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I got lucky bought these 2 when they were a day old & I'm pretty sure I got a male & a female. And my turkey is a tom was petting him this morning & he has a beard it still so small it hides in his feathers, now I need a female for him. My 2 chicks the broody leg horn hatched or doing great think they or both hens, can't wait to see if they or going to lay green eggs. My 11 young hens or now laying so I'm picking up any where from 12 to 24 eggs a day. And yes we had a water melon party here also horses eat the whole thing. My neighbor told me "now you going to have water melons growing all over the pasture". oh well life is good
 
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Yesterday my granddaughter and I spent some quality time on the chicken yard. We decided to let the two Ameraucanas into the yard under supervision for the first time. I clipped their left wings (they are good fliers). I put Promrose into lock down in her coop (she is the meanest toward the new ones ). It went well. They got chased a little and a mild peck or two. We kept them for a while on the far end of the yard away from the others, but soon they ran into their coop panting. Not too bad. Then we let Primrose out and Amanda yelled "watch out Nanny, she's mad!!" She went after Amanda like a mean roo. Lol. Then she calmed down. I'm open to any suggestions about inter grating two new chickens into the flock. They've been living in the chicken yard next to the others for a couple of months.
 
We put a batch of eggs into an incubator (1st ever attempt) and this morning the humidity is now showing up at 60%. It is a Styrofoam style incubator and we have not put any water in it. Do any of you know how to lower it or if that is normal for south Louisiana?
 
anperrin said:
We put a batch of eggs into an incubator (1st ever attempt) and this morning the humidity is now showing up at 60%. It is a Styrofoam style incubator and we have not put any water in it. Do any of you know how to lower it or if that is normal for south Louisiana?
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60% is the high side of normal but the problem you will have with the way it is making that % is it drawing moisture from the eggs

put water in the bottom troughs and pull one plug out of the top this should do fine for you, try to keep it 40-50% 45% is good till closer to hatch(18th day) then you can put the plug in and get the humidity up to about 50-60% and watch this as they hatch you may need to pull one or both plugs to keep the level there as the eggs open and the chicks drying will raise the RH% level

Jeff
 
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Newly integrated chick, found muddy and tail is flopped over and feels loose. It's eating and drinking fine, is a broken tail something that heals or should I cull? I don't want it suffering.. ;(
 
MicheleC said:
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Newly integrated chick, found muddy and tail is flopped over and feels loose. It's eating and drinking fine, is a broken tail something that heals or should I cull? I don't want it suffering.. ;(
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As long as it is eating,drinking, and doesnt start to show any other signs, it should be ok.
 
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As long as it is eating,drinking, and doesnt start to show any other signs, it should be ok.
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My chicken had a tilted tail, it wasn't broken, it was tilted and had not been tilted before. I have her ACV in her water and plenty of yogurt each day and her tail came back up. She seems fine months later, but she has never been as assertive as she was before.
 
catdaddyfro said:
60% is the high side of normal but the problem you will have with the way it is making that % is it drawing moisture from the eggs

put water in the bottom troughs and pull one plug out of the top this should do fine for you, try to keep it 40-50% 45% is good till closer to hatch(18th day) then you can put the plug in and get the humidity up to about 50-60% and watch this as they hatch you may need to pull one or both plugs to keep the level there as the eggs open and the chicks drying will raise the RH% level

Jeff
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Thanks, I will try that.
 

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