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    DIY Heating Pad Incubator Experiment

    Let me preface by saying: I am a first time hatcher. Everything I know about hatching has come from the internet, specifically sites like this. I have read through BYC members Sally Sunshine's Hatching 101 and Beekissed's Simulated Natural Nest Experiment, which was the closest thing I could...
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    Red Sex Links or Rhode Island Reds? LOTS of pictures!

    I ordered RIR pullets in February but when I picked them up at the hatchery they read my order as RIR or RSL. I just assumed with the commonality of the RSLs that that was what they were, but someone recently suggested they may actually be RIRs. My babies are 8 & 1/2 weeks old. Can anyone shed...
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    Can fodder and mealworms be the main food sources for chickens?

    I currently have seven chickens: an EE cockerel 9 weeks and six 7 week old BR and RSL pullets (3 of each). Right now they're on chick starter bc I didn't want to mess with their nutrition in the critical growth period. I'd love to be able to sustain the chickens on simple ingredients I can...
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    Pack mentality of dogs with chickens

    I have seven dogs, six 5 week old pullets, and a 7 week old rooster. I introduced some of our dogs on day 1, until one of the chihuahuas scalped my RSL. They haven't been in each other's sight since. Next weekend the girls and their brother will move into the coop. They have a run attached to...
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    Cockerel LOVES being tucked in

    My new 7 week old cockerel really likes to be tucked in at night. He has an old couch pillow and a canopy made from a really soft blanket. He's still inside while we put the final touches on his and our six 5-week old pullets' coop. Every night I let him know it's time for sleep by flashing the...
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    Integrating a single 6 week old cockerel to six 4 week old pullets

    I bought my girls just over four weeks ago and they've been together in the brooder since. I recently adopted adopted a six week old cockerel for protection when the girls go outside. He's extremely calm, though noticeably bigger than the girls. I'm quarantining him for now, but will I have to...
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    Week old chick suddenly lethargic

    My sweet BR Georgia seems to be ill. A little backstory: my dog ripped off the feathers on top of my RSL's head and the other chicks were picking at her. I separated her but she didn't take well to being alone, so I put Georgia (the only one who didn't seem to mind the red's deformity) in with...
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