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  1. Ranger 45

    My eggbox supprise!!!

    Yeaster day was a hot humiday in the south and so i didnt bother to check for eggs till about an hour before sunset. So i went about my normal routine and feed the girls and then watered then. In my egg boxes i have some golfballs painted brown to stop them from eating their eggs. When i lifted...
  2. Ranger 45

    Day 21 No Chicks

    It is now day 21 for my chicken eggs that were fertile. On day 8 i could see little chicks in 4 of em. I cant believe they havent even peeped yeat. I turned them 3 times a day and never missed turning them and the temp was always around 98. I stopped turning on the 18 day. So what happened? are...
  3. Ranger 45

    Will this kill my chicks???

    I have some eggs that due to hatch sterting on the 11th of this month and others a few days after. I was doing some reasearch online about what to expect when they hatch and i read they you are not suppose to turn the eggs the last 3 days or they will die. Is this true?
  4. Ranger 45

    Good or Bad Eggs?

    I am trying to hatch sexlink eggs, that are dark brown and hard to candle to begin with. My first 2 eggs are now on day 8. I have candled them since day 6 and havent seen something untill toady. Inside i can make out a dark blob with a darker blob inthe middle of the light blob. I cannot make...
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    Best way to candle eggs?

    Ive got some eggs that are now 6 days in the incubator. What is the best way to candle them? I have tried a powerful led flash light and a regular desk lamp, but the egg shells are to thick to see through correctly.
  6. Ranger 45

    Fertile Eggs?

    How long dose chicken mateing need to last for the eggs to be fertile. My rooster only sits on their backs for 3 to 5 mississippi's in counting, is this long enough?
  7. Ranger 45

    Himidity?

    Just Started incubating some eggs this after noon. what is the best way to get the humidity right in there. I for now cut the botton off a 2liter bottle and filled that with water. I placed that directly under the lamp. is there a better method? If so please share this the...
  8. Ranger 45

    Fake Broodies!?!

    This is really starting to make me mad. Ill go down to feed the girls and my white hen is sitting on 3 or 4 eggs acting all broody. Shell sit on them for about an hour and then decide to EAT ONE OF THEM. After that she gets off the other eggs and joins the chickens out side. I know it cant be...
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    Chicken gone broody?

    This afternoon i went down to feed the girls and gather up the eggs. When i lifted up the door to get the eggs out of the nesting box my smallast hen was sitting in there, i didnt think anything of it so i left her alone. She did hunker down and get here self flattend out as much as possible. I...
  10. Ranger 45

    How do you get hens to sit?

    I have some hens that i want to get some chicks from. I currently take the eggs out of the nesting boxes every day if they are cold. If i doent do take the eggs out will this encourage them to sit on them.
  11. Ranger 45

    Mystery Roo!?!

    I hope these pictures show up. This website is very sucky about how they tell you how to post pictures. This is my roo i got when he was around 4 months old and now he is 10 and a half months old. I would like to know his breed if any one can tell me. I doent know what his parents look like or...
  12. Ranger 45

    Problem Rooster!

    I have a red dexlink rooster that is about 3 years old. Today i was cleaning out the chicken coop and there was a hen on the nesting shelf that was sitting on 2 eggs. She stayed up there the whole time and was not bothered by me. Then the rooster came in got up on the shelf with her, got the...
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