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  1. RebekahTN

    Never stop!!!!!

    I LOVE the water nipples also!! All mine from newborn to older can and have successfully used the nipples. Even the ducks learned from the Chickens. (I didn't teach the ducks as they need to dunk their heads to clear their nostrils, but they can be found drinking from them even when they have...
  2. RebekahTN

    Never stop!!!!!

    I LOVE this feeder. It holds a whole bag of food and while they do occasionally scratch some feed out, it isn't much. It can be outside or inside. You can order these from Tractor Supply. My local one is a small one. You may be able to find them in stock in the bigger stores.
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    Lethal Gene???

    I see you breed Naked necks.... do they have a lethal gene? I had trouble hatching my naked necks and showgirls (who use naked necks to get their look). I have a much higher rate of death just before hatching. Of the ones that do hatch I am having a high number of them die for no apparent reason...
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    Chicken Feed Costs

    I am looking for something more manageable for my grow out pens. I have several different systems depending on the age. For my chicks I have 2 of the stackable metal brooders like TSC has. The newborns that I don't sell immediately (regular/bantam - not meat birds) go up top under a heat plate...
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    Chicken Feed Costs

    THANK YOU for such detail! Do you have a picture of the brooder sheds?
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    Bobtail Cochin

    These are BEAUTIFUL!!!
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    Bobtail Cochin

    Are you selling chicks or eggs? I would love to add this color to our cochin mix,
  8. RebekahTN

    Chicken Feed Costs

    I would love to see and or hear how you set up raising your flock to this point. I'm not real interested in this part of chicken business but would love to know how a small scale (500-1000 or so birds) hatchery/raising of birds might look like. How do you contain your birds while they grow out...
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    Chicken Feed Costs

    Thanks for sharing.
  10. RebekahTN

    Is it bad to hatch chicks in an incubator in winter???

    I didn't have issues with my incubator while hatching in the winter.... just try to time it, so that by 8 to 10 weeks it won't be TO cold outside. I brood in the house so they would be in there 8 weeks regardless of winter or spring or summer.... They usually stay in the house longer if I brood...
  11. RebekahTN

    When do Hens become Broody and hatch eggs? How to hatch eggs?

    They will definitely go broody without a rooster around, BUT if you don't have a rooster the eggs she sits on won't hatch as they won't be fertile. If you wanted her to hatch some you could buy some fertile hatching eggs and put them under her.
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    When do Hens become Broody and hatch eggs? How to hatch eggs?

    Isn't that the truth!! When one goes broody they ALL need to go broody. Last year I had 2 showgirls sitting on the same nest. This year there was 4 trying to share a nesting box so we took the "wall" between the 2 of them down so they could all spread out and be broody together. I love it when...
  13. RebekahTN

    Lavender Pekins, boys or girls please!!

    Do you have new pics of your babies? Or have they changed enough you can tell which they are yet?
  14. RebekahTN

    Very small Serama chick not doing well?

    How exciting! Glad to hear it.
  15. RebekahTN

    Deathlayers

    I wasn't the one to resurrect it, (this time) but I noticed someone wanting deathlayer eggs the other day, the name was intriguing and I started doing some research on them (yes there are others that likes research). I put it in the search bar and was reading old and new threads about them. I...
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    Hatching percentage

    I have just read both of these links and you are right! There is a LOT of great information in both articles. Thank you for bringing them to my attention.
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    Who is the Mother of this Chick?

    An EE can be mixed with many breeds and still be an EE. An Easter Egger IS a mixed breed in itself. So you COULD in theory get something that doesn't resemble the mother or father.
  18. RebekahTN

    When do Hens become Broody and hatch eggs? How to hatch eggs?

    In my experience with cochins and silkies, they often go broody within the first year. Usually 3-4 months after starting to lay eggs. You would need the rooster with them for a month or so to get good fertility. It sounds like the eggs you have would not be fertile as your rooster passed about...
  19. RebekahTN

    Finally incubating! Lots of questions

    I wouldn't spend a lot of money on shipped eggs until you have all the kinks worked out with eggs that don't have the extra problems of being older (shipping time, means more time between being laid and being placed in the incubator) as well as the extra problem of poor handling during shipping.
  20. RebekahTN

    Fan or no fan—temp setting?

    I would like to hear more theories on if not using a fan is better than using a fan along with the thinking behind why.
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