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    When can I put these littles outside???

    Hi there. We incubated and hatched out chicks for the first time. They started hatching on March 19 and continued to hatch for a few days. I have them in the house in a brooder. I live in souther California. Our lowest low this week will be in the mid forties. When can I put these chicks outside...
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    Just curious about hatch rates

    Hi there. I just experienced my first hatch. I’m curious about hatch rates and if things went normally. I bought 26 eggs from someone local, so no shipping. 17 healthy chicks hatched. I threw 3 eggs away at day 18 because they did not develop. 3 hatched but died- two right away and one 24...
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    Worried and wondering about newly hatched chick

    I’ve never incubated and hatched before. This is my first time and things are going well. I’ve had 17 chicks hatch so far. One who hatched in the middle of the night is acting different than the rest have ever acted and I am wondering if she is unwell. I am also wondering if she is suffering and...
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    Worried and wondering about this newly hatched chick

    I’ve never incubated and hatched before. This is my first time and things are going well. I’ve had 17 chicks hatch so far. One who hatched in the middle of the night is acting different than the rest have ever acted and I am wondering if she is unwell. I am also wondering if she is suffering and...
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    Newbie and my first chick hatched. What now?

    Hi there. I’m on day 19 and one just hatched. She is chirping and crawling around the other eggs. The chick version of the umbilical cord is still attached to the egg. What do I do now? From what I’ve read online, I leave her until she is fully dry. But when does she need water? And food...
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    First timer here, and I can't get humidity down in incubator

    Hi there. I bought 24 fertile eggs and a second hand incubator from the gentleman I bought the eggs from. I'm practicing with it today, to learn how to use it, without putting the eggs in. The temp is great but I can't get the humidity to go below 74 percent. It has two ventilation holes...
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    Incubation newbie has questions about differentiating chicks

    Hi there. We are going to be incubating eggs for the first time. We are buying 24 fertile eggs from a local farmer. The eggs are all different colors. Is there a trick or a way, after the chicks hatch, that I can mark them somehow so I can know which ones came from which color egg? A chick...
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    Fish meal alternative in homemade layer feed

    Hi there. I'd like to start making my own lay feed for my chickens. The recipe I'd like to use calls for fish meal, which I am having a hard time sourcing. I'm assuming the fish meal is to be a protein source in the feed. I'm wondering if it would be safe and healthy for my girls replace the...
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    Has anyone been able to get a BBB to walk again?

    Hi there. We adopted what we thought was a heritage turkey but it turns out he is a broad breasted turkey. He is now so big he can’t walk. we adopted him as a pet, and we are attached to him, especially my youngest child. Has anyone had success putting a BBB on less food to keep their weight...
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    Is my heritage breed turkey too big?

    Hi there. Today is the third day My 10 month old pet barred black turkey has been unable to stand or walk. Before this happened he was walking and running just fine. I finally got ahold of a vet who was willing to check him out for me but first she wanted me to text her pictures of him. So I...
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    My heritage breed pet turkey can’t walk 😔

    Hello. My barred black turkey suddenly can’t walk. I let him out this morning and he was fine. I came home from dropping my kids off to school and he can’t stand at all on his left leg and he seems to kind of be holding his left wing out a bit, I think maybe for balance. Also, he seems to sort...
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    What size roost for turkey?

    Hello. I have a new to me 9 month old turkey and I’d like to put a roost up for him in his run. Should it be round or flat? What size diameter or width? Thank you!
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    New to me Turkey - A few questions

    Hi there, I have a acquired a pet turkey from someone who had to rehome him. He is a male and he was hand raised as a pet. He is super personable and sweet and is following us around like a dog. Maybe he needs turkey friends??? Anyway, His variety is Black Spanish and he is about 9 months...
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    Questions about adopting chicks to broody hen

    I have a broody Cochin and a broody Easter Egger. Neither of them have ever raised chickens. I also have 5 other hens. In a couple of days I am going to give day-olds to the Cochin to hopefully adopt using the sneak-them-under-in-the-dark method. The Cochin and the EE are totally snuggled up...
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    Do I need to trim/remove hens spurs?

    Hello. I have had my Welsumer hen, Cinnamon for 6.5 years. She was always second in command until about two years ago when our lead girl died and then cinnamon became lead girl. The other day a friend came by and noticed her spurs and said I should trim them so nobody gets hurt. I had no idea...
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    Your thoughts and knowledge on eating eggs from sick chickens

    Hello, I hope this is the right area of the forum to post this... I recently posted about my hens having avian pox and learned that their eggs are safe to eat. After I got that great news I realized that even though that is the case... **I am just kind of grossed out by the thought of...
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    Could really use some help with some unwell chickens

    Hello, My chickens are unwell. I know they have avian pox and I posted about that and got some answers. Well, now this morning when my silkie was in the nestbox I saw something small crawling on that featherless area on the side of her head. Not positive but I think that is the chickens...
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    What do you think about this silkie?

    I bought two day-old silkies and they look very different from one another and I have been pretty confident one is a girl and one is a boy. They are just over 6 months old now. The one that I think is a boy has a big knobby comb thing on his/her head and larger waddles. I don't feel spurs on...
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    Questions about avian pox

    Hello, I am pretty confident that my girls have this. :( I've been reading on these forums and from what I've seen there isn't much to do other than give them electrolytes, put neosporin or betadine on the lesions and wait it out. This is my first flock of chickens and I have some questions...
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    Liner things for nest boxes?

    My girls often scoop so much of their nesting material out of the way that they lay right onto the plywood of the nestbox and the eggs sometimes crack. :( Somewhere along that way I heard about some sort of liner that can be purchased that goes on the floor of the nestbox and softens the blow...
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