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    Switching out eggs from a broody

    Tonight I'm going to try to take out the "mutt" eggs from under a broody hen who's been sitting on them for 2 days. I'm guessing that she has about 7 eggs under her. I want to place some other fertile eggs under her. Questions.... Do you think I can put more eggs under her than I take out...
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    Switching out eggs from a broody

    Tonight I'm going to try to take out the "mutt" eggs from under a broody hen who's been sitting on them for 2 days. I'm guessing that she has about 7 eggs under her. I want to place some other fertile eggs under her. Questions.... Do you think I can put more eggs under her than I take out...
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    Help! Chicks hatching early

    Hi folks. This is my first hatch. I have 14 eggs that were due to hatch two days from now. I now have one chick out of the shell and one almost out. None of the other eggs seem even close. Do I take the hatched ones out or leave them in for a while. I don't want to mess up the...
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    Recommended chicken genetics book?

    I know I can get most of my answers here, but I like to have a book in front of me. I'm starting to breed bantams and would like to have a plan. Any suggestions?
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    Best beginner bator $200 or less?

    Hi Folks. I'm having trouble getting my tabletops to sit on eggs so I'm resorting to incubating. I only have two of these hens so far, so I don't need a high capacity machine. I've seen Brinsea Eco 20 w/auto turner for $225 (shipping included). Are there other incubators better or the same...
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    Introducing new roo to others.

    I just brought home a new Cuckoo Maran roo. I already have 3 "table top" (very small bantams) roos for 7 barnyard hens and 2 table top hens. I know, too many boys.... Anyways, I just let the CM out into the yard and he's gotten his butt handed to him and the tt's won't stop chasing him. So...
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    Table Top?

    Any guesses about the breed? I call this little guy "Napoleon". He has successfully driven a full sized fighting cock from my yard. He's not tall enough for all of his girlfriends, though. A friend at work is going to give me a few "table top" hens for him, though. I'm guessing that...
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    Muscovy ducks lasted about 1 hour

    What a bummer. One of my co-workers dropped off a mom and 12 ducklings at my house today. I let them go in the backyard which I thought was pretty well fenced in. It only took them an hour to escape and run down into the gulch behind my house. Maybe they'll come back. They don't have a...
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    Rookie breeding question

    I have 1 Barnevelder rooster and have the idea of eventually breeding him with my RIR's. The idea is to get work towards lots of dark eggs. Do offspring tend to pull specific traits from mom or dad (ie. baldness passed from mom, in humans), or is it all a crapshoot?
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    Day olds with 2 week olds?

    I have 6 2wk/old chicks (Ameraucana, RIR, and BR). I just got 3 day olds (Barnevelder roo, 2 Buff Orpingtons). I tried putting them in together and the older chicks were very aggressive, pecking at legs and beak. I have them separate now. I think the Barney could survive with the older ones...
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    Chicks in Hawaii

    I just got my new chicks (2 each of BR, RIR, and Ameraucana). Everyone is getting along so far. The feed store sure doesn't know how to make money, though. They ordered the chicks but didn't have any feeders, waterers, or..... starter crumble! For now, I'm grinding up layer pellets and...
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    When can they move to the coop?

    It doesn't get below 70 degrees where I live, but there is a lot of wind. I have a coop that blocks the main wind, but there is no avoiding a draft. How old should my chicks be before they move outside? Fully feathered out?
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    New chicks arriving this week in Hawaii

    My local feed store, here on the Big Island, has just sent in the order for chicks. So, I should be getting my 9 chicks (2 Buff Orpington, 2 RIR, 2 Barred Rock, 2 Ameraucana, and one Barnevelder Roo) soon. I have some questions about brooders. The temp at my house is around 80 daytime and 70...
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    Barnevelders?

    I'm interested in this breed for the dark eggs. I'm a rookie and I live in Hawaii (heavy winter rain, no cold, summers in the mid 80's). Anyone have experience with Barnevelders? I have a coop and 3800 sq ft fenced. Any comments, advice, warnings?
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    Aloha from Hawaii

    Hi All, I'm on the Big Island (Hamakua Coast). I live in an old sugar plantation camp that has more than its fair share of poultry.... All of which are fighting cocks. A couple of kids in the neighborhood didn't know that chickens lay eggs! My next door neighbors got some Jersey Giants...
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