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    Rooster collar how to keep it on?

    I have two roosters and live with neighbors nearby. The boys started to crow so I got rooster collars. They seem fairly effective when I get them on and tight enough. These are the Velcro type and seem to be on tight. But the have been able to get them off a number of times. The end of the...
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    How to get chicks to not be afraid

    I was going to have the title of the thread how to get chicks to like us but figured that might get us off to the wrong start. I have 13 week old black french marans that are very very skittish. My son or I walk in or reach into feed them and they freak out. Any suggestions? We also have 2...
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    3 weeks old - what breed and sex?

    I have two chicks left from my incubation project with my son. We have another batch in the incubator (I didn't know it was addictive). One is gray and one is brown. The pictures with more than 2 the brown one on the corner is the one we have left. There is only one all grey which is the...
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    What breed are these ladies?

    I got a bunch of eggs and these are what hatched. What do you think?
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    What sex - Orpington one month old

    What sex are these ladies (hoping)? I got Lavender Orpington eggs and these three are what I have. The breeder says the black one must have been a misplaced egg as clearly not Lavender - she said only one rooster so half Lavender Orpington but the other half not sure. Looks like black...
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    How much fluid inside egg when do eggtopsy?

    So on day 26, I gave up and eggtopsied the 14 eggs out of 18 that didn't hatch :(. 10 of them had what looked to be chicks really close - most had absorbed the yoke and everything. When you take off the membrane how much fluid or how wet do you expect it to be? The membrane definitely was...
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    What went wrong? Suggestions on how to improve?

    So I tried a homemade incubator and had no success, after doing some research that is not shocking. So I bought a used incubator, a Brower Top Hatch. It comes with a small thermometer that sticks in the tray dividers that are used to turn the eggs. I also bought a regular thermometer that...
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    New to incubating

    I have a brower top hatch and have 18 eggs in there. I am on day 23. On day 22 one hatched at about 7 am. On day 23 the second was out before we checked at 6:30. We now have a third one unzipping. The first one seems eager to help and is pecking at the unzipping process. Is this normal...
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