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A kitty litter box works nice. Shallow easy to clean, holds a lot of DE. Put it out for a few days and see how they use it. The dust can irritate the lungs so in a fresh air area is good. Leave it out until they empty it no cover unless it rains. Start experimenting with sand, clay, peat...

How old are the chicks? Young ones who have not started with grit in the diet yet cannot eat other foods yet.

You sound like you are doing things right. Lots of things will challenge you and this site is a great resource for advice and planning. The additional outside space will be nice. Hanging a cabbage on a string in the run is a good distraction. Finding the bully as has been mentioned for a...

Did you raise them from chicks or buy pullets? How big is the roost/coop and how big is the run? Do you have a pet cage you can put in the coop for a few days? Do they have full time feeder trays available or do you feed twice a day and let them run? Has it been hot there when the damage occurs?

So Lucy let you take out an egg? Is she more trance like at this end of her hatch?

Bleach water and spray out the old one. Plug it in and start watching your thermometer and humidity. Before you put the eggs in. A new one is not always best. Will this be your only hatch? Does your friends have an egg turner? It is about a $40 add on to get a turner, which keeps you from...

Rent a center tool store and look at electric jack hammers. Thats if you have electric power in the barn. If not sledge hammer is gonna take a lot longer. Plan on breaking it all out in half a day and return the jack hammer. Next remove all the materials and if no reuse is planned for the...

Type in Little Giant in the search topic. This unit has a few challenges but you already upgraded by the computer fan addition. Next try wrapping the base in a small blanket or towels and a remote probe temp humidity gauge and cover the top also. This unit hatches but the operator has a...

No need to replace your fencing. Add on. Chicken wire is nice for keeping chickens in. Welded wire can go right over the top of your chicken wire.The 2 inch by 4 inch will actually look better and the chicken wire will be less noticeable if you preflatten the rolled wire. Staples hammer and...

Give them a few options. Perches for the pecking order status climbers and a pile of bedding in one corner for the ones who want to cuddle up if it gets cold. I think the perches will be full first. Look in on them the first night a few hours after sunset but they should be fine. If you have...

So are you in Alaska?

Possums kill chickens. They have up to 11 babies. Eventually they will get in your garage. Yes they can get thru chicken wire one nasty bite at a time. They will never make good pets. I have trapped and shot many this year. Good luck. At least you spotted it before a loss.

Well at least you have some time to formulate your plan for the hens when the Roosters get older and start to strut. Good luck with that one. Disease in a clean low crowd pen is not your biggest concern of things to worry about. Even back in the 70s predators were the number one killer of...

Pampered chicks do very well. I have never given chicks medicated feed. Is the store out of regular chick feed? Hold off on the wormer until you see symptoms . You are at the right site . Just start reading a few threads every night. Your doing fine. Most people raise back yard chickens to...

Hey. Cheap incubators are just a bit more challenging. I am just finishing a hatch with a Little Giant incubator. Search that topic and you can see all the suggestions people have put up to help minimize the issues. Extra thermometers are help full as hot and cooler spots occur inside the...

I'm holding one now that has not separated from the chord to the shell.14 are out now and 2 more have pipped. You started a nice thread and it made some smiles. Loss is tough. Sharing things helps. Still no luck with my camera but will try. It was just snowing here for a bit. Warmer days are...

4 5&6 are out. 5 more have pipped. Long hatch.

2 is out and running around. 3 is out and drying. This one is a Blue. Lots of moving eggs now.

I just did a quick search and typed in OCTAGON 10 and there is 68 pages of threads on this unit here on this site. Probably more as apparently they make octagon 20, 40 also. I am not familiar with this unit but put a few small jars of water in there while you are working out the bugs. Read as...

Fill it with the number of eggs or use water bottles to match the volume. Waite 3 or 4 hours between each adjustment and reading and if you cant regulate it in 2 or 3 days then reevaluate your equipment. Placement in the room near air movement, sunlight , open doors or windows, so many things...