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    HELP - humidity TOO high during hatch

    I tried a quick search but couldn't find what I needed fast. We have a Hovabator with the warm air circulator. - DD is hatching broilers for a 4-H project; agent gave us 60 eggs. 30+ have hatched and the inside of the bator is "raining". We are 36 hours into this hatch. I can't read the humidity...
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    NC Peeps help me out? broiler eggs to hatch??

    Good grief! I thought there was a local guy our 4-H used but haven't heard back from our 4H leader yet. I'm going to be really hopeful about it! My Grand Freezer Chicken plan will not come to fruition at $4.07 an egg!! EEK!!
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    NC Peeps help me out? broiler eggs to hatch??

    We usually have 5-7 hens that go broody every spring/summer. Some I can break, others hatch out more layers for me, etc. I don't have room or need for more layers and would like to utilize their broodiness to fill the freezer, so to speak. I've bought hatching eggs before from various sources...
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    cross posted from wrong forum: ID this pullet please

    this is the bird in question. I've got 3 of them and they all look the same with one's head not being quite as dark.
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    cross posted from wrong forum: ID this pullet please

    I answered an add on craigslist last week as I was looking to add 3 birds to our flock. The gentleman orders his babies 1 day old from Meyers - had a variety of babies, various ages - and then sells the babies to folks in town who can't do a whole order. I really wanted older birds and asked if...
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    Buff Laced Wyandotte or washed our BLRW??

    I answered an add on craigslist last week as I was looking to add 3 birds to our flock. The gentleman orders his babies 1 day old from Meyers - had a variety of babies, various ages - and then sells the babies to folks in town who can't do a whole order. I really wanted older birds and asked if...
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    Epidemic Broodiness making me crazy!

    Well...there's no short story to how we ended up this way... We have 2 buff orps who embrace broodiness and every attempt to break them fails. The easiest way to break the broody is to let them hatch a few eggs. Alongside those birds we have a teensie bantam who co-sets with one of those birds...
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    Epidemic Broodiness making me crazy!

    So we have a flock of 19 hens (5 are Seramas) and 1 crazy brown leghorn rooster who until the heat wave has been very amorous with his favorite ladies. About 2-3 weeks ago, one of the young Ameraucanas decided she felt a little broody. This developed into full on broodiness and egg collecting...
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    How do I sneak fertile eggs under a broody hen

    We do this quite frequently... I put a flour sack type dish cloth over the hen so she can't see and just take her out of the nesting box. I usually just sit her down in the hen house, remove any old eggs she may be sitting on (we've got a couple who insist they can hatch air); I put the...
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    The Neighbor's Dog killed my chickens!

    We had a similar problem...irresponsible neighbors - dog just being a dog. Doesn't make this any less problematic b/c in the end, their dog is no longer a "pet" when it's on your property killing your chickens. We keep a loaded gun near the back door and have hot wire up around the outside...2...
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    Ive had enough of that school!

    An important thing to note about feeding other people's animals...in some areas there are ordinances that would allow YOU to be charged with various violations from trespassing to a variety of other things. I agree that honey will get you further than vinegar but I'd go the animal control...
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    Ive had enough of that school!

    Absolutely - I have animal control's phone number stored in my phone. Animal Control officers are law enforcement officers and many times just them showing up to school administrators could get the desired effect - the birds are cared for properly or rehomed.
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    Snake!!!

    We had an enormous black snake on the property 2+ years ago (fwiw, it measured right at 7 ft and wasHUGE). I couldn't keep it out of the hen house though it never seemed to threaten the birds...more interested in eating eggs. Once the babies started hatching out, tolerance for that snake ended...
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    Broody hens taking turns?

    LOL - I have a teensie bantam that will do this! Good thing, too, as the first time one of my BO went broody we tried to break her for a month - ice in the boxes and everything, nothing worked. So we finally broke down and got her some eggs. She was so happy but I'm guessing b/c she had already...
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    What breeds won't mix well with Faverolles, Polish or Buff Orpingtons?

    On your list we currently keep Wyandottes (LOVE) and they are so sweet! My SLWs boss the other birds around but are super sweet to people. The GLWs are super calm and sweet; one is incredibly friendly, the other...meh. Both of the GLWs neither bully or are bullied. ALL the Wyandottes are calm...
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    How Many Eggs did y'all get to day?

    12 out of 19 birds...Seramas are laying fools! EVERY DAY!!
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    XS Egg Syndrome...your thoughts/opinions pleeeeeaaaaaaasssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeee :)

    So our 5 mo Ameraucana pullets just started laying - a couple of weeks now. One of the big splash pullets laid a teensie egg (the size of one of the Serama eggs but a beautiful blue); then a medium sized egg and now she's laying M/L sizes eggs. One of the pullets is not yet laying at all but...
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    No Eggs Large hen crowing HELP needed!!!!!

    Hate it for the disappointment but I'd go ahead and get another girl or two if you're able and let them be a little happy family. :) I'm just really taken with your rooster! He's really neat...if you weren't across the pond... :) Have fun with your new flock!
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    What's Your Chickens names and Why are they named that?

    LOL What fun!!! In order of appearance... Charlotte - GLW - because she looks regal and carries herself with great dignity...the name sounded old & regal Fanny - GLW whose tail feathers were ALL ripped out during dog attack giving her a naked fanny Lacey - bantam of unknown breeding...white...
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