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    Keeping infertile eggs in incubator

    Hi, I put 24 duck eggs into the incubator last week and today I candled them and only 3 are actually fertile and developing. Should I take out the rest of the eggs or would it be better to leave in until lockdown?
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    Chick with feet turned in?

    I have a silkie chick that hatched one week ago. A few days ago I noticed his toes are facing in and his smallest toes and not spread out [/IMG][/IMG]
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    What breed is this Pekin?

    5 months old
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    What breed?

    She was hatched from an batch of eggs that were supposed to be all ducks. I still don't know her breed so I'm hoping someone will be able to tell me
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    Breed?

    Thought he was a Japanese but doesn't look like it anymore. He has long white legs.
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    Serama bantam or Japanese bantam?

    http://s1261.photobucket.com/user/derk6/library/ab
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    Boy or Girl Silkie X?

    Father is a black silkie and mother is a white leghorn
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    Large humidity change?

    The humidity in my rcom 20 incy was about 60%. I knew it was high but figured after a day or two it would go down but it didnt so i took away the water 'thing' and gave it a week and it went down to 55%,still too high. So i started up my homemade incubator, still a working progress but the...
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    Incubator tray ideas?

    I am trying to remodel my homemade incubator. The trays i built are open top and, after an egg falling over the side, i realised i must remake. Dont forget photos!!
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    When will they start laying again?

    I have a group of 12 pekins, 8 hens and 4 roosters. There are 4 trios: lemon cuckoo,lavender, buff and black. They were all bought at different times in summer this year. The lemon hens laid for about a month then went broody in July and havent laid since. The black laid a few very small eggs...
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    Thin Pekins?

    I have recently just gotten a few pekins. After i brought them home i noticed that they were a little on the thin side. I have looked it up and it says grower is good but it contains alot of protein. Will this not cause them to grow? Pekins are known for being small.
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    Are lemon cuckoo pekins good mothers?

    I have 2 lemon cuckoo pekins sitting together on 11 eggs. When i was buying a trio of lavender pekins today, she said that lemon cuckoos are horrible mothers and ignore their chicks once they hatch (her expeirience). Is that true?
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    Got my silkie to care for chicks

    Yesterday, one of my silkie hens wandered into the house. As i quickly shooed her out, we pasted the bator which had a newly hatched chick in it. I knew that a hen had to be broody to care for chicks but i decided to give it a try. I put the chick under her legs as she was standing. She looked...
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    Hen or rooster silkie?

    she is 9 months old. This is another silkie I bought from the same person and is the same age
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    How to connect this thermostat to a light bulb?

    http://www.carel.com/carelcom/web/eng/catalogo/prodotto_dett.jsp?id_gamma=8&id_prodotto=31&id_mercato=3 I would like to make a homemade incubator but need help connecting the thermostat to the light bulb. On the website it says it can be used as a normal thermostat on a heating device
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    Suitable as hatcher?

    Is this suitable as a homemade hatcher? I will be moving it inside. Also, is it better to use a light bulb or hair dryer?
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    Silkie hens close to lay?

    They are 8 months, at least there supposed to be...They are not squatting or looking at nestboxes
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    My silkie roosters gettin bossed around by cochin hens!

    Theyre pecking at him and hes not trying to mate them. Also I bought a silkie hen a few days ago and he said shes a year old. You can fit 3 fingers between her pelvic bones, why isnt she laying?
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    How long would it take for a silkie or a cochin go broody?

    After seeing a clutch of eggs that are enough to sit on, how long would it take until she actually goes broody? Or does it depend on the hen?
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    Can a hen thats not laying go broody?

    Say if shes in molt or just got Seperated from her chicks.
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