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If anyone has more advice around this issue I would really appreciate it. I know it's a lot of questions but I'm a newbie with the broodie :).

Yes, that makes sense. Thanks!

Thanks! I'm going to switch them over as soon as their starter feed is gone. It's such a pain to have two types of food.

I have a hen that went broody a couple weeks ago and has been sitting on six eggs. She refuses to leave the nest unless we make her and doesn't seem to eat or drink even if we leave it close to her. We've been forcing her off a couple times a day and she seems to enjoy stretching, pooping and...

Types of turkeys :)

Thanks for your reply. I really appreciate it. Seems like it might be too much to get turkeys right now. If/when we do, I'll look at less flighty breeds and keep them separated at least in the brooder and coop.

Thank you. That's good information. We were considering getting another coop for some turkeys but decided to just up our chicken numbers instead :)

A friend told me turkeys eat more ticks/bugs and are less noisy, sweeter and more fun. Thinking about it!

Today is day 24 and one hatched. I understand it can take up to 28 days so I'll give it a little more time. I was about to put new eggs in last night when I heard the chirping from one egg (wait I'm alive! :). I hope a few more hatch over night but there is 0 activity in there from what I can...

We are thinking of turkeys now instead of guinea fowl. Is there a breed that tends to be the friendliest? Royal Palm? Should I get a male and a female or just two females if I don't want to breed them? Would they need their own house or could I raise them with chicks and house together? Are...

Hi there! We are thinking of getting guinea fowl because the mosquitos are so bad out here. Does anyone here raise them with other chicks? I have some in the incubator now so I was going to order some guinea chicks but do they need their own coop? I read they bully chickens and can be quite...

Thanks for all the information! Mine seem to like the Kalmbach layer crumbles too. They just turned a year and they never stopped laying through the winter other than one or two missing here and there. I tried Kalmbach's new organic feed but it's a mix and they seem to pick around the bigger...

Thanks! I just dumped the little bit of water that was in there. I candled 4 and it looks like they're all developing from what I've seen in pictures.

OK will do. Hopefully I didn't ruin the batch. Thanks again!

I'm in SE North Carolina. The humidity in the house is around 46%. I may have added too much water out of the gate so I'm hoping it goes down soon. It's at about 66% still. Today is day 3. Should I dump the water? What is the best humidity % at this stage through when they start to hatch?