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    My chickens don't go up on the roost at night.....

    OK, like I said, my chickens don't go up on the roost at night. We have 24 that are 10 weeks old. They have been in their coop for about 4 weeks. We put the main roost about 6 feet off the ground with another roost about 3 feet off the ground under it. The main roost is about 9 feet long and...
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    Integrating chicks back together

    Ok a couple of weeks back I had posted that I had three chicks that had their tail feathers plucked out by the other chicks in the brooder. They are now 4 weeks old and I was able to integrate one chick back into my flock. I tried with the other 2, but as soon as we put them in the others...
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    Help! Our first chick that hatched just died

    OK, our first baby chick that hatched last night has just died in the bator. I have 2 other chicks in there running around. Should I open the bator and remove the dead one? I am afraid it will make the others sick, but won't I cause a draft that will also make them sick? I am so sad that...
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    Eggs due to hatch tomorrow...

    Help, my eggs are due to hatch tomorrow and this is our first hatch. I see one in there that has a brown foam on the outside of it, is this a bad egg? Should I remove it? Is it normal? Does this ever happen to normal eggs? I am worried it will explode and harm our other eggs. I see...
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    Help! My chicks are 12 days old 1 is pecked

    Ok, my 12 day old chicks have pecked another one's tail feathers off. We have a brooder that is 16 sq feet (I think), with 24 chicks in it. Heat was 80-85 degrees. Waterer and 2 feeding troughs. We do have a "roost" going across the center of the brooder, just for fun to see if they would...
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    Humidity in Incubator

    My incubator is running at about 45-50% humidity. Friday the 24 is lockdown for me and I'm not sure how to raise the humidity higher for the last 3 days. Any ideas?
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    Temperature in brooder

    Being new to raising chickens, I have a couple of questions reagarding the temperature inside my brooder. I have a brooder that my husband made from plywood, and it has an open top. I have read that you should change to a smaller lightbulb at night to teach the chicks when to sleep. When I...
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    hatching eggs and existing chicks

    Ok... I have 26 chicks that I had ordered online. I payed to have them vaccinated for Coccidiosis and Marek's disease. My question is this; I have eggs in my incubator how do I protect them from these diseases?
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