. So I don't have a nice candler. I just sort of block out the most light I can, and put the egg up towards the bulb. What's worrying me (what doesn't?) is that it's day three, but all I see are black blobs in the middle of the egg. Could it just be my makeshift method, or is that normal...
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    HELP! QUESTION!

    My brother is an idddddioooooot. I just got 12 eggs yesterday, mail. Well, Thursday, 22. They're doing fine in the incubator, but since the homemade bator is so big with so little eggs (we had to make it around the measurements of the big ol plexiglass thing), I have to use a 75watt. I can...
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