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So my babies are 3 weeks old. They have been going outside in their own little cage for a while now. The weather here is nice now, and we were wondering at what age can we introduce them to the "big coop"? We have 3 hens and a roo in the big coop, and I am ready to have them moved out, got 3...

So 8 of our 20 hatched. The other 12 did not. We broke open the eggs to see when the quit, and all were fully developed. Some even had pips. There was no water in the air sack, and the membranes were nice and moist, none were shrink wrapped. Since we are planning on sitting another few...

Getting ready to move the little ones to the brooder, should I use a regular light bulb, or one a heat bulb made for reptiles? I have both just wondering which is better.

So, I finally heard some peeping from my chicks... This evening was 21 days!! Is this a good sign? I have the humidity up in the LG, and temps holding steady. Is there anything else I need to do?

This morning dh gets up and hears dogs outside. He thought they were our dogs and opened our bedroom door to look outside (we have a deck off our bedroom straight to the backyard) to see why they were barking. My little boston terrier (all 18lbs of him) goes tearing out the door. Dh is like...

So, we put 35 eggs in the 'bator around 5pm Saturday. I am so worried that none of them will hatch. I already told my girls that they would be very lucky if one or two hatched, because I don't want them to be disappointed. There were 3 nests in the coop, one for each hen. They each had well...

Hi!! My middle daughter (11) brought home some bantam chickens last summer. Dh built her a little bottomless movable house, and I talked her into getting rid of some of the roosters. She had 4 matched sets, a pair of Mille Fluers, a pair of Old English and 2 pairs of Golden Seabrights. Now we...