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    Broiler Adventure II

    Last year was our first year to raise meat chickens. Many of you followed us on our blog and gave wonderful encouragement and advise. We had such a wonderful experience, I cannot imagine not raising our own chickens for meat now. This year we are doing it again on a little grander scale. You...
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    Our FIRST Broiler Adventure :)

    Well we did it. We took the plunge and ordered 50 FR. They all arrived safe and healthy. Needless to say, I was very impressed. We have been raising chickens for a few years now, thanks to a school project. I must say our entire family is hooked on chickens. My husband has been wanting to...
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    Feb 2 Cranking up our little TELEBATOR!

    We started our journey last year for a homeschool project and like many of you, have become addicted! On 2 Feb. we put 25 eggs in our little homemade telebator and if all goes well we will have some little peeps around the 22nd just in time for MDO (mother's day out) Rodeo Day. My kids are...
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    What does White Leg Horn Rooster Off Springs look like?

    I have one white leg horn rooster that my children hatched so he rules the roost. Our hens are buffs, R/Rs, B/Rs, and EEs. We currently have 25 eggs in the bator from these girls. What kind of chicks should we expect? I have searched and searched but only found info when the hen is a white...
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    Slipped tendon/ Swollen Hock...Too late?

    I have a 7 day old chick that has a slipped tendon I think. It happened sometime Sunday but when I noticed it, the hock was already swollen and I could not feel the tendon. I bandaged it and I tried a paddle foot. Now I have it in a chick chair. Not exactly sure that I did it right but based...
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    Slipped Tendon/Swollen Hock

    I have a 7 day old chick that has a slipped tendon I think. It happened sometime Sunday but when I noticed it, the hock was already swollen and I could not feel the tendon. I bandaged it and I tried a paddle foot. Now I have it in a chick chair. Not exactly sure that I did it right but based...
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    I am really worried....Advice?

    Okay, I took the advice last night and used the band-aid treatment. In addition I also put the clear tape on the foot to make it like a web foot. The other chicks didn't like the shiny tape so I removed Pip Squeek and put him/her with another newborn in the bator for recovery. This morning I...
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    3 Day Old Chick with Possible Leg Injury

    I have a chick that hatched late, day 23. It took it a little longer than the others to adapt outside the shell. It was doing fine but when we came home from church today it was sort of holding the one leg out and hobbling along. The little foot is sort of limp and can't grip but it does curl...
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    HELP...Chick hatched and something doesn't look right?

    One of our chicks hatched about 6 hrs ago. It looks small and has a bald strip that runs over the head like a part in the hair but it is wider than a part. I noticed what I thought was a pasty bottom so I took it out to have a closer look even though the chick was not completely dry. It looks...
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    Tumbleweed has 8 new sibblings!!!!!

    Tumbleweed now has 8 new siblings! Day 22 was the big day for us. We had 8 chicks hatch and we still have some pipping today, day 23. We updated our BYC page so everyone can meet Tumbleweed! Thanks for all the support from everyone. I am so proud of my kids for their hard work with this...
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    Red or White Heat Lamp????

    I am getting ready to move Tumbleweed and Snow Princess/Prince to the brooder. A friend mentioned that a red heat lamp was suppose to keep their agression down. Has anyone else heard of this?
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    Labeling the Chicks? Help!!!! Tumbleweed is getting lost in the crowd!

    Has anyone labeled their chicks by banning them or something? Our first born chick, dubbed Tubbleweed, belongs to my son, so he says. Now we have two more little fuzzybutts and when they dry we will have 3 Tumbleweeds! Know what I mean? Any suggestions? Please help and fast before my kids...
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    We have our first little chick!!!...Tumbleweed is its name!!!

    Yea! We had success! We have one little chick and 6 more pipping at the moment. Will try and post some photos tomorrow. The kids are exstatic. They were arguing over who got to claim the first chick. We decided on their age order. It was big brother's homeschool project and he is the...
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    When or do I help????????

    I am a really nervous first time peep mommy. We have a pipper and I don't know if it needs help or I need patience? It had a crack last night about 11pm and this morning at 6:30am the hole was about the size of a nickel. The chick is breathing and is not panting or anything. Should I just...
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    We are pipping!! :weee

    Yea! We have success! Finally, day 21 and we are pipping! The kids are going to be so excited when they wake up. My question is though, because I am a nervous first time mom, to chicks that is, when or do I help? My humidity was a bit low I thought this morning, 52%. I have since got it...
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    An Update from our FROG Academy Classroom!

    We just candled our 21 eggs and saw definate movement in 17 . It is day 14 for us so we will probably candle one last time before day 18. This has been such a fun school project for us at our homeschool where "We Learn Best in the Nest!" I will try to post some photos of our last candling...
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    Can we candle everyday?

    Okay, I admit it, I am addicted to candling and so are my kids. It is so cool to see the movement in the eggs. Does this hurt the success rate? Please view our BYC page to follow our progress. We are now on day 14. I am a little worried about our temp. flux but we are trying to monitar it as...
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    Live TV...There is nothing better for EDUCATIONAL purposes!!!

    Hello all! We are newbies to this site and are very eggsited to join the flock! I have created a personal page to tell our story. I hope everyone enjoys! Now if I can only figure out how to show the link to "My Page".
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