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    Newbie Humidity Question

    Hi, we are first-timer incubators!! Day 21 is tomorrow and the incubator is on "lock down". However--according to the hygrometer, the humidity is too low. Which is more important: keeping the incubator closed at this point? Or adding some more water? Everything I read says humidity is key to a...
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    Surprise Chicks

    Hi. For about 4 years we have bought day old chicks and broods them. This year we did straight run and raised the cockerels to 6 months. Two weeks ago they were processed for meat. Today we discovered one of our pullets leading around 10 chicks! We have never had a hen hatch chicks. We are in...
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    Chick with Injured Leg

    Hi, I asked this on another thread but only got one response. Was hoping for some more insight. We have a two week old chick with an injured leg. Some of our chicks this year are HUGE--as in twice as large as the others--and I think this little one was injured by one of the bigger ones. It...
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    Chick with Injured Leg

    We have some chicks that are two weeks old. This afternoon we noticed that one chick's leg appears to be injured. I'm attaching a photo (attempting to!). The affected life is to the left on the picture. Could anyone give me an opinion as to what is the problem here--splayed leg? broken...
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    Welsummers: Light or Heavy Breed?

    Hello, We just purchased some day-old Welsummer pullets for my daughter's 4-H project. I was wondering how Welsummers are classified--as a light or heavy breed? I've seen contradictory things on the Internet. I need to know so we know what class to enter the pullets in for 4-H. Thanks!
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    Heritage Hens as Meat Birds?

    Hi--We've been raising laying hens for two years now. We have hens only (order day old chicks) because my husband doesn't want to deal with a rooster. We have Barred Rocks, RI Reds, Black Australorps, and Speckled Sussex. We are ordering chicks now and want to order some specifically for meat...
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    Drastic Dropoff in Egg Production

    Hello, We are relatively new to chickens. We've had our hens for a little over a year (they were born in April of 2011), and they have been good layers since late August/early September 2011 (so for almost 9 months). They are Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds. This past week, our egg...
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    Temperature of Room Brooder is In

    Hi, I've read that the brooder itself should be kept 90-100 the first day for the baby chicks. But how about the room the brooder is in? Last year we kept our chicks in our basement, which is heated. This year, because we now have an indoor cat, we're keeping them in a little outbuilding...
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    How to Maintain Stationary Coop

    Hi BYC Forum! We started with chickens last spring. We currently have 15 laying hens (Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds), and they've been living in a small house that used to be a pump house. We penned in a yard for them so they can go outside. They have seemed very happy and have laid very...
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