Most of our eggs are on the jumbo side, we got a few tiny ones now from hens that are just hitting the age, but I've got one hen that just spits out huge eggs. I posted an 85g 8 months ago on here, but now this one is 100
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I've done baby chicks 4 times over the years and it's always been different. The most rediculous one I did was taking the baby chicks (3-5 days old) and putting them in a hamper with pine chips at the bottom. Then put a feeder and water dispenser in there. I hung a heat lamp with a shoelace from a shower curtain rod I had extra. Every night when id shower id turn off the light and move the rod to the wall outside the curtain and put the basket on the bathroom floor. Sweep anything that may have come out of the basket up and then shower which would wash away anything left in the tub. Dry off put them back and when they were old enough/ bold enough to jump out of the tub, I integrated them with the few I had outside.
It was so dumb... But they chicks saw us whenever we went to see them and were guaranteed to have either me or my spouse in there at least 4 times a day, so we would see their food/water levels, and between the area being cleaned nightly and the exhaust vent for the bathroom, it didn't even really smell. Having water from the tub/sink right there was great.
Sometimes stupid ideas work out.