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    baby chick with deformed beak

    I ordered some baby chicks from a hatchery. Its been a few weeks since I got them about 3 weeks ago. we have about 35 chicks and I had noticed something odd about one for a while. I don't pick them up unless I have to,mainly I check on them throughout the day and feed/water them. It looked like...
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    Introducing ducklings into flock.

    I have a duck that hatched four ducklings a few weeks ago. After the four were born she wasn't on the nest much. So to see if I could save the others I took the eggs and put them in a incubator. About a week later the eggs I had started to hatch. One would hatch a day until I had seven new...
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    ducklings can't get out of egg

    Background on this. I had a duck that was Brooding with quite a few eggs. After a while a second duck joined her. they probably had about 25 eggs between them. A week or so about 5 hatched and the main hen left the nest, the second one did as well. Since the eggs seemed to be still warm I took...
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    two ducks hatching together

    I have had chickens for years but this is the first time I have had ducks. I have a couple of females and one went broody almost a month ago and the other has went broody in the last couple of weeks. They get along fine together and even are side by side in the nest. Some of the ducklings are...
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    salvaging a pullet brooder

    I have a question on making a brooder to keep young pullets in. Up until now I have been using a metal box that is huge. I would put it on 4x4 wood pieces o keep it off the floor and keep them warm with a heat lamp. I would put wood shavings for them to walk on. Here is what I would like to do...
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    Turning off heat lamp

    About what temp do I need to turn off the heat lamp? I have some pullets that are around 20 days old. The local weather temps here are averaging highs of the mid 80s and lows at night in the mid 60s. They are still laying under the light and opening out their wings like they are hot. I have them...
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    Days old pullet with head hanging.

    I have a few days old pullet with its head hanging low. I just picked up about 30 baby chics from a breeder this afternoon. The chicks are a few days old but not more than a week. All but one are extremely active and seem to be fine. It was an hour long drive to my house and I did not have the...
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    Prepairing for next years garden

    A question on garden land and getting it ready for next year. I have a area roughly 100x100 that I use my tractor tiller to work the land. Since I have got the tiller I have not plowed the land up. I usually have some soil sent off each year to test to see what I need. I add whatever is needed...
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    Goats and cattle

    A question about goats and cattle. I pretty much have the chickens under control and now its time to get into other animals. We are inheriting at least 3 more acres to give us a total of 3 1/2 total. We will have roughly 1/2 acres dedicated to the house,buildings, front yard, back yard,etc. We...
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    Question on first time hatching

    This is my first time hatching eggs. I have one of the styrofoam incubators from Tractor supply. Has seemed to work really well. I had one issue with my chickens and laying. When I put the eggs in the incubator I was only getting 4-6 a day so I put in eggs on three different days. Now I have...
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    Are my chickens going Hanibal Lecter on me??

    I am wondering if my chickens are going Hanibal Lecter on me. Last night when I got in I went to check on the chickens and get the eggs. I get home around 5:00 p.m. but its just got dark and they are in the roost by then. And the last few days it has been colder than usual. They were born in...
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    Poke Sallet

    I have a lot of poke sallet around that I need to cut down. I was wondering can I put t in the chicken fence with them after I cut it down? Its the plants with a color between red and bright purple. They have berries that will stain your clothes purple if you get it on them. I was thinking if...
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    How soon can I?

    How soon can I put a cricket,worm or bug in the tub I have my chicks in? They were born last Wednesday so tomorrow they will be a week old. They are pecking and chasing all over the place at food and getting really active now. Should I wait for them to chase bugs until they get outside in the...
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    some pullets died

    I had 4 of the pullets that died out of 26. They were suppose to be born last Tuesday and delivered last Thursday. But they came Friday so I am guessing they were born on Wednesday. They are from the local 4-H program. As a group they seem healthy. I have checked on them at least 5 times a day...
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    Is this normal?

    I have forgotten a lot of what I learned 30 years ago as a kid raising chicks. Anyway I got the chicks today from the 4H chick program since my child is still in school . I have them in a new coop that is off the ground and it is sealed up. The only opening is in the top where the rafters are...
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