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    Seven week old turkey killed five week old chick!

    I got my first baby Narragansett turkey about 5 weeks ago. It was 2 weeks old when I got it. So I put it in with some new baby salmon faverolles and watched it closely. They did great! Snuggled together to sleep, absolutely did great. Well it is 7 weeks now and the chicks are 5 weeks and I was...
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    Having big trouble with my order from SUREHATCH! Would not recommend ordering from them!

    I ordered a new Sportsman 1502 Incubator from Surehatch. I also ordered plastic egg racks for three sizes of eggs and a see through door for the incubator that was extra. I received my incubator, and two sizes of egg racks. Still missing the chicken sized egg racks and the plastic door. They...
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    Brinsea Octogon 20 Advance EX

    Hi! I have 2 Brinsea Octogon 20 Advance EX incubators for sale. They are about a year to two years old and have the automatic humidity pump with them. I get great hatches from them! I needed to consolidate though and I have ordered a Sportsman that will be here this week. So my Brinseas are...
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    2 week old Chick with Skin condition?

    Hi! I have 10 lavender orpington chicks in a brooder together. One of them has never looked quite right. Its wings are an odd shape and it has always looked more "bare" than the other chicks. I got them shipped to me as hatchlings. None of the other chicks look like this. I don't think...
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    Mareks Disease: Need advice

    I am new to chickens and probably about three months ago a chick I had hatched got this weird leg deformity but was still eating and drinking so I separated it from the bigger chicks, put it with littler chicks so it wouldn't get run over and made sure it could get to food and water. Stupid me...
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    Need Advice On Shipped Eggs! Took six days to get here!!

    Hi! I just wanted some opinions on the best way to go about incubating the eggs I got today through the mail. I have hatched shipped eggs before so know some of the difficulties. Well, I bought Lemon Cuckoo Orpington eggs from DancingHen and she sent them out last Monday. They were supposed...
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    Horse trying to kill hens?

    My two year old Percheron cross filly has just today decided that she hates chickens. She is trying to stomp my hens when they come into her field. She has had chickens with her all her life! So has anyone ran into this? Am I going to have to get rid of my horse? I can't keep the hens out...
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    English Angora Bunny- need advice!

    My daughter got a new baby today. English angora doe, she is about 7 weeks old and beautiful! So we had got her a cage, she is in my daughter's room and we had been warned not to use wood shavings as they get hung in their fur. So we got this bedding stuff that kind of looks like tore up...
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    Silkie Chick color question

    I had a silkie hatch a few days ago. It is silver with some darker silver looking coloring on it's back. Would this maybe grow up to be a splash? I have not ever had a silkie with more than one color before. I can post pictures if it would help. Thanks!
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    First time hatching- having problems! Anyone still up?

    I have silkie eggs trying to hatch. Humidity and temp in the hatcher have been good. We watched the first one all day. It pipped this morning and worked all day to get out. I had read to not open the Bator no matter what so I watched. It zipped all the way around the shell and kept trying to...
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    When do chicks start needing grit?

    I have my six week old chicks in little houses outside and they do not have access to the ground. One pen is on concrete and the other one I don't have the pen built around yet so they are just inside at this point. It dawned on me tonight that I remember reading about how important grit is to a...
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    Changing to new chicken house- how to transition older chickens?

    My new chicken house will be here in a few days. Any advice on moving my 8 hens to their new house? They have been in their current house since were chicks, so 3 years. And to make it more confusing, the new house will be in a new spot and old house will be taken down. I was thinking to take...
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    Question about temps with 5 week old chicks

    I put my 5 week old chicks outside in a little house a few days ago. Before that they were inside my house. So it has been cold and the wind has been whipping so I have had their heat lamp on at night only. Well today was warmer, low 70's and it is still 64 outside. They are in a pretty warm...
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    Want to buy hatching eggs- SW MO, NE OK, NW AR or SE KS

    I am looking for someone with hatching eggs to sell within a few hours driving distance from me. I am by Joplin, Missouri. I am not having a lot of luck with shipped eggs. Just starting my flock, interested in different breeds so if you will PM me with where you are and what you have that would...
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    Humidity too high on Hova Bator 1588.. Help!

    This is day 2 of my first incubation. I am having trouble with too much humidity in my Hova Bator. I finally took all the water out of it and am watching it. It is about 63% now about 30 minutes after taking the water out. Also the bedroom that the Bator is in is warm and humid. I checked and it...
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    Got my new Hova-Bator 1588!

    I am so excited! It came in the mail today. Got it set up and going. Eggs are on the way. Also on the way is a Brinsea Octogon 20 Advance EX that I bought used. Yay! I am going to be an incubating fool!
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    How do you identify your chickens?

    I know since I am new I probably ask stupid questions but here we go again. LOL. Obviously I need a way to mark my chicks so I know who is who and can identify where they came from. Do you use leg bands for this? What is the best way? Where do I get supplies for this? If you do leg bands do...
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    Silkie and frizzle chicks- how to tell apart?

    I am not the brightest person in the world. I got my box of chicks from the postoffice this morning and was so excited! So I came home and put them all under the light and they are doing great! Then it hits me! I ordered 20 silkies and 20 Frizzles, my friend gets half. I mixed them all up...
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    Aggressive baby chicks?

    I am really new to this so please excuse me if this is a stupid question. I picked up some baby chicks at the feed store, just to have for laying hens. There were barred rock, rhode island reds, and golden sex linked. I bought the pullets. They are all now three weeks old and doing good but I am...
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