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  1. Egg Finder

    Winter Brooding Advice

    I've been reading through posts and I think I've decided what I might do. But if anyone is in a similar climate or situation, I'd love some advice. I've brooded chicks outside during the spring twice with success. I used a small coop and a brooding plate. This was the plan again for this year...
  2. M

    Questions from a first-timer (Freedom Ranger/Kosher King)

    Hi everyone, I'm new here, and we're preparing to start our chicken journey this summer. We're going with meat chickens - likely Freedom Rangers and Kosher Kings - and will have them on pasture as much as possible. A few questions in planning out our adventure: - Timing: Part of our objective...
  3. S

    Brooder in winter

    I am wondering what y’all would recommend for brooding chicks artificially in the winter? What kind of brooder should I buy/make? I can put it in the coop so it’s draft-free, but I also want to make sure they are warm enough without a fire hazard. We got electricity there, so that’s not an...
    • SlyPsychic
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    • brood box brooder brooding brooding artificial grass coop build broody chicks
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  4. Marty_n_bb

    Should i be worried?

    Hello! I am a new duck owner. Over the pandemic me and my wife decide to get pet ducks. We got two from the local farm store, hoping both were females, but to our suprise we got one male ancona (marty) and one female cyuga (Bernadette). The males aggression made us worry after the first year or...
    • Marty_n_bb
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    • brooding egg laying is she okay need help & advice unsure worried about duck
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    • Forum: Ducks
  5. sylvaniaduckmom

    Cayuga Egg - Bad Egg?

    Hello! My cayuga is currently sitting on 6 eggs. I keep checking every 2 days to make sure they’re all doing well. This egg has a lot of dark matter in it and it’s pretty hard to see. I’m pretty sure it’s a bad egg, but I figured I would get a few other opinions before ditching it, since I’m...
  6. C

    Blankets with ducklings

    This is my third time raising a group of ducklings. I've been looking for more convenient ways to clean after them and I heard of some people using towels. I have them on some old blankets right now and it is helping them walk a lot better (they were really wobbly, as they had a tough shipment)...
    • cheesechee
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    • bedding brooding ducklings raising
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    • Forum: Ducks
  7. Diveks

    First time hatching and raising button quail

    Hello, im looking to raise some button quails as pets and im getting some quail eggs from random coloured pairs so colour guessing should be fun! I have several questions regarding the equipment i will be using. The eggs will be shipped today (freshly laid eggs today), and if all goes well in...
    • Diveks
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    • brooding button quail egg hatching
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    • Forum: Quail
  8. TheMrsChick

    First time with a broody and so many questions!

    Hey yall! We have a hen that has gone broody, and she's on roughly day 7 today. She is a first-time brooder and she is one out of a flock of 15. I have read the books I have and scoured the web for what to do regarding her living arrangements and there is so much conflicting information and I'm...
  9. S

    Brooding Question

    Hi! First time chick owner here. I am getting a mixed flock of layers (full size and bantams) in mid Oct. I was researching brooding options and came across the Mama Heating Pad method. I was wondering if I could get help figuring out if that is a good option for my chicks. Originally I was...
  10. J

    Broody hens in the middle of heatwave.

    I have three hens that went broody all at once. They are in the middle of week two brooding. My concern is that we have a random heatwave going on (temperatures in the mid 90s during the day). I’m really concerned that they are going to overheat in their nesting boxes especially because two of...
  11. Willey98

    Help! Hen hatched chicks in hot weather and leaving for vacation!

    So I have a compounded crap storm of a problem that I'm trying to figure out. My chicken has hatched her chicks in the chicken house yesterday. However, it's been really hot out and will be so for the next couple of weeks (90-95 during the day and 60s at night). Currently, I combined two nest...
  12. J

    I’m not so smart in some areas

    My brooding hen has been given extra eggs, fertile, by me. When they hatch will she treat her bedmates any different? Will they still be welcomed? Do I need a second coop? I’ve got three grown hens riding on your answers. Please inform me on what to expect.
  13. Roxyschooks

    The Curious case of the never ending duckling!

    Hi everyone! You all warned me my ducklings would grow super fast! But I dont think I was ready for how fast!! Sometimes I feel like I come and check them after and hour and I feel like they’ve grown even in that time 😂😂 it made me think - surely if a duck broods and hatches Say 6-12 eggs how...
  14. OfWolvesAndHen

    Day 3 Development Progress?

    I'm on Day 3 of my first ever attempt at hatching and to say I'm excited is to say nothing! So far, 5 of my 10 eggs are growing beautifully with a nice clear view of the start of the embryo. The other 5 are showing no signs of growth, though; no veins or anything have formed. At first only 2...
  15. T

    Broody or Not, that is the question..?

    Hi guys, I have a Light Sussex hen that can't seem to make her mind up ! I know Light Sussex are not known for their broodiness, but the hen in question is my hen that loves to be stroked and petted and within days of me saying to my Son, that I bet she'll make a good brood hen as she's very...
  16. C

    1 year of great eggs

    We got 3 beautiful burnt orange/brown laying hens from a friend about a year ago and have been enjoying great eggs most of this year, and learning about their behaviour, they are actually really entertaining and now follow us around, even into the house if the door is open! They don't even...
  17. H

    Are my hens moulting properly?

    I have been worried about 2 of our hens. We only have 3 and are quite new to this. I think one of them is getting broody as she keeps laying on the eggs and breaking them. She is losing a lot of feathers between her legs (really couldn’t get a picture) the area looks extremely red and I can’t...
  18. LizzzyJo

    Poll: Thoughts on using sand as brooder bedding?

    I would like to experiment a bit with my new babies arriving next week. Sand in the brooder over shavings would save dust, clean-up, money, and time. What are your thoughts?
  19. JustLook

    Brooding but not Broody / Sleeping in Nest Box

    So this is Lemon: It's just after sunset and I am trying to count all of my nine pullets and only getting to 8 and then I find Lemon downstairs sitting on these eggs. I took away the ones there and she retreated back to the other nest box where I left her for the night, I think she wants to...
  20. K

    Hatching Time Brooder Questions

    Hey guys! We sell chicks locally and are currently brooding in tubs with thermostat controlled heat lamps. We do this in our unheated garage. We are looking to upgrade to a stackable brooder system. We’ve already decided against GQF as it states on their website they are meant for room temp...
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