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    First egg surprise!

    YAYYYYY! Getting your first egg is the most amazing feeling. :celebrate:wee:clap:ya:woot
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    Thank you!

    Thank you!
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    Cats, Chickens, Nature, and Other Beautiful Things - A Photo Album

    I completely forgot about this thread. It's been over a year! :eek: Some of my newest batch of chicks I hatched.
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    Open Contest 2026 BYC Calendar Photo Contest - We Need Your Pictures!

    Entry #3 BYM chicks
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    Open Contest 2026 BYC Calendar Photo Contest - We Need Your Pictures!

    Entry #2 Buff Orpington chicks
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    Open Contest 2026 BYC Calendar Photo Contest - We Need Your Pictures!

    What lovely puffs of gold!
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    Eggs Hatching Day 18!?

    I'm beginning to feel like this is the case for me. All the eggs I hatch are from my own flock, and the chicks are all healthy and normal when they pop out! I've re-calibrated my thermometer many times, so I'm leaning towards that not being the issue. But who knows. Here is a pic! 23 hatched...
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    Eggs Hatching Day 18!?

    One of my eggs pipped today, at day 18. Then three others pipped right after they reached day 19. I was definitely NOT expecting that first chirp. :lol: I've incubated twice before with this incubator (it's a Hovabator) with great success, though both times they hatched early, late day 19 to...
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    Best guess on this little bantam?

    That's definitely a cockerel. Way too much red in the wattles at that age to be a hen. If you're wanting to keep him in your flock, I'd highly recommend to stop holding or snuggling him. Roosters will often turn into monsters if you treat them with that kind of affection. They do best if you...
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    why is my silkie rooster sitting on eggs?

    That's definitely a little hen! :love
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    why is my silkie rooster sitting on eggs?

    He may be a hen, especially since silkies can be tricky to sex. ...Or he's a rooster trying to encourage the hens to lay. My roosters do it sometimes, it's absolutely adorable. They go in corners of the coop, sit down, and make lovely little clucking noises. They really want children, I guess...
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    Open Contest 2026 BYC Calendar Photo Contest - We Need Your Pictures!

    Entry #1. My Buff Orpingtons, Uhtred and Dorothea. P.S. The level of distractions I had when snapping this photo make it a near miracle. What with the rooster trying to figure out what the camera was, and 20 barred rock chicks running around, and 4 cats constantly trying to photobomb the...
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    Is this sexing method true??

    Yep, was just about to say this. It's complete nonsense. :lol:
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    teaching chicks to go back in and roost at night?

    For me, when I switch my chicks over from their brooder to the main coop, it takes them about three days to get the hang of it. The only way that works for me is to catch them, one by one, and stick them in the coop. It's annoying, but they always learn fast, and soon they'll all be going into...
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    Anyone else worried about microplastics in their chickens?

    "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference." I think this belongs in the former.
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    I love your profile picture. So cute!

    I love your profile picture. So cute!
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    You CAN Raise Chicks Outside in Cold Weather

    Yeah, I don't stick by the temperature chart very much either. I simply observe the chicks and see what makes them comfortable. :D
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    You CAN Raise Chicks Outside in Cold Weather

    Yes, I would definitely encourage giving it a go! Getting a head start on the chicks early in spring is great, that way you might already be getting pullet eggs by the time late summer comes around. So glad this post could be of some help. Hope your chick-raising goes well! :D
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    You CAN Raise Chicks Outside in Cold Weather

    It's a bit ambiguous, though, and you can see how a beginner like I was could have read that the wrong way. I think, in general, that article (and so many others like it) acts as if chicks are way less hardy than they are. People new to keeping chickens are almost always going to be extra...
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    You CAN Raise Chicks Outside in Cold Weather

    Here, a quick search brought this article up. I'm sure this is the kind of stuff I was getting this misinformed idea from. And the person who wrote this (apparently) has over ten years of experience raising chicks, so it's not someone inexperienced...
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