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Am I overreacting with biosecurity?
I got 2 hens from a breeder. They were still on heat, so they stayed indoors for a couple weeks, and then some while the coop was perfected. I wanted a third, so I contacted someone on an online forum website to get another hen. The hen was young, just started laying I believe. She seemed fine...- Yuilethu
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Bantam Bin TSC guess the gender
I got one lonely bantam from my local Tractor Supply (Don't worry, Frida got 2 pullets shortly after). I am pretty sure on gender, but figured I'd ask the experts. Frida is 5 1/2 weeks old (estimated), and most likely a barred Old English bantam. The Tractor Supply gets the chicks from...- Yuilethu
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- Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
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I need advice/opinions on an injured hatchling
Warning: Graphic descriptions I hatched two quail, fertile egg rate was way low, and they are currently three weeks old. Last week one got injured, she scalped herself somehow. I managed to get the skin back nearly in place and separated her until the wound was better. There were some edges to... -
When do I give up on eggs hatching?
Today is day 22 and I still have several eggs not hatched. I started with 10, 3 hatched over day 18 and 19. One more hatched this morning but he had curly toes. I made him shoes with what I had while I went out and got the proper tape and stiff paper to give him adequate shoes. When I came back... -
Help Please, sudden dip in incubator temperature on day 13
I have a homemade styrofoam incubator. So far it has been pretty consistent with temperature, ranging from 99-100 F with minor fluctuations which were corrected. Humidity is around 45 - 50% with the air sac looking fine. Everything was okay until last night. The temperature dipped down to 97 F...