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    First time fermenting chicken food

    I have raised chickens for the better part of 10 years consistently. I have one coop that has bantams(mostly old English game bantams) and one coop that has standard chickens(Orpingtons/isa browns/barred rocks) over the past six months I’ve heard more about fermenting food and how it’s better...
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    Incubating bantam eggs? The same as standard eggs?

    I’ve incubated standard eggs before and gotten a good hatch rate each time. I’m going to try bantam eggs now…I’ve done research and saw that most people get hatches between 19-20 days…which a lot of my chicks hatch at day 20. I usually keep my eggs on 100.5 and humidity for 45-50 for the first...
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    Silver or gold death layers?

    Hey I posted a couple of weeks ago asking if the chicks I have are silver or gold death layers? I purchased eggs and it was supposed to be for silver death layers but I was getting mixed answers that they looked like gold and silver death layers. They are now going on three weeks old and was...
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    Silver or Gold DeathLayer?

    I ordered some hatching eggs from ebay and received the eggs...I incubated them alone with no other eggs..when they hatched I did look at them and they kind of reminded me of gold death layers by the pictures that I've seen online. I did order silver deathlayer eggs though...can anyone confirm...
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    Is fermented food better for chickens?

    I’ve had chickens for a few years now and have always just fed the chicken food from the bag…lately I’ve been seeing videos and such about fermenting the food. It’s supposed to be better for the chickens to ferment the food? Better for the digestive system? Can anyone tell me your experiences...
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    Which is safer for brooding?

    I live in sc so this time of year it doesn’t get to below like 38 and that’s the coldest this time of year. I’m going to brood the baby chicks in my storage building for the first few weeks until I can get something more permanent built. I’m getting a 50 gallon tub and going to put hardware...
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    Getting Eggs Ready for Incubator?

    I ordered some eggs from ebay for hatching...I have read on this forum to wipe off the eggs before putting them in the incubator with some peroxide...but when I received the eggs it had a paper inside with instructions to clean the eggs with bleach...I've never heard of this. I am cleaning the...
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    Final week...what do I need to do?

    This is my first time seriously trying to incubate eggs...this Sunday they finish up and are supposed to hatch. What do I need to do before then...I'm going to have 3 bantam chicks...I will also have full sized at some point...the last time I had baby chicks(That I purchased from a hatchery) I...
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    Tips for incubating?

    I’ve tried to do research and I’ve found a few tips for incubating. I have a neighbor who incubates all of the time and told me putting tap water in the incubator is fine but with research I’ve found that some are saying put distilled water? Any reason for that and is that what most of the...
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    Sunflower Seeds/Meal worms good for chickens and how much?

    I have been trying to do research on things to feed chickens that they really enjoy and will help them with laying and such and I have saw people say to feed meal worms(Which I've been feeding for years) and sunflower seeds. I looked up sunflower seeds for chickens and I found "Black Oil...
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    Hen or rooster?

    I got this chicken about two months ago so by this age it should be 5-6 months old. The odd thing is I haven’t found any eggs nor have I heard it crown? I’ve ask a few people around me and some say it looks like a rooster and some say hen? Also does this look like a backyard mix? Someone...
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    My chicks were born around 6/12 can they go outside now?

    I have some chicks..19 to be exact..I have some Australurps and some Issa Browns...the Issa browns look a decent bit bigger than the Australurps...they do have some feathers because they are trying to fly around now. I have them in my storage building in a big puppy playpen with a top on...
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    Using lights in the chicken coop? Will it keep them awake?

    I have bought some solar lights that are supposed to come on whenever something passes thru...well we've put one solar light on the outside to keep predators away and weve noticed that the rats seem to have gone away as well? I've read that if the lights are on or come on the rats will...
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    Feeding Medicated chick feed to vaccinated chicks?

    I purchased some chicks from Hoover Hachery and they were medicated against mereks and cocci...I've been feeding them regular chick starter...but recently I had someone offer to give me 100 lbs of chick feed. I ask what kind of was and he said it was the 5 lb bags of Manna pro medicated chick...
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    Information on incubators?

    I've gotten into wanting to hatch some baby chicks...I've tried everyway that i can to let it happen naturally with the mom and it always ends up with a snake or rat eating them...I've tried 1/4 inch hardware cloth etc I truly don't know what else to do. Out of about 10 babies that hatched...
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    Introducing new chicks to the flock? Will it be harmful?

    I have had chickens for about five years and everyone seems healthy and happy..I was going to buy some chicks from from hoovershatchery...I'm paying the additional .50 to get the vaccinated for cocci and marek's...but i don't think my other chickens that I've had for so long were ever vaccinated...
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    New to incubating..

    I bought an incubator from a relative its a Little giant incubator that holds 41 eggs from tractor supply...I turned it on earlier today about three hours ago and the humidity has been anywhere from 41% to 60%....the tempature has been from 90 degrees to 106...i feel like I'm doing something...
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    Possible Chicken Mite issue?

    I have three different chicken coops/runs..all three chicken coops have chickens who have bald spots..I first thought that it was because of breeding from the Roosters but now I'm beginning to wonder because of how bad the missing feathers are. The missing feathers are on their lower back and...
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    Egg Shells For Calcium?

    I have some hens who've been eating eggs out of one of their nest and i noticed yesterday that there was a soft-shelled egg and found out that it was probably low calcium...with the way everything is right now i can't get oyster shells so I baked about 5 eggshells today and crushed them up to...
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    Soft Egg?

    I have chickens that are laying now...all of the eggs that I've seen so far have been normal. They have two nest..one inside a huge box and one inside a crate...I collect the eggs inside the crate a few times a day as that's where most my chickens lay...but every now and then some lay in the...
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