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    Day 24, shall I shut the incubator down.

    First time hatching and incubating chicks! I have a River Systems ET49 Incubator (I am not sure if you get many in the US, it's basically the same as design as the Borotto Real 49, popular in the UK, Europe and Australia). I am not particularly impressed with it, especially how expensive it...
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    14 dead chicks found in coop!

    Hi All It was a sad day on the homestead today, I woke to find 14 of my 6 week old chicks dead near the corner of their coop :( . 6 weeks ago I purchased 300 day old chicks, I had hoped to help a community group by donating eggs, in exchange for donations towards the upkeep and feed for the...
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    Feathers looking straggly, fraying, broken ends

    Hi all I raised 20 Isa Browns from day old chicks, they are about 9 months old now. In the past month I noticed the feathers on the necks and backs of the Isa Browns are looking straggly, fraying, some of the ends of the smaller feathers have broken off. I have checked for mites and can't find...
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    Cornish Cross Pullet laid her first egg!

    One of my 17-week-old Cornish Cross Hens (I think they are Ross 500s) laid her first egg. A tiny 30g egg! I’m quite excited haha :D. I bought a batch of Isa-Brown day-old chicks and the hatchery had a special on excess meat birds so I bought 10 (ended up with 11, one spare). I didn’t have a good...
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    New member from WA

    Hi All I am a new chicken keeper from Western Australia. Reading the great advice on here really helped me prepare for my chickens. I just purchased 10 Hyline Hens and hope to also get some Rhode Island Reds, perhaps as fertilised eggs in due course! Look forward to being part of the community!
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    New Chickens, Egg laying decreasing

    Hi All I am a new chicken keeper and last week I purchased 10 ex-commercial free range 17 month old Hyline Hens, it's been so exciting but I am a little concerned about their egg laying. On the first day, the hens produced 9 eggs which was amazing but since then egg production has...
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