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    The big cheese hatch-a-long

    First time hatcher! I'm picking up a dozen silkie eggs tomorrow to begin in my homemade incubator! I was testing out the incubator yesterday. I think I have the light intensity dialed in (it's on a dimmer) so it won't have to cycle on and off too often. Hygrometers are in a ziplock bag with salt...
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    Manual turners: how are we holding our eggs?

    I'm building an incubator and the one thing I'm still mulling over is how I'm holding my eggs in the incubator. What has worked well for everyone in the past? Should I just have them fat end up and at an angle in egg cartons? On their sides flat? Should I be making a sand or rice husk bowl with...
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    ISO silkie eggs

    ISO Silkie hatching eggs, in or near New Jersey (delaware, maryland and eastern PA). Color doesn't matter but I do want want to hatch from breeder quality eggs, perfection is not necessary however.
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    Egg turning frequency vs equal timing

    Based on what I've read can I assume that: Even if I have had an egg sit while I am at work for 8 hours, I can rotate my eggs as frequently as I want thereafter, as long as the next long duration of sitting without rotation is on the opposite side? Thanks for your help! I'm building an...
  5. 5.3acredream

    Silkie

    Well... I just gave away 2 roos.... what about Sprout? Is it a he or she?
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    New coop/run with my 15 gallon water system

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    Cannibal hen killing my flock

    Two times in the past 2 months I've walked into my coop to find a hen nearly dead- the back of her head pecked open. The first hen didn't make it, the second one I caught in time and isolated. There are no predators (covered run, hardwire dug in)- this is chicken on chicken. I don't know which...
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    It's that time again: chick introductions

    I have 3 new chicks, fully feathered and ready to go (8 weeks old). I have a 2 year old flock 5 hens, 1 rooster. My two flocks have been separated by fencing for several weeks and largely ignore each other through the runs. Today I tried to do an introduction. I let out my older flock to free...
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    3.5 week old chicks forgot heat

    Well, I was a horrible chicken mom. I'm using the momma brooder method and I tossed those wee chicks outside in a prefab coop and run from tractor supply after 12 days of them in their big Rubbermaid. As soon as I had no more pastybutt to manage, I put them out there. Heating pad is in the...
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    Chick Brag thread

    Because that new baby chick feeling is magical and no ones chicks are cuter than yours are! Post your fuzzy peeps just because they are so very adorable and we all need to admire them.
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    Blue/Black/Splash Laced Red Wyandotte Chick

    Good Morning! I got my small addition to my flock in a few days ago and between convincing them that they like my "preening" and cleaning off pasty butt I've started to wonder about what variety I actually have. Now, two are Green Queens from Meyer Hatchery (aka MUTTS. One is a lovely buff...
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    Resource access in lit coop

    Hi all, I recently added a light to my coop after giving my girls a two and a half month rest and am ramping up the lighting in the morning 30 minutes a week. However, it strikes me that their food and water is outside their coop. The girls and roo obviously don't exit the coop until it is...
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    Three days of eggs

    I have 5 girls laying. Our welsummer has a pretty heavy bloom on her eggs so they look purple! My flock is: 2 Easter eggers 2 welsummers 1 salmon faverolle (her first egg in months!) Rip our cream legbar, snackums for the hawk.
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    Purple cabbage side effects

    Welp, for fun I gave my flock a purple cabbage on string to peck at. Now, their poop is BRIGHT blue.
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    Looking to buy raspberry canes

    I'm looking to get some new varieties of raspberries. I planted some last year but they bombed due to exceptionally low soil pH (now corrected). So in an effort not to spend an arm and a leg two years in a row... anyone able to spare a few for the spring?
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    Leaves and compost

    I have a large garden and am in need of a great deal of compost. Now I don't have access to a great deal of greens (particularly since it is winter right now). I have a compost heap with kitchen scraps, leaves, manure right now but I'm thinking ahead to MORE COMPOST. So in order to get a lot...
  17. 5.3acredream

    Sunday is calling for 50 and rain, to 9 degrees farenheit

    My girls always get at least a little wet in the rain so I'm worried about frostbite. I don't heat the coop (it has TONS of ventilation). The news is claiming the temperature is going to drop fast. Am I being a worry wort? Should I just keep them inside during the day so they dont get wet then...
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    Sand users: what do you use to scoop?

    Technically, I dont use sand, I use a very finely processed hardwood product that has uniform grains about the same as sand. So far, it works great and I can clean the coop in a jiffy : HOWEVER, The kitty scoop that I use has too big of openings to get the smaller chicken poop. What do people...
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    What were your best choices when you first started?

    I thought that now we heard what we all did wrong, we could talk about what we did right! 1. My coop is a modified daisy coop. It has a back that opens completely. Great for cleaning it out and I can reach to all the far corners. 2. The coop is ~3 feet off the ground. Chickens hang out under...
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    Sanicare users?

    I have been using fine pine shavings in my coop since I built it a few months ago. It sucked. They work great! But I hate cleaning the coop. I scoop it like litter but the shavings are just too big to do it efficiently. I can't do deep litter in my coop because of how I designed it. Today I...
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