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    Large comb have difficulty with new feeder?

    Sounds like you now know about how much your dog was eating. A LOT. LOL.
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    To incubate or not to incubate

    If you want them and have suitable housing, give them a try. They are adorable babies. That said, it's a lot of work to eat them and their eggs because even the "Jumbos" are still pretty tiny. Their poop is high in ammonia so you'll need good ventilation and they are very flighty compared to...
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    Large comb have difficulty with new feeder?

    You'll have to track BCS over time. Now since your dogs were in the feed... might track their BCS too. LOL
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    Large comb have difficulty with new feeder?

    If you changed feeders due to waste previously, maybe they were wasting a lot more food than you thought. Feel the birds and see if their Body Condition Score declines with the use of these new feeders. If they start to lose weight, then you have an issue with the feed access. BCS can take some...
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    First timing using nurtureR360 incubator and humidity is at 60% -65%

    As long as eggs lose 10-13% of their initial weight during the course of incubation, you'll be fine.
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    Hello again old friends.

    Thanks for the welcomes. To answer @DobieLover, yes I still have chickens! And I still have the "dad's desk drawer" incubator and the chicken coop in my signature. We just dusted off the incubator and put in some eggs, which made me think to come back here and see what's hatchin'. As for...
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    Hello again old friends.

    Just thought I'd swing through and say HI! It's been about 5 years since I've logged in, and over a decade since I've contributed much to the board. It's good to see the chicken addiction at BYC continues to flourish!
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    *CHICKS are HERE!!!* Egg Candling Pics: Progression Though Incubation

    I haven't actually posted much in over a decade! But happy to see people are still finding this thread useful! I actually don't remember the breeds. They were barn yard mixes.
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    Please give me your best guess of this predator

    Certainly a bird of prey. Sorry for your loss.
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    Hawks?!

    To reduce hawk kills and issues I've done 2 things. 1) Keep breeds that are savy and can see birds coming and 2) provide lots of low shelters such as bushes/coffee table height covers to duck under if a predator comes. I've not lost a bird in years from a bird of prey. Do not have a covered run...
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    Hens making noise

    Welcome! Hens do make noise, and if they are of laying age, they are likely making noise as part of the egg laying cackle. Either that or something is disturbing them. Some birds are more noisy than others though, so eliminating the worst offenders may help, but it may not.
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    *CHICKS are HERE!!!* Egg Candling Pics: Progression Though Incubation

    Yes, that last picture looks like a thin shelled egg. It does not mean it has an infection inherently.
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    Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

    Chickens are completely domestic. You are right in how evolution is at play, however, the evolutionary force is not based on eggs crushing to weight, it's solely human intervention and selective breeding for various traits. If someone spends billions of dollars in an industry where a JG were to...
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    How to make 'em drink

    Mine figurd it out. I did the same press the brd beak at the nipple and the rest followed. I did this in the morning the first day, then again after giving them a half a day to get thristy... so when they saw the water the second time they were motivated to figure it out... and they all came...
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    Soffit or not? Another ventilation question.

    That's one fancy coop! That said, chickens are very dusty. I'm in the mild maritime PNW with an unsulated coop of which I did not hardware cloth or soffet the area under the roof. I feel as if I put soffet with small holes... they would soon be clogged with chicken dust.
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    Chickens in the orchard...a bad thing?

    When the apples start to ripen from my trees, which are all semi dwarfs with low hanging fruit, I fence the chickens out. They will pick holes in any apple they can reach and devour any that are on the ground. I just use a warm sopy solution to wash all the apples that have hit the ground.
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    Pictures of Coop Construction. The first real build is DONE!

    Thanks! Glad the plans and process pictures are being useful!
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    *CHICKS are HERE!!!* Egg Candling Pics: Progression Though Incubation

    If you can see veins in bigger and darker eggs, I'd say they are not viable. That said, look again at day 10 before tossing incase you're missing the veins. By day 5 they should be evident if you know what you are looking for.
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    Pictures of Coop Construction. The first real build is DONE!

    The dimensions in my first coop are in feet and inches to maximize the efficiency of using standard lumber in the US. The siding were I believe about $40 a sheet when I built the coop in 2011.
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    *CHICKS are HERE!!!* Egg Candling Pics: Progression Though Incubation

    Not all eggs were meant to be. But glad you found the pictures and videos useful!
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