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    Murphy's Law of Predation.

    The dog/fox/hawk/raccoon/thylacine/velociraptor/chupacabra will always kill the prettiest/rarest/most valuable/youngest HEN while ignoring a whole pen full of useless roosters!
  2. Ashburnham

    Barred Rock or Indian Game?

    I want to breed some hybrid meat birds. Would it be better to use a Barred Rock rooster over Indian Game hens or vice versa? (I think you call Indian Game Cornish over there) Cheers M
  3. Ashburnham

    Incubation - setting 31/1/2013 due to hatch 21/2/2013.

    I am setting 6 Barred Rock, 6 Light Sussex, 6 Bantam White Leghorn, and 7 "surprise" eggs - all from a breeder friend of mine. If anyone wants to join me here. M
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    Rooster fighting a peacock.

    Here is an interesting incident I just filmed. My old White Leghorn-ish rooster is a perfect gentleman, very calm and gentle, but he cannot abide the peacock coming into his run! He is the only rooster I have ever seen who can consistently beat my 20 year old peacock in a fight. (even the...
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    My new baby brooder.

    Overall cost a few dollars for some screws- the rest made from junk around my shed. Length- 1130, Width- 620, Height- 570. Height from floor- 1330. Mesh top for ventilation. Commercial dimmer for heat control. Plastic viewing window.
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    Laboro Incubator

    My local school told me they had an incubator they didnt need any more- I said I'd take it but it wasnt quite what I expected. As far as I can work out it is an old Laboro laboratory incubator - used for incubating biological specimens. As it has an extremely accurate temp control I wonder if it...
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    Newbie from Oz

    G'day. I am from Gippsland, Australia. I have been breeding chooks for 45 odd years. Have also bred ducks, guinea fowl, quail, peacocks and pheasants in the past. These days I just have the one peacock, 2 ducks, 1 guinea and some Isa-browns and auracanas. Plus 25 boer goats. michael
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