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    How many Eggs are you getting?

    I have 6 RIR Hens.. They just started laying about a month ago and my biggest day was 3 eggs lol sad huh :P ....Now that we are having shorter days here in Michigan I am getting 1 egg every other day... Thinking Im gonna set them up with with some light with a timer soon... How many are you getting?
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    Weed Trimming?

    Hi everyone.. I have my 6 week old outside in her stage 2 brooder and was wondering... I need to trim around the small run with the weed trimmer and this might be a silly question but, ... Will she be ok or will the noise stress her out to much? Thanks
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    Baby chick treats?

    Is there anything around the house I could give for a treat for a 1 day old chick?
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    From Incubator to Brooder?

    Our chick took just over 30 hours to hatch... Just came out of his shell about 12 hours ago with a little help from me... He is running around and doing great in the Incubator... Would it be safe to go ahead and move him to his brooder now... Or should I wait for the last 12 hours?
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    Victory .. Thanks everyone... love this place

    I will post pics in the morning... Thanks everyone for helping my son and I through the surgery of helping our baby chicken hatch!!!! .... Minutes after he came out of his shell he was running around and has been starring out the window... BOTH my son and the chick ( My son named him blacky )...
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    I think I need to help him... Please Help Me

    Started piping yesterday afternoon... The pic shows the hole he had at 7:00am this morning.... Still at 8:14pm right now it looks the same.... There is a crack going down under the hole ... But he seems to not be able to go any further ....
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    An updated and a little better pic

    its 1:30 pm here and there has been no progress since 7:00am this morning... Am I just stressing? I think I might have messed up .. Yesterday when I seen the small crack I got exited And turned the egg just a little to see it better... I then realized I should not have done that.... Think I...
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    Is my baby chick laying right?

    Today is day 21 and he has a nice hole in the egg and a crack all the way to the bottom.... I can see his beak pointing upward ... So it looks like his body is on top and he is laying on his neck... Does this sound right... Thanks to all
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    Woo Hoo...

    Ok I know I have not posted much... But I had to stop in and say... I put the one egg in my Incubator I made 20 days ago.... It now has a crack and its wiggling around.... Just hope the little guy holds off till my son gets home from school .... Off to TSC I go for some feed!!!!
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    Day 6, I just candled my egg

    Today is day 6 and I was able to see the veins!!! I'm exited .... Only have the one egg just testing my Incubator out... Seems to be working so far
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    New guy here... Hello Everyone...

    I have been at BYC website and here at the forums reading reading and reading for about 4 weeks now.... Thought it was time to come in and say hello .... Awesome advice everyone, I learned alot here.... I am working on building my Incubator and I will post pics by next weekend....
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