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    Kids and Wildlife

    Help! My daughter who will turn 6 this fall, has a passion for animals. I am trying to encourage her but at times I am at such a loss. Right now she just found a baby bird our cat was stalking and she 'rescued' it. This is our third rescue this month (robin, baby bunny, now very tiny brown...
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    Help please- Chicken Bonding and Culling Question

    We hatched our first ever chicks on the 15th so they are just over 1 week old. One has a bum leg. I mistakenly thought it was "spraddle leg" and I hobbled her for a few days. The other chicks were pecking her so I moved her to her own brooder and put another chick in with her so she wouldn't...
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    How much handling?

    We succesfully hatched 8 chicks on Wed and now my kids- ages 3 & 5 are driving me nuts!!! They are very good with the chicks and so far I have allowed them to sit on the floor and each hold one chick, for about 10 minutes at a time. They want to do it ALL DAY! LOL How much handling can these...
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    Learn from my mistakes-

    We just finished our first hatch Here's what I did, and here's what I learned: A series of mistakes: Once I decided to do this I rushed into it. I won an incubator and an egg lot on Ebay the same night. The eggs arrived (before the incubator) I had won 13 Buff Cochin eggs- the seller sent 15...
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    Older dog and puppy?

    We have the most wonderful dog- she is a Rottie/lab? mix and is just so sweet and wonderful with our kids and just all around terrific. Until I got married I was a cat person, so she is my first dog. We adopted her from the Humane Society when she was 4, so we take no responsibility for her...
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    Last 3 days- Questions!!!!

    This is my first attempt at hatching (and chickens for that matter!)- I bought 13 Buff Cochin eggs on Ebay. The seller sent 15 and they all arrived safely. I set them in a LG with forced air and an auto turner on June 25. They LG held them pretty steady at 99.5- 100.5 and around 50% humidity...
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    Help- Eggs arrived before Incubator!

    Yes, I know it was silly to order them both on the same day but I was impatient & impulsive! I paid for expedited shipping on the incubator and thought it'd get here before my eggs did, but our eggs arrived this afternoon and the incubator did not. Can I hold them off? For how long? If so...
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