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    Ainawgsd's farm chickens

    Starting a thread for my chicken coops out at my uncle's farm. We have 2 coops out there, a small woods style coop (8x16') we refer to as "the big coop," and a small (3x5'?) elevated coop in need of repair (gotta give her a break, she's 15 years old and never had any repair work).Right now we're...
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    Tips for skinning?

    We processed a cockerel yesterday and since it was only one bird and we were parting him out I decided to try skinning instead of scalding and plucking thinking it would be faster. Well, it being my first time skinning it was decidedly  not faster or, imo, easier. In the time it took me to get...
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    Who wants to guess gender on barred chicks, round 2!

    So I did not get the pair I was hoping for from my malines hatch with my broody hen. But the two males we got are growing on track to be decent meat birds, so husband was convinced to drive back down and pick up some day old chicks! I'm getting strong cockerel vibes from the biggest chick (11...
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    Recommendations for breeding from limited stock

    I have 2 Malines cockerels and 6 more straight run on the way. My main reason for wanting Malines is to cross the hens to buckeyes for sex linked chicks with an eye to meat production. But I'm planning on keeping one malines rooster and breeding malines as well. But I will be working with a...
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    Broody left 4wk old chicks to roost

    I know they're a lot less sensitive to [lack of] heat at this age. But I need someone to hold my hand and tell me it will be alright. They are about half feathered, still lots of baby fluff. Tonight's low is supposed to be about 47°F. So, they should be fine, right? Or do I need to go out...
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    Who wants to guess gender on barred hatchlings?

    These are Malines, hatched 4/9. I know it will be more obvious if they are single barred or double barred once they feather in, but just for fun anyone wanna guess if I have a pair, two boys, or two girls?
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    Need ideas for a creeper feeder

    Mamma Limu's eggs are due to hatch on Tuesday. Currently I have the area under the poop board penned off for her and the chicks, but my plan is to open that up once the chicks are a few days old. I'd love to see ideas/pictures for creeper feeders that others have used. I've got a few thoughts...
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    Fifty Nifty Hatchalong

    Ever since we got the Brinsea Ovation 56 I've been thinking about how much fun it would be to do a fifty nifty united states hatchalong. Well, we picked up an even 50 Buckeye hatching eggs yesterday, so let's go! I've given the eggs postal abbreviations instead of numbers, so pick an egg or two...
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    Guess breed mix and genders

    5 week 5 days old, from barnyard mix hatching eggs. I have my own ideas but I want to see what others think. Chick 1 Chick 2chick 3 Chick 4 Chick 5 Chick 6 Chick 7
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    Need advise for outside/garage brooder

    I have 7 3 week old chicks that are quickly outgrowing the small brooder in my basement and I'm trying to get them moved to the larger (8x4?) brooder in the garage. But I'm having a hard time stabilizing the temperature. When I set it up on Friday it was 60° outside and the temp directly under...
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    Transporting hatching eggs

    I confirmed with the breeder I'm getting buckeyes from that we're still on for late March. So now I'm wondering what the best way to pack them for a 5 hour drive. Since we're picking them up in person I doubt they need to be as thoroughly cushioned as eggs shipped through the mail. But I feel...
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    Best supplements

    I have some two week old chicks in the brooder right now, and I think I'm starting to see some toes beginning to curl a little bit. It's probably just my imagination, and I'm just going to keep an eye on it for now, but I know vitamin B deficiency can cause curled toes so I am starting to think...
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    ToMAYto ToMAHto grow-along

    Hatched 2/10, this clutch of barnyard mixes was set to test our new incubator. The males are destined for freezer camp this summer/fall, but we are considering keeping one of the pullets to bring the garage flock back up to 6. Join us as we watch them grow and guess at breeds and genders...
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    Question about unhatched eggs

    We had a great first hatch in our Brinsea incubator. We bought 12 eggs from a friend of a friend who has some roosters. One egg was cracked, so we only set 11, one of which never developed. Of the 10 eggs that made it to lockdown, 3 didn't hatch. When we candled right before lockdown we felt...
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    Need advice on giving broody chicks in winter

    My test run with my new incubator was successful, chicks are hatching right now. I have the brooder set up in the basement and was planning to clean out the big brooder in the garage for when they outgrow the one in the basement. And then my husband comes in from collecting eggs and tells me...
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    To-MAY-toe, To-MAH-toe Hatch-A-long

    Picking up a dozen barnyard mix eggs tomorrow for our first hatch with the new brinsea incubator that's being delivered today. And February is the month for starting tomatoes indoors for spring planting, so I figured why not a tomato themed hatch-a-long. There are so many varieties and so many...
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    New incubator

    Our old Styrofoam incubator has been destroyed by mice. But we have a shiny new brinsea ovation 56 on the way! And I have a local source who's going to set me up with some barnyard mix hatching eggs for a test hatch! I want to do a hatchalong, but I've only participated in two and never run one...
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    Anyone used a nollopo incubator?

    We're going to be hatching eggs this year and just discovered our old Styrofoam incubator has been chewed and soiled by mice. So we're on the hunt for a new incubator. This one has an attractive price point, and looks like it will meet our needs, but I'm leary of getting a cheap incubator off...
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    Run chicken auto door

    We have one on our garage coop and are very happy with it. But the coop out at the farm has a different (discontinued) auto door that needs replaced. Has anyone mounted a Run Chicken door on the inside of the coop instead of the outside? I'm trying to think of any reason that it wouldn't work...
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    Dual purpose breeds that carry silver

    I am getting back into buckeyes this spring! Very excited about this, and definitely focusing on that breed first and foremost. But I am toying with the idea of also crossing over other breeds to create sex link chicks. Looking for ideas on heavy/dual purpose breeds that come in silver, with an...
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