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    chicks have been in incubator for over 24 hours

    and there are still three eggs yet to hatch. should i move them into their brooder and hope for the best with the other eggs? only one of them shows any sign of hatching.
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    i forgot about them...

    i forgot what day i put my eggs in the incubator:( i candled them just now and they are completely dark so i have put them under lockdown... does anyone have any advice to help this run smoothly? i hope this doesnt turn into a disaster:(
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    Need help deciding what to do with a baby chick with skeletal issues

    I hatched some silkie cross chicks for the first time in an incubator about a month ago and all of them are doing fine except for one that has a very strange skeletal deformity that i have never seen before. his head and neck are hunched over and to the side always and he has trouble putting...
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    Mutts Rule

    they are the best
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    What are my hens?

    i'm pretty sure lando is a barred rock idk what bjork is. the farmer i got them from said that bjork and lando were sisters. i have absolutely no clue what the henriettas are besides odd
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    new born chick with crooked neck

    the last chick to hatch i had to help out of its shell since it had been in there for a few days and i figured it was prob my fault that the membrane in the egg dried up since i opened the bator to take the chicks out frequently. it was on its back for a while scratching at the air and i...
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    when do i put them in the brooder?

    two baby chicks just hatched in my incubator:) when do i put them in the brooder? do i wait for them to dry off first? oh mygosh!
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    question about food

    my chicks are going to be six weeks old next week but i'm out of chick starter do i have to buy a whole new bag? can they eat adult food now? is there anything i can feed them instead that would be laying about in the kitchen?
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    what is this?

    this is weirdo and she has a crossed beak. what on earth is she? besides strange when i first got her she had so many feathers plucked out she looked almost naked but shes looking better now.
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    how long?

    my hen munchie hatched three chicks and her & the chicks are all in a cage away from the rest of the flock. how long until munchie can leave them and go into the flock again? how long before the babies can join the flock?
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    baby chickens:)

    munchkin went broody and hatched some babies! these are my first ones:) she sat on two of her eggs and i stuffed some of the bigger hens eggs under her and she sat on those too. none of hers hatched but she seems perfectly happy adopting these guys. they are almost as big as her now! first day...
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    will vinegar keep my chickens from pecking at eachother?

    my big chickens have been picking on the smaller chickens recently and i was wondering if vinegar would stop them from doing so. i read online that you should spray them with it and another site said to put it in their water and now i'm confused:( what are some other ways to make them quit...
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    cross beaked hen: what should i do?

    i just yesterday bought a chicken at an auction but i didnt realize until after i bought it and took a closer look saw that it had a crossed beak. its a young hen that isnt laying yet and is small and grey. she might be an americana but i'm not sure. when she eats she spills most of it even in...
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    carl owns

    carlv carl owns
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    question about broody chicken and eggs

    my bantam cochin keeps laying eggs all over the place and not inside the actual coop which i dont mind but she decided to go broody in the barn today on an old feed trough near the ground where she could easily be picked up and eaten by who knows what (maybe me if she doesnt stop being a nut)...
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    what happened?

    Pete my favorite hen died today. i went out to feed and water them like usual and i saw pete just sitting in a laying box not excited about food at all. her neck was outstretched and her eyes looked like they were in pain or sleepy. i pet her and looked closer and she was still breathing and so...
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    need some help with homemade incubator:) please

    i made an incubator out of an old mini fridge but i have been having some trouble regulating the temp&humidity inside of it. i have been trying all sorts of lightbulbs but none of them are working out and the humidity is either too high or too low. i was wondering what i could use besides a...
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