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  1. PhantomSlayer

    First time hatching chicken eggs. First time dry hatching. Hoping for the best lol

    I have a question. I've heard stories about chicks hatching on day 18. But if lockdown is day 18 would it be bad to change lockdown to late day 17? Also tomorrow is day 14 I'm gonna candle again to see if theres any quitters.
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    Two broodies, Six 3 day old chicks and I gave up playing games with one broody. Did I make the right choice?

    So in the end lots of flaws in our set up for chicks. Basically 6 is down to 1. 3 of which drowned in a water bucket I didn't think they could get into yet. So lots of things to fix before letting another broody have chicks. And that second broody who kicked out the 3 chicks before after I left...
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    First time hatching chicken eggs. First time dry hatching. Hoping for the best lol

    Sometimes things can be overlooked if were not careful.
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    First time hatching chicken eggs. First time dry hatching. Hoping for the best lol

    Update! I am home and while letting mamas have babies have failed miserably (its fixable) anyways i couldnt resist candling the 12 eggs. WOW. Only tossed one. However I am having issues with candling 4 greenish eggs.. I mean it looked like they had veins? but not 100% sure. I'll probably still...
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    Best waterer for having mixed age flock?

    How long does it take to train to the nipple waterers? I have never used them in the 3 years we've had our birds.
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    Best waterer for having mixed age flock?

    She didn't hatch the chicks she has but she was in the coop inside a storage bin made nesting box. Basically we cut a hole into a storage bin. Their eggs werent hatching after day 21 so I bought some chicks from a friend. It's not going to well because of so many flaws in our set up. I'm...
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    Best waterer for having mixed age flock?

    Had an issue where 2 chicks drowned in the adults water dish. I have a old bucket with the water cups that I just need to replace the cups (Accidently drop) but was wondering what other people do for flocks where they let their girls raise chicks? Also not a food or water question but we also...
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    First time hatching chicken eggs. First time dry hatching. Hoping for the best lol

    Not bad for an unknown setting time. Hopefully more hatch!
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    First time hatching chicken eggs. First time dry hatching. Hoping for the best lol

    Awesome! How many eggs did you have?
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    How many times a day to feed a flock of 3 young chickens?

    I agree. 8 hens to a rooster is my ratio currently. We lost 3 hens in two years. I traded in our rooster after he attacked a broody hen that just came off of being broody badly. My friend had a much larger flock and more older roosters. Plus shes able to cull. She gave me a young rooster that we...
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    How many times a day to feed a flock of 3 young chickens?

    We buy bird seed without corn. Some buy oats or other seed bags. Whatever you want to grow. We all have different preferences. We do the bird seed cause its in the same store we get our birds feed from.
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    The possible cause of deaths in incubation/brooder that got overlooked. (Need opinions)

    I mentioned the day of deaths in my last comment above yours.
  13. PhantomSlayer

    First time hatching chicken eggs. First time dry hatching. Hoping for the best lol

    95% is awesome lol. And here I am just hoping for 50% on 12 chicken eggs XD
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    How many times a day to feed a flock of 3 young chickens?

    I go by 1/4 pound (4 ounces) of feed per chicken per day. I split it into two feedings. Morning and evening. Scraps are just extra. Nothing wrong with not feeding free access. I personally can't afford the waste cost. You can grow some fodder to give them since you can't free range them...
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    First time hatching chicken eggs. First time dry hatching. Hoping for the best lol

    Yeah our incubators humidity read is higher than the little hygrometers I bought a few months ago. The meters are reading 27% and the incubator is 37%. I would like to get the best hatch rate that I can if possible. We haven't had the best and especially now that we have a second laying...
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    First time hatching chicken eggs. First time dry hatching. Hoping for the best lol

    I'm to impatient for a single candling lol. Yeah I heard alot about dry hatching goslings but I didn't want to risk it with goose eggs so I had planned to do a few hatches this year of chicks. Not only to try the dry vs regular hatching. But because I need to expand our flock a bit. What would...
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    First time hatching chicken eggs. First time dry hatching. Hoping for the best lol

    I have 2 years under my belt of goose egg incubation. This year went badly for goslings though. So after a good sanitization with bleach. I am gonna try chicken eggs. Unfortunately I leave today for 9 days but I decided instead of our regular hatching method. Lets try a dry hatch. I've heard...
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    Two broodies, Six 3 day old chicks and I gave up playing games with one broody. Did I make the right choice?

    I can't separate but I will be taking the fake eggs out and tossing the broody out into the run before I leave tomorrow night. I'm going to be petsitting 2 towns away and my moms going to be taking care of birds and the only place we can seperate birds is in our basement but my mom can't walk...
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    Two broodies, Six 3 day old chicks and I gave up playing games with one broody. Did I make the right choice?

    I know introductions are best done at night but weather and time sensitive situation probably wont allow it. So I took the risk and paid a friend for six, 3 day old BYM chicks. Both broodies had been sitting for over 21 days. None of their eggs hatched. First off I gave each broody 3. I waited...
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    The possible cause of deaths in incubation/brooder that got overlooked. (Need opinions)

    Ingredients are on the bottom of the picture. They were all singular hatches so they weren't together. However one died at day 7 I think one at day 5 and the other on like day 2 or 3. (Not in order day 2-3 first, day 7 then day 5) The incubators were already started when she added the pouch. I...
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