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    Egg questions

    I have 8 Rhode Island Red Hens, 8 EE Hens, 6 Silkie Hens, and 3 Silkie Roosters. The silkies haven't started to lay yet, but I'm getting 8-10 eggs a day from the RIR's and EE's. I did check the eggs and they seem to be fertile. Here's the question. Would they incubate and hatch??? what...
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    Duck questions

    Well, I have Boer goats (45-50) and chickens (25). My daughters teacher is hatching ducks right now. So far only 3 have hatched. She asked if I want them to take home. I have a pond (1 acre) that is fenced. The total area inside the fence is about 2 acres. At times I do open the gate to...
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    Chickens not going outside

    I have 25 chickens that are just over 10 weeks old. I opened the coup so they could go outside on Saturday (it's been in the 70's here during the day. They just stand at the door and look out. I placed 4 outside on Sunday and they couldn't figure out how to get back in. Yesterday afternoon I...
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    Removing heat lamp and other questions

    Maybe I'm posting in the right forum. I have a few questions. 1. My chicks are 9 weeks old now. I have them in a 10x16 coup (unheated, but no drafts) on deep litter. When can I remove the heat lamps? Are they old enough now??? Please say yes. 2. When do I switch from starter/grower...
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    Mixing older chickens with younger chickens

    I have 25 chickens that were born on the Monday before Thanksgiving. 8 EE's, 8 RIR's, 9 silkies. That makes them 6 weeks old. I have a cousin that has 12 hens (production reds and buff orringtons) They are about 16 weeks old. His are overcrowded and he needs to sell a few. They are so...
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    Chicken coming Tuesday and Coop not complete

    Ok, This is my second post. So here goes. I have 25 day old chicks coming Tuesday from Ideal (8 RIR's, 8 EE's, 9 silkies). I have an enclosed room in my barn that I'm going to use as a brooder (12'x10') room. I am going to use a 150 gallon cattle trough 2'wide x 10' long x 2' high as a...
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