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    i'M SOOOO EXCITED!!!!

    I'm really excited!!! I have 8 pullets and got my 3 first eggs today. YAE!!!! :ya My husband is just finishing the winter coop. I'm a little worried that when we move the chickens they will quit laying. Is this possible??? sandyj
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    Chicks Are Dying Before They Hatch!!!!

    I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I put 30 Couternix quail eggs and 20 chicken eggs in incubator. The day the quail were due, only 1 hatched. After several days (3 -4) 7 more hatched, with my help. They had been pipping for almost 2 days and weren't able to get out of the egg by...
  3. sandyj

    Question About Geese?????

    Is there a goose that doesn't make alot of noise? I live in the city and don't need the neighbors comlplaining about noise but would love a goose! Thanks!!!! sandyj
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    Best Kind Of Goose!!!!

    I am looking to get a goose. I would like one that is gentle, but will also watch over my chicken flock. I've heard that 1 goose can be good to have to scare off predators. Will only one be lonely without another of her kind or will the chickens be good substitutes? sandyj
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    CAN QUAIL AND CHICKEN LIVE TOGETHER?????

    I have seven Cotournix quail and seven chicken babies. Can they peacefully live together? I have an 80 square foot coop with run. It is totally covered with chicken wire and no spaces for the birds to escape. This would make things a lot easier if I could keep them together...
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    LOOKING FOR COUTERNIX IN ST. PAUL, MN

    Anyone not too far from St. Paul that have Couternix for sale??? Possibly eggs. I'm just concerned that if I hatch eggs, I will get more than 1 rooster and they will not get along and I'll have to house them separately. Anyone know about this???? Thanks! sandyj
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    I JUST BOUGHT A LARGE 4 X 4 INSULATED DOG HOUSE!!!!

    Hey Guys, I just bought a really nice large insulated dog house for my 6 chicks. I'm sooo excited. I can't wait. Will this be large enough for them. My husband is going to build nest boxes on the outside of the house with a lid to get the eggs out easily. He is also going to put a...
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    WHAT HAPPENED TO WISECHICKS POST ON HATCHING WITH BODY HEAT????

    What happened to wisechicks, Katie and her hatched chicks from body heat???? I've been looking for that post for a couple days!!! Where did it go??? sandyj
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    AT WHAT AGE CAN YOU FEED CHICKS TREATS???

    I have 6 chicks that are up to 2 weeks old (some younger). How long should they only eat their grower chick feed? When can I start giving treats? Gravel? sandyj
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    HELP!!! HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO HARD COOK QUAIL EGGS!!!

    Anyone have a good way to hard cook quail eggs. I looked at how to hard cook eggs by joebryant but he doesnt say how long to cook quail eggs. Of course, they are much smaller than regular chicken eggs. We are having a potluck at church tonight and thought I'd suprise people with deviled quail...
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    I'M SOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!

    I came home tonight and found one of my blue EE eggs had hatched. I have 5 more that I don't think are going to hatch. Now what?? Will this chick get lonely? Does it need a friend? I was sort of hoping to hatch at least 2. I will eventually be able to get 6 total. Probably this...
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    BUTTON QUAIL? BROODY???

    My pair of button quail just started laying eggs. One a day for the last 4 days. If I leave them in the cage with them will they incubate them themselves? sandyj
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    WHAT DAY ?CAN YOU START...

    What day can you start candling and see something in the egg? This is my 1st try hatching. I'm on day six. I can hardly wait!!!! sandyj
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    CRACKED EGG. CAN IT STILL......

    I got 6 "EE" eggs in the mail yesterday and one of them has a small crack in it. I put it in the incubator anyway. Is there a possibility that it can and will hatch? Nothing has leaked out of it. Has anyone had success with hatching a cracked egg??? sandyj
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    I GOT MY "EE" EGGS TODAY FROM LUVMYCHIX!!!! YAE!!!

    I got my eggs yesterday! These six eggs are a beautiful light bluish-green color. One was cracked, but they were packaged well. I can't wait! Put them in the bator yesterday afternoon. This is my 1st try. Wish me luck!! March 25 is the day. Just hoping...
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    BALD CHICKEN???????

    We thought my friends chickens were molting about 1 month ago. They are only 9 months old. I went to see them today and 2 of the 3 hens are bald behind their head on their necks. Are they still molting? Could the rooster be pulling them out? Mites? How long do chickens molt? The hens...
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    MOLT??? ALREADY????

    My friends chickens are about 9 months old and just started laying eggs in November. There has been zero eggs for 3 -4 days and before that about 1 per day for about 1 1/2 weeks. She only has 3 hens laying. She has noticed feathers all over the coop for about the last week. Isn't it too early...
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    ANYONE IN MINNESOTA WHO WOULD LIKE 2 BEAUTIFUL ROOSTERS!!!!

    My friend Melissa, has a beautiful Barred Plymouth Rock rooster and an all white feather-footed bantam rooster she needs to give away. They are really nice roosters, but she can't keep them in the city of St. Paul. She got them young and did'nt know they were boys. Is anyone interested in...
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    COLD?? HOT?? WHERE TO BUILD MY COOP???

    I'm concerned about where to put my coop. I know for the cold winter months it's good to have in the sun, but summer months it gets hot and humid. Is nothern or southern exposure better. If in the sun in summer the coop will roast. If in the sun in winter, it will keep it warmer. What is...
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    INCUBATING EGGS

    My friend wants to incubate eggs that her chickens have layed. She gets about 2 eggs per day. She would like to hatch about 6 eggs. Should she hold the eggs until she has enough to incubate all at one time or can she put the eggs in the incubator as she gets them. If she should wait, where...
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