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    Lonely chick?

    I had twelve eggs in the incubator and only one hatched (it was my first time hatching and apparently I'm bad at it, lol). I have other chickies who are 2 weeks old but I'm afraid to put the new chick in with them until it gets a little bigger and it has been in the incubator since saturday...
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    Our First Egg Hatched!

    I have 12 RIR eggs in the incubator and this is my first hatching. I started hearing peeps saturday night and then there was a pip yesterday afternoon. My boys stayed up late for the action and our first little chick came shooting out of its shell around 10:30pm. We were all very excited and...
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    first hatching eggs ordered!

    I'm so excited, my sons and I bought our incubator and ordered hatching eggs today! Here in about three days we will have a dozen rhode island red eggs warming up to hatch! I think my sons (2 and 5) are almost as excited as I am to hatch eggs for the first time :)
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    Raising a good rooster

    Okay, so I haven't had chickens in about a year and a half and have chicks coming in three weeks. I only ordered pullets this time because the last time I had chickens I had a very bad experience with roosters. Last time my straight run chicks had three cockerels in the bunch. One mysteriously...
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    Free Ranging Together?

    I am in an urban setting and have had egg layers in the past. I have a storage shed converted to coop with a run but would let them free range in my yard and garden most of the time. I'm starting a new flock and decided to get some meat birds(red rangers from mcmurray) as well. My question is...
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    New Here from Indy

    Hi everyone! I'm new here and thought I'd introduce myself. I'm from Indiana and am trying to start keeping a few chickens in my urban backyard. I already have a big garden, fruit trees, and honeybees but my husband has been holding out on agreeing to chickens. I think I've about got him...
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