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Sharon Yorks:
1. If you take one rooster out of a pen and replace him with another rooster, how many days does it take to be certain the eggs are fertile by the second rooster?

2. And when breeding blue/black/splash, are there any does and don’ts you all have learned over the years that you would like to share?

3. Has anyone had any good or bad experiences with using shredded newspaper as bedding. I keep chicks in my house for several weeks after they’re born and I was thinking paper might help with the dust. I haven\'t tried it yet.

Thanks,
Sharon

jerryse:
I wait 14 days.At 10 days most of the eggs will be from the new rooster but there is still some carry over.I have never tried shredded newspaper as litter.

Beth C:
I\'ve never tried the shredded newspaper, either. But last year Jesse used puppy house training pads. I don\'t know how well they worked after the chicks got older and more active, but they wouldn\'t produce dust like litter does.

Mike Gilbert:
The worst dust in my opinion is from the chick dander and fuzz that they lose when they start growing feathers.  I cover my little cardboard box brooders with a furnace filter to cut down on the dust.  The air gets through, but the filter catches most of the dust.   I start my chicks on newspaper covered with textured paper toweling to keep them from slipping and developing splayed legs.  After a week or ten days they get clean, fine pine shavings, and by that time they are situated out in my pole barn in a larger brooder.

John:

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Check this old topic for some ideas...
http://ameraucana.org/abcforum/index.php?a=topic&t=558&min=0&num=15
The cock that was with the hen yesterday is probably going to be the daddy.
Other than that I like to keep 21 days in mind for this and a few other rules of thumb.  21 days for the chicks to hatch we know, so it is an easy number to remember.  With some vaccines you shouldn\'t collect eggs to eat for 21 days.  When you bring news birds onto your property it is best to quarantine them for 21 days.

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