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  1. CoopBoots

    I Confess: Your Worst Chicken Math

    I'll start. I turned trying to get one chick out of my ancient rooster into 19 chicks completely unrelated to him. Now I have to build a new coop! Make me feel better lol. What's your worst chicken math story??
  2. My Bagurks

    Lessons Learned

    I’m sure there are other threads like this but I wanted to see if I could get a good one going. Lessons Learned. What have you done so wrong that you wish you could go back in time and slap yourself in the face for thinking it was a good idea? I’ll star with two. 1. Bird netting for the...
  3. 907poultry

    4 Week Old Keet Survives Alone Outdoors For Entire Night- 30 degrees!

    I live in a warmer part of Alaska currently, it is May and the temps only drop to 30 degrees at night. I’ve read that guinefowl keets should be kept at 80 degrees at 4 weeks old, but have allowed many 3 week olds to go outdoors on hot spring days (45 degree weather), with no ill results. The...
  4. MommaM

    Newbie intro

    I started raising coturnix quail after I was given an incubator earlier this year and saw eggs for sale. I got some info off the internet, but it wasn't until 10 of the 12 eggs hatched that I realized I needed more info. I lost 2 after they drowned in water that was in a thin lid. That's when I...
  5. ENGEC35

    Help! Am I incubating wrong?

    Today is day 10 with 10 speckled Sussex eggs in our small incubator. The eggs are all laid on their sides, and there is a circular dish in the center of the incubator with some water in It. Each egg has its fat, rounded end at the center and the pointier end at the wall of the incubator. We...
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