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  1. ALDavis

    Candling

    What is the best way to candle a large batch of eggs. I have 48 to candle. Is there a trick to keeping them warm as I candle?
  2. ALDavis

    Fertility and..

    I've tried to find an answer in other threads without any luck so here goes. How long will a rooster remain fertile for? 2 years? Is there a peak fertility window? I've only had my hens since the fall, I'm looking to add to the number of hens that I keep. As I have several people wanting to buy...
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    Wanting to get Quail

    I have been considering getting quail for sometime now for both eggs and meat. I hear so many different reports though. I want to know what I might be getting into before I jump in. If you could go back and give your pre quail self advice about raising quail what would it be? Are they really so...
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    Incubating past day 21

    When do you finally decide to give up and shut off the bator on late eggs?
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    My poor rooster, how could I be so dense?

    I noticed yesterday that my roosters comb had a purple tinge and read up on frostbite treatment. I thought I was doing the right thing. I didn't have Vaseline but I did have lubricating jelly only he looks worse this morning and that's when I noticed it's a water based lubricant. I feel so...
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    Chicken Nipples in brooder?

    Has anyone tried to use chicken nipples for newly hatched chicks, once moved to the brooder? Do you have to start out with the dishes? This is my first time incubating and I hated the dishes in the past with chicks. They always made such a mess. I love using the chicken nipples but I don't know...
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    Chicken Nipples

    Has anyone tried to use chickens nipples for newly hatched chicks, once moved to the brooder? Do you have to start out with the dishes? This is my first time incubating and I hated the dishes in the past with chicks. They always made such a mess. I love using the chicken nipples but I don't know...
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    Humidity?

    I am brand spanking new to incubating. I have NOT had a problem with my temperature but I DO have one with my humidity. I have two hygometers and a thrid on its way. The problem is that the two hygometers I have are reading different levels. When they are low they both read similar but when my...
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    Chickens, Ducks, Turkeys sharing coop space?

    Here's the skinny. Can I coop 5 hens, 1 rooster, 1 duck and 1 turkey together? I have plenty of roost space for the chickens and even more roost space on the opposite side of the coop for a turkey and plenty of safe bedded down space for a duck within the coop. I currently have 3 hens and a...
  10. ALDavis

    No eggs, help please.

    I am new to raising chickens so I will provide as much information as I can and hopefully it will be all that you need to help answer why I am not getting any eggs. I have 4 chickens, 3 hens all laying age and a rooster. 2 of the hens I got together and the other came seperately, the rooster...
  11. ALDavis

    Feed 101?

    Help! I feel like such a dweeb here but here goes. So there's medicated and unmediated chick starter, grit, crumble, laying pellets, scratch.. what else? I have 3 laying hens and rooster. I suspect that my hens are starting to mol. What do I need to get them to get them through it faster...
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    Not sure where to post this..

    Keeping my chickens in a big old barn stall, 2 doors leading outside with 3 exterior walls, one internal that joins to an additional stall. No power to the barn and no way to run an extension cord because the dogs will chew it. Any idea on the best way to winterize as it'll be cold before we...
  13. ALDavis

    New Here!

    Hello, Just introducing myself, New here. I've had some bad luck in the past with predators and I'm starting over from ground zero. I currently have one mixed laying hen and I'm set to get 2 welsumer hens tomorrow, fingers crossed, prayers said that this round will be better.
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