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    How do I know if the switcheroo worked?

    I have placed two, probably two to three day old, chicks under a broody hen, I picked the chicks up yesterday at the farm and ranch down the road, so I am guessing they were shipped at one day old and they had just arrived when I got them. The hen has been sitting on two golf balls for 23 days...
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    Chances Of Survival For A Blind Chick

    Last Sat. I hatched out 6 eggs, the last chick seemed a little weak and was spraddle legged. I used a bandaid and corrected it's legs but it continued to act, "out of it". It would just stand and stare off into space, refused to eat or drink. After two days I began to feed it and water it by...
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    EGGS HAVE BEEN IN THE HEAT for a few days

    I was on a weekend trip and had no one to gather the eggs while I was gone. What is the status of eggs left in 95/100 degree weather for three days. Should I just pitch'em? Mike
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    First hatch was a sucess, Thanks for all the help!

    Well I put 8 eggs into a Hova Bator 1583 on May 3rd. The eggs were from my Buff Orpingtons that I purchased from My Pet Chicken last July. I ordered four pullets but one turned out to be a rooster. I didn't think I would have very good sucess but I read this board and followed all the great...
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    Candle blood ring

    I am new to this and have just candled for the first time. 8 eggs on day 10 and I might as well be looking at a test pattern on the T.V. I see some shadows, I think, in most of the eggs. But one shows what the pictures refer to as a blood ring. It is a definite black ring around the center of...
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    Outside humidity 72% how do you lower it inside the incubator?

    I have a question, using a Hova Bator 1583 with a temp of 99.5 and no water in the channels I have a humidity of 60 percent. Eggs just started yesterday and this is the first attempt for me. Now air outside the house has a temperature of 72 degrees and a relative humidity of 72 percent. Of...
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    When is it too hot

    Late June in Oklahoma and my garage can easily reach 90 degrees, my uninsulated shop building 100 plus during the afternoon. The interior of the house, of course is airconditioned at around 78 degrees. So where would be the best place for day old chicks? Over night temps will be in the low to...
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    Chicken wire and 'coons

    I keep reading that chicken wire will not stop a coon so today I called my older brother to ask him what it was that we kept our pet coons in when we were kids. He was an avid hunter from the age of 9 or 10 and is 6 years older than me. If he was out coon hunting and came upon a den he would...
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