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  1. PrestonSloan08

    Ants killing chicks:(

    I have lost 4 chicks this week because the ants have got them!! I dont know what to do!!! All I have is 1 chick left now!! And I'm scared it will get eaten too!! Has this ever happened to anyone else? And what can I do?
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    Oh my goodness there is a pip!!!! But I need help!

    My silkie hen just got off the nest for a snack and I went to go candle the eggs. Tomorrow is the hatch date! But I had candled three of them and they where all kicking! when I got to the last one, it made a peep!! So I looked around the egg and noticed the pip hole!! Is it ok for her to be off...
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    Anyone set any eggs today? I need a buddy!! Aug. 27th-30th!!!

    I just candled and 4 are alive!!!!! The other one never started to develop!!! I am so excited!!! How has everyone elses candling went?
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    Did this ruin my hatch?

    I don't think they ever sat in water!!
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    Did this ruin my hatch?

    Well Alabama got 10 inches of rain yesterday! And it flooded my coop!! And my nest boxes are on the ground for my silkies!! So the bottom of the boxes got wet!!! Will there be to much humidity and it kill them all?
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    Anyone set any eggs today? I need a buddy!! Aug. 27th-30th!!!

    Quote: What kind of eggs are they? Mine are just mutts haha!
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    How do I candle my eggs under a broody?

    It has been 4 days now and I am planing on candling tomorrow but I don't know how and when to do it with a broody? Any help?
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    Anyone set any eggs today? I need a buddy!! Aug. 27th-30th!!!

    Quote: Is your silkie having any trouble covering all of them since they are large eggs? Silkie's are really good broodies. I have several of mine at the moment that are broody but I won't be using them this time. The post office was a bit rough on my box and the 3 extra eggs got cracked...
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    Anyone set any eggs today? I need a buddy!! Aug. 27th-30th!!!

    Wow that's alot!! I don't know what to tell you! Like i said this is my first time!! I'm happy I have a buddy now!!!
  10. PrestonSloan08

    Anyone set any eggs today? I need a buddy!! Aug. 27th-30th!!!

    Quote: Im not to sure how good a gator would take care of eggs..... Haha I'm just kidding I know what you ment!
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    Anyone set any eggs today? I need a buddy!! Aug. 27th-30th!!!

    I'm just using her as a mom!! I have been buying eggs from this man down road from me, and his eggs are HUGE, so I decided I wanted to hatch some!!
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    Anyone set any eggs today? I need a buddy!! Aug. 27th-30th!!!

    I put 5 huge eggs under my broody silkie today!!! She is actualy very nice while broody!! But I need to hatch buddies!!! Is anyone due around the same time? This is my first time hatching with a broody hen!! Let's hope it goes Better than it has with the incubator!!
  13. PrestonSloan08

    CONTEST WITH PRIZE: When will Wynette reach 15k posts?

    11/8/11
  14. PrestonSloan08

    She broody!! Now what?

    My silkie is finally officially broody now!! I think!! Haha! She has been on the nest since yesterday! She is sitting on golfballs! So I want her to hatch some eggs for me! How do I put them under her? And how many large eggs can she have? She isn't mean to me when I touch her though!! She just...
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    She is broody!!! Now what?

    My silkie is finally officially broody now!! I think!! Haha! She has been on the nest since yesterday! She is sitting on golfballs! So I want her to hatch some eggs for me! How do I put them under her? And how many large eggs can she have? She isn't mean to me when I touch her though!! She just...
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    broody or not?

    ok well im plannig on putting large eggs under her!! so how many of those?
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    broody or not?

    see this is what she has been doing!!
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    broody or not?

    my little silkie has been in the nest for a couple of hours now and i was wondering if she was broody? if she is how many eggs can i put under her?
  19. PrestonSloan08

    I want to see the most CUTEST Baby chick pics (any type)

    My doms at 1 week!! Jinny and jonny!!
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    Mix breed thread!! Post pictures!!

    Quote: I didn't know you coul breed quail with chickens!!! Well these are Quail Bantams:) Oh haha I didn't know that was a breed!! Have you ever mixed one back to a silkie to get a fluffier one?
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