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  1. HalfMadMommy

    How long should I wait?

    I have 20 eggs in my incubator. Candling looked good until "hands off" which was Sunday. I increased the humidity to approx 65%, and today is day 22...no pips. This is my 2nd attempt at hatching. My 1st one had 3 dozen eggs, and only 3 hatched, 2 of which died within 24 hours :-/ This time...
  2. HalfMadMommy

    NEED HELP! Introducing new 12 week olds not going well!

    I have 3 pullets (2 jersey giants, 1 maren) and 1 roo (bantam mixed breed) that are all approx 12 weeks old. I'm trying to introduce them into the main chicken house where there are 4 fully-grown chickens (1 EE roo, 1 bantam cochin, 1 RI red, 1 sexlink), I had them in the hen house separated by...
  3. HalfMadMommy

    Got new chicks. Does one have Pasty vent?

    I got 3 chicks yesterday from someone on craigslist. 2 Jersey Giants, and a Maren. I'm pretty new to chicken raising, and haven't encountered a pasty butt before. The new Maren's (approx 2 weeks) vent is protruding from her hind end, by about 1/4". It looks pink, but not really inflamed...
  4. HalfMadMommy

    Broody hen gone WILD!

    My Bantam Black Cochin went broody about 4 weeks ago. I bought her some fertile eggs to sit on, and she sat on them for about 5 days, and then she just. gave. up! Now, I have 7 eggs that were fertile, and I'm not sure if they're still good. I have an incubator, so I stuck them in there...
  5. HalfMadMommy

    What kind of chickens are these?

    About 2 weeks ago, we had a chicken massacre at my house ! My husband's STUPID DOG got a hold of all my chickens (3 JJ's, a barred rock, and 2 speckeled sexlinks) and killed them all! So now, we have learned from THAT mistake, and have reinforced the chicken coop, and the built a dog run...
  6. HalfMadMommy

    Need some ideas for converting part of our shed/pool house into coop

    Our city allows us to have 2 hens, and we'd like to convert part of our shed (which we currently use for pool/toy storage) into our chicken coop. The interior dimensions that are available are approx 2' wide x 5.5' deep x 5.5' tall. There's already electricity running to it, so it will be easy...
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