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Hi, its been a while since I have been on here. But I need some help didn't no where else to go... I had a fairly successful hatch last year of chicks. This year my brother in law asked if I would incubate/hatch some duck eggs for him. I enjoy it so much... There are two batches... first batch...

I have 17 chickens who are 3 months old, and they are out in the coop, and actually I have recently been allowing them to roam outside of their fenced in yard. All has been going well. I also have 18 chicks who are two weeks old, they are feathering nicely, even flying about some. They are in a...

As some of you know, I recently had my first batch of eggs hatch from the incubator... first timer ever for me. Out of 30 eggs, 21 hatched.Salmon faverolles, and Light Bramahs, and one Ameraucana are in the 21 that have hatched. I believe this deformed chick is a Salmon Faverolle, hatched...

My hatch date was suppose to be Monday (tomorrow). Chicks started pipping out last night. So far, 9 have hatched without problem. There are at least 9 more eggs pipped, some are those are more then pipped. First hatch was 11:00AM, last at 6:00 PM, for the 9 that are already here... At 7 PM I...

This is my first time incubating ducklings and chicks. I put in 7 duck eggs and 7 days later I added 30 fertile chicken eggs. This is an experimental run. My incubator is a new, hova bator 1588. The temp has been right where it should be, the humidity tends to run a bit high. I'm wondering, when...

Okay, so, I am new to having chickens this year. I have gone all out now, and bought an incubator... Hova-Bator 1588. I bought that one, since its suppose to be easy to use. I have had it plugged in for a couple days now. No eggs in it yet, I'm just seeing if its working properly. So the temp is...

One more question I forgot to add to my last post. I also have 5 golden laced polish chicks. They are 4 weeks old, well, a couple days will be 5 weeks old. I got straight run when I ordered them, since I couldn't get just pullets in this breed. At what age will I be able to tell which are...

I have had chickens for 5 weeks now... these are my first chickens. I asked on here, how to keep my chickens from getting, mites, lice, and whatever else a chicken might get for bugs... and I was told to get Dietamaceous Earth (not sure if I spelled that right?). I did get some, and would like...

Heres the situation... I have 20 chicks, 6 are 16 days old, the rest are all 10 days old... as of today Friday. I have no other chickens, and it was suggested that maybe I could move them to the coop already, with the heat lamp... since there are no big chickens in there... The brooder I have...

First, remember I am quite new to chickens. Last Friday I got 6 chicks, who were 3 days old. Today Wednesday, I got 15 chicks I ordered through the mail. I put them all in together because there is only 5 days difference in their ages. From day one, I have been having a problem with keeping...

I just got a shipment of chicks (through mail) early this morning. There were two chicks, that weren't doing very well. I put them in a small box together, (the worse one was getting trampled) and under heat lamp, I dunked their beaks in sugared water, every 10 or 15 minutes for several hours...

My husband has finished the outside of the chicken coop, now working on the inside. He built the nesting boxes, as a double row of six, for a total of 12. (I didn't expect that many!) I am wondering, do we have to have perches on the front of the nesting boxes? I have seen some like that, but I...

After reading even more about chickens, I realized I hadn't thoght about worming chickens. I am strict about worming my animals, so I need to know about worming chickens. I still don't have my chicks yet. But they'll come in May, I just want to be ready for anything. At what age do you start...

I didn't know where to ask these questions, I finally decided here. Sorry if its not in the right area. I just have a few questions, since I am new to chickens, don't actually have them yet, but trying to get ready for them. I will be starting my chicks in the house, but my husband is working...

Okay, thought I did this earlier, but I guess I did something wrong. So I'm try again... We're in Northern Maine, and althought I remember my mother getting chickens when I was young, my main interest was my horses, I never paid any attention to the chickens. Other then one who'd lost her toes...