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    My spraddle legged chick... (Did I fix it?)

    I really didn't want to get involved. i spent an hour telling myself not to mess with the chick, that chicks die all the time and it wouldn't be my fault. But it was so determined to eat and drink... it rolled to the food dish! So out it came and I tried the band-aid trick... but it still...
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    Five Babies!

    So far... 3 seem to be from my turkens! How long should I wait for the rest of them to hatch before I open up and feed my babies?
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    Its almost time! (Me iz having freak out)

    Despite all of my mistakes, 16 of our 18 eggs show signs of having chick in them at the 3 week candling, and they should hatch the 29th. What is lockdown? When do i take out the turner and... oh jeeze. Why didn;t I learn this stuff BEFORE we started!
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    Candled my eggs...

    At eight days. Saw what looked like veins in all of them, but their air cells look pretty big... is this normal? I don't have a humidity gauge, so i;ve just been adding water occasionally.
  5. Kimblee

    Got our incubator.

    Its a Little Giant, and is okay I guess. I gave it the test run and it did great.... put in 18 eggs and it... well, not so great. It'd get super cold so I'd turn it up a bit, it'd get way hot (120 degrees) I'd turn it down. I think its playing nicely now... right at 98 degrees, but I wonder...
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    Cheap but good incubators?

    My mother claims we MUST have a turner, since she doesn't want to turn them, and the cheapest i can place one like this is about $80 dollars. Is this the best I can do, or can someone give me a better idea? It'd be used for chickens only AFAIK, and we probably need room for at least a dozen...
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    SIX ROOS?! Why did I pay for hens then?

    I bought twelve chicks back during spring. Three died, and of the nine left, I've got six roos! I paid for hens, this is annoying? Does this mean that feed stores lie? Should I have saved some cash and just bought straight run? And what's a transplanted city girl going to do with six roos...
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    What kind of chickens have feathery legs?

    We got a bargan bin chick, and I knew it was special... its legs are hairier than my dad's.... But I have no idea what it is. It's coming in white (Its pretty old by now, not grown but almost fully feathered) but has some grey in its tail and back. I'd just like to know what you might think...
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    How old do my chicks need to be before....

    I put them outside for good? they enjoyed spending three days outside... it was nice and sunny, they had siblings to nuzzle on, and lots of hay to hide under.... they seemed good.... but now all these threads mention a lightbulb for 60 days? And it snowed, so I got my PJ-ed bum outside and...
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    My dad bought me four chicks....

    I've raised chicks before, so i understand the basics. But I'd like advice on how to make them grow up tame.... I'd really like to avoid having to chase them constantly. (My last herd was like that)
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