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    7 Purebred baby roo's - free to good home in CT

    I just got my shipment of chicks in today and they added males for warmth, I have 7 of them they are very pretty, they are a nice brown color but I'm not sure of the breed. I just can't keep them in my town. I have them posted elsewhere online but I would much prefer to know they are going to...
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    Still no eggs?

    Hi all I have 6 amerecauana hens whom I hatched in the middle of April, making them about 6 months old and I still have not even seen one egg. Whats going on?
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    CT - Free Amerecuana Roosters! 5 months old

    Since the roos started crowing my neigbors have gotten upset, they just dont seem to understand it. But I am being forced to give away all my roos since I'm not going to eat them. If you are thats fine just dont tell me. If you're interested please let me know they really are in need of a good...
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    PLEASE HELP!!!

    My almost 3 weeks old chicks pecked another chick and he is now bleeding, its not gushing blood but he has open wounds on his wings. I separated him into his own conatiner with a light but what should I do for his wounds? He is very weak and just lays there, I'm hoping thats because he is just...
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    Treats for week old chicks?

    Hi all, I just hatched out 15 chicks from 28 eggs which I think is a decent amount considering it is my first ever hatch. They are Ameraucanas and I am now addicted to hatching and am placing an order for more hatching eggs next week!!! My question is what else can I give my week old baby chicks...
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    Where can I purchase a thermostat?

    Hi I built my own styrfoam incubator and I was wondering where I could get some type of thermostat to control the temperature. It is heated by a single bulb. Thanks
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    mypetchicken.com?

    Hi I'm thinking about buying about 3 day old chicks from MyPetChicken.com and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with them? They sell quantities as small as 3 whicch is great because that's all I need.
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    Polish eggs?

    Hi I am thinking of hatching some polish eggs but I want to know how big there eggs are, I need eggs of a decent size I've read they lay eggs the size of bantam eggs is that true?
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    Adding eggs to incubator

    Hi I just received my 30 eggs I bought online and over half of them were broken, I will be getting some more next week and I was wondering if it would be alright to add them into the incubator tht will be holding the ones that didnt break, they would just be 4 days later. Would there be any...
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    Letting Eggs that were shipped settle?

    Hi in the two books I've read about hatching eggs it says to let them settle down for 6-8 hours with one end down (I forgot which one) and then other places I've read to let them sit for up to 24 hours, what do you all recommend?
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    WHERE TO BUY EGGS?!

    Hi I bought eggs from IDEAL and after a week they still haven't gotten back to me , I need fertile hatching eggs that can be shipped ASAP as some of the chicks are going to be used in a project for school and the timing was planned out exactly. Does anyone here know of a hatchery that will give...
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    Help please, a few questions.

    I've got some gold laced polish and orpington eggs coming in from Ideal hatchery next week and I had a few questions before its time to put them in. I always here about marking the eggs with an X and O, but I don't know what to use, would just a regular number 2 pencil be fine or would that...
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    Incubator Questions.

    Hi all I found a nice GQF 1602n Hova-Bator Incubator w/ 1611 Egg Turner for a good price. I am wondering though if havinga fan is essential to hatching chickens? Also is there any way to put my own fan into it? I have a spare computer fan.
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    Keeping eggs unfertile?

    Hi I was wondering how I could keep my hens from laying fertile eggs with roosters around. I don't want to eat fertile eggs and I don't want to keep the roosters seperatley. I also can't get rid of the roosters because I'll need them to breed one day. Can anyone think of a good solution?
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