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    Cream legbar legs

    Just a quick question from all you lovely experts... I have some beautiful cream crested legbars which I brought a few months ago and they had bright yellow legs but now they lost all that yellow colour and are like pink and faintly light yellow colour. Is there a way I can brighten their feet...
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    Chicken bedding question

    Just a quick question for all you lovely experts.. I been thinking of using coco husk as a bedding in my chicken coop and quail coop. Has anyone used it here. Also has anyone used peat moss as bedding? I been using horse bedding.. chopped hemp. Super absorbent..
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    NO EGGS!?

    I have 10, 7 and half month old speckled sussex. Their combs are dark red the cock is also tedding them well but they just don't seem to lay any eggs. What could be wrong? I also have light on in the coop as their is only 11 hours of sunlight.
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    Tube heater as brooder?

    Hi, has anyone use the 1ft tube heater as a brooder. The red heat bulbs sometimes burn out killing the chicks. I was thinking of putting a red led light bulb in the brooder and using a 1ft tube heater as electric hen. Has anyone tried this?
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    Need help urgently!

    I have just hatched la bresse eggs which I brought of the Internet. .. The problem is my chicks are 2 daysdays old and some of them are developing like crooked leg, it's mainly the right leg. I have already lost 1 chick and 2 of more have developed this problem.... I feel helpless not being able...
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    my cock doesn't crow?

    I have a beautiful light sussex, his around 12 months old... I have never heard him crow. I like hearing rooster crow a few times a day.
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    Quick bedding question

    I have a chicken run on dirt which has a roof on it...I wanted to put some hay in my run and start a deep litter method... will it start stinking over time or would it stay dry?... I just wanted something for my birds to peck and scratch at. . Should I add some saw dust or anything else in their?
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    hatching quails

    My quails have started to hatch in my brinsea 20 incubator. I have around 45 jumbo jap quail eggs in their. 15 have hatched since morning. Should it be ok to open the incubator to remove empty shells. Its getting cramped in their.
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    chicken run

    What can I use as a chicken run bedding, bark, pebbles or sand. Gets muddy in their. Any advise would be very helpful.
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    quail egg incubation question

    Somebody has told me dry incubation works best with quail eggs. He told me he doesn't add any water during incubation, he doesn't need any humidity. What are your thoughts?
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    locking down incubator, 18th day or 19th? I have cream legbar eggs in my brinsea octagon 20.

    Some tell me to lockdown on the 18th and some on the 19th. What do I do?
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    My new incubator really holds tempretue well.

    Brought a brinsea 20 auto turning incubator...really impressed so far. ESPECIALLY temp control..... got 10 cream legbar eggs in their and 3 light sussex crossed with hybrid egg layings warrens.... expecteng few lovely mutts. Anyone else got this incubator? Whats the hatch rate like in these...
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    cutting help?

    Can someone please put a video on here or a link showing how to cut (sectioning into pieces) a back yard rooster or hen..... really need some help on this issue....
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    brinsea octagon 20 auto question!?

    brought a brinsea octagon 20... I have placed 10 cream legbar eggs yesteray. I noticed tem fluctuating today.... when cradle tilts eggs farward temp goes up to 40c and when it goes back to normal temp goes to 38c. Anyone know how I can stabalise the tempreture....?
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    feed question..

    I heard from quite a few people that they feed there chickens once in the morning.... would that be enough for them or does it depend on what you feed them.....
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    light sussex cross with warren hen?

    Hi, I have pure breed light sussex white and black cockral and his treading my warrens vey well indeed and a blue spalsh leghorn cockral who's also treading my warren hens vey actively. If I incubate their eggs... what kind of cocks and hens would I get.... is it a good idea to incubate them or not?
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    Bedding question

    Has anyone ever tried using shop brought compost as a chicken coop bedding? would it be harmful to chickens?
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    quick bedding question

    Would it be ok to add a bag of compost to the chicken bedding just to help with the deep litter method? To give it a little kick start. I currently use obious which is chopped hemp and I use the deep litter method
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    bedding success!

    After struggeling for almost 6 months getting thechicken bedding right..FINALLY.....SUCCESS! Just wanted to share some info with a new starter.. What worked for me was a bit of sand (builders sand) and mix it with shredded hemp, I use Aubious. Im going to do deep litter method... been a month...
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