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  1. animalwild

    Chick play pen

    I have 8 chicks right now and getting them used to my hands (petting and holding). I will put them in a little play pen so it's easier to see them and for them to see me. I made it out of two old shoe boxes and am wondering if the lip in between the two is too big. They can get across it just...
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    Duckponics and pond

    This summer I am interested in building a pond with a duckponics system for cheap. What materials would I need to easily build this? And does it actually work? I currently have five Peking ducks and they make a mess in their kiddie pool. I want to get more ducks but need to find a better way to...
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    Best hatcheries

    I want to get some ducks and chickens but not be an insane amount and have to order a bunch. I have looked at Murray McMurray hatchery, but decided not to order from them. Wondering what hatcheries you guys recommend. Also best duck breeds and suggestions on a duck pond. Any info is greatly...
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    Phoenix's yes or no

    I am looking at getting an assortment of rare breeds from Murray McMurray Hatchery. One of the possible breeds could be a Phoenix. I would not have housing or the proper care tools for it if I got one. Would I still be able to take care of it or would I have to sell?
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    Should I move my chickens inside or not for the winter?

    Normally for the winter we put our chickens in a horse stall, but this year we have ducks that occupy their stall. We don't know what to do with the ducks and we've talked about leaving the chicken so outside. It can get pretty cold where we live and I'd be extremely worried if we left them...
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    Are these Americaunas chicks or Easter Eggers?

    I got these chicks from Runnings and was told they were Americaunas but most places I've read say they are Easter Eggers and not true Americaunas.
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    Chick no energy was fine can't support neck

    I have a chick that has hatched Friday. It was fine but now it's going down hill it has no energy falls asleep a lot can barely walk or stand up and can't support its neck it also falls over a lot. We put some sugar in its water hoping that would help. it is doing a bit better now that it has...
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    Chick having trouble hatching

    I have only one egg that has hatched so far the chick was fine it was a quick hatch. Now I have another one trying to hatch since this morning I know it can take them a while but I think I see the beak where it's not supposed to be according to how the chicken is supposed to be hatching. It has...
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    Worried about chicks poop

    I have a chick that hatched last Friday and it's poop is kind of green and white and liquids. It is the only chick as the rest are supposed to hatch tomorrow and Wednesday. I just saw it poop at it came out clear and as a liquid. Any answers are very helpful.
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    One chick that is bored

    So we had a chick hatch Friday he others aren't due to hatch till Tuesday the chick is bored out of its kind what should I do? He runs around and pecks at the wall and he's only two days old!!! I out a plastic cup in the for him to play with to see if that would help out he just jumps on it and...
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    My first ever successful hatch!!!!!!

    I am so excite last night my first chick hatched!!! She's very healthy and alert and I'm glad everything went smoothly. She hatched in like four to five minutes she just pipped unzipped and then she was out. Can't wait for he others to come.
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    Help incubating questions

    Ok so I have 42 eggs in an incubator right now. 12 from a friend of mine. 6 of my own. 24 from a hatchery. I just candled some and I was looking at mine and they were clouding in. I collected some that were around a week old from my hen who was sitting on them and then quit. All my other eggs...
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    Help incubator problems involving an egg

    Alright so I just went down to check my eggs and I was going to pick one up to look at it and it was stuck in the turning tray!!! Should I try to pour some water on it to loosen it I don't know how it got stuck. Please help !!!!
  14. animalwild

    Hatching questions

    I have tried to hatch before but was unsuccessful because of my incubator and the time of year I now realize my mistakes and just have some questions on what to do so any help is greatly appreciated. Can I mix eggs from different places in one incubator to hatch together? What does the temp...
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    Rarest of the rare from Murray McMurray hatchery

    I just ordered twenty eggs from Murray that were in the rarest of the rare. I was just wondering if anybody else has ordered these eggs and what luck they had with them. I live in a place that can get very cold in the winter and was also wondering if the breeds that are listed would survive...
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    Can my roster breed my bantam hens

    Hi, I have a Rhode Island Red rooster and some bantam hens that I would like to hatch some chicks from. Could my rooster fertilize these hens eggs or would I have to get a bantam rooster?
  17. animalwild

    Opinions keep or throw

    Hi lots of these eggs have dramatically since yesterday I'm wondering your opinions on throw or keep there's twelve eggs there at day nine to day fourteen
  18. animalwild

    Crescent red ring

    Today when I candled an egg I saw a crescent shaped type ring thing in my egg along with a mass does anybody know what this is
  19. animalwild

    Help hatching temperature crisis!!!!!!!!!

    Tonight I got home and my incubator was a t nine hundred degrees and it showed it had been up to thirteen hundred earlier do you think I killed the chicks their supposed to hatch sometime around next week
  20. animalwild

    What breed is this

    Would anybody know what breed this is there's three of them and they have five toes
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