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Thanks CityGirlintheCountry, I think i will follow this tutorial https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=7562-The_GopherBator to make my own incubator. Do you have any suggestion? Should I buy one or make one? Also, I read that we should hatch the egg in 21 days, is that...
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Howdy Neighbor! I am in Hesperia, CA!!!! You can move the egg to the nest with no problem at all. I have some birds that simply prefer to lay wherever the thing drops. HAHAHA!
Hi Debiraymond, how many chickens do you have? Are you raising them for eggs or baby chicks?
I am a...
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Thanks alot Donrae. I want all the eggs become chicks . My mom doesn't want to eat the egg that my chicken laid because we want to have alot of baby chicks running around.
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Thanks Jane Jill Jack. I will follow your instruction to make one nestbox using wood for them. The the nesting material I read alot of folks here recommend shredding paper, so I may use that and mix with some of the dry grass.
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Thanks for the comment gryeyes. My dad and my Grandma said they will "brood" their eggs when there more eggs. They won't when theres only one. I don't know if its right or not. This is the first egg of my life
Happ New Year to all Chicken Lovers. This morning 1/1/2011, my chicken just laid her first egg.
She laid it on the ground next to the wall. But that place is not secure for them and it may be wet because of the rain or water coming from the garden.
I had a coop for them with opened door and I...