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    Stock Tank Size for 10 Cornish X

    Hi, it's been a while since we raised Cornish cross and just need to k ow if the stock tank we have will be big enough for 10 birds (raising from day old to 3 weeks). The tank measurements are 2'x5'x2'. I don't know how many gallons it is.
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    Nurture Right 360 keeping humidity up at night

    Hey y'all, I'm having issues keeping the humidity up to 50% or above at night unless I leave the space heater on, also happens during the day as well. Our old incubator I would just loosely wrap in a towel and it would be ok. Can I do this with the NR 360???
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    Hen who can't seem to stand and puffy

    I found one of my hens yesterday at lock up time laying under the coop ramp. I thought she was egg bound, but she is pooping, very watery. She's alert, cleaned her vent area and everything looks ok. What else could cause this?? Last night her breathing was rapid, today she's calmed down. I've...
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    Nurture Right 360 day adjustment

    I've got a Nurture Right 360 incubator, I've only used it once. I'm setti.g it up for the second time in over 2 years. I have read and re-read the manual and cannot get the days to adjust. The manual says it will count down from 21 for chicken eggs, well mine is on Day 1, it won't let me...
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    Getting eggs ready question

    I'm getting ready to set some of our chickens eggs. But have a question. I want to collect about 2 dozen before I put them in our incubator. I read somewhere, many years ago, that you need to elevate the eggs in a carton from one side to the other, once a day. Is this essential??? thanks...
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    Incubating question

    I'm getting ready to set some of our chickens eggs. But have a question. I want to collect about 2 dozen before I put them in our incubator. I read somewhere, many years ago, that you need to elevate the eggs in a carton from one side to the other, once a day. Is this essential??? thanks...
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    Giant Brahmas - Real??

    Hello, I have a friend that wants to possibly buy my son a pair of the Giant Brahmas, you know the videos that have been all over the internet the past few years. Well, I'm wondering what the difference is in them and the regular Brahmas that you can buy through like Tractor Supply, Rural King...
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    Cornish X housing water feed

    Hello everyone, we are kinds new to Cornish X meat birds. We have raised many years ago, but all died around 3 weeks old. My son, who is 16, wanted to try again this year, so we got 6 and they've done great!!! They just went outside yesterday and I'm wondering what to do about feed and water...
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    Can turkeys live with ducks in a run??

    We have 2 turkeys, male and female, don't know their age, got them at the end of October 2016. The hen started laying around early January. We were planning on letting them live with our ducks, we have 14. Or maybe house them with some chickens. Which would be best??[/IMG][/IMG]
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    Little Giant Incubator holding at 60% humidity - Day 21 raise?????

    Hey everyone, I have 24 bantam eggs in my Little Giant Incubator w/fan and I am on day 21, the humidity seems to be sitting at 60%, should I try to raise it??? I put one of the red plugs back in so it would stay at the 60% mark. Two chicks have already hatched and I have about 4 more that have...
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    Breeding of meat birds at home - Possible???

    So we have purchased Red Rangers again this year from Tractor Supply, and we have also purchased many other breeds from some other places like Buff Orpington, Barred Rock, Partridge Rock. We were given a Orpington mix rooster about 7 months old. We know we have at least 1 Barred Rock rooster...
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    Are these Red Rangers?

    Can someone tell me what breeds these 2 "red" chickens are?? We got them last spring as Red Rangers, but I am starting to wonder. They both lay eggs, the smaller one with the black in her tail lays a large to an extra large egg, the BIG one, lays about a medium sized egg. The BIG one also...
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    Freedom Rangers only for meat???

    Hi, I am looking at Freedom Rangers and they might be what I ended up with last spring from TS, but not sure. I was told that the birds we got with our Cornish X were called Red Rangers, but as I look through photos of Red Rangers and Freedom Rangers, they are are bit different and the FR...
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    Just set 41 eggs!!!

    I just set 41 eggs, I have NEVER filled this incubator before. I put in 9 duck eggs, 14 bantam eggs and the other 18 are from our big hens. I am HOPING all the big hens eggs are fertile since we lost our rooster that was with them, he's been gone since Jan 7, but I know a few of the girls...
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    Incubatiing for the first time in almost 5 years, need help

    Hey Everyone, it's been a while since we incubated eggs in an actual incubator, so I need a little help with the thermometer and hygrometer. I have this set and I hope someone else does as well so they can tell me a little bit about them. First of all, what is the best way to calibrate...
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    Are these Red Rangers?

    I have 3 chickens, the big one is about 20 weeks, maybe older and the other 2 are approx. 14 weeks and then I have what are suppose to be 14 week old Red Sex Links (you'll see one in a picture). The younger 2 and the 2 sex links were the last purchased birds at TSC at the end of April, but they...
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    Speckeled Sussex hen eggs

    Hello, What size eggs are Speckled Sussex suppose to lay????? I have 2 Speckled Sussex hens, 16 months old. They are both still laying a small egg (see pic, the egg by my thumb is one of my SS eggs, the other belongs to one of my other girls. Also one of my SS girls has been loosing...
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    Speckled Sussex Hen - Broodiness of these hens???

    Anyone raise speckled sussex?? I have 2 and one is what I believe to be broody. I have had many broody girls, so I know broody, but I was told that these hens don't do the broody thing. LOL So if anyone has raised them, do they do the broody thing and are they good at it?? She and her...
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    Can someone PLEASE tell me what is wrong with this chick

    Okay so this chick is about 3 weeks old, it's a Red Ranger, has been perfect up until yesterday. I found it slump over in the brooder and not able to really walk. I will try to post a short video, only a few seconds and some pic. I am doing Poly-Sol without iron right now and she/he is...
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    Dog kennel turned into duck pen do you have some pics I can see?

    We have an old dog kennel that is like 12x12x6, might be a bit bigger because I have a few more panels to add to it. We want put a top on this kennel to turn it into a duck pen. I just want to see some pics of how others turned a dog kennel into a chicken/duck pen.
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