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Any luck with more heat tolerant Bielefelder's?

I have Cream Legbars, a new to US breed with some genetic issues. My best rooster, the cleanest dirty shirt, has squirrel tail. I plan to cross him with hens from a different source (direct from Greenfire, Rees line) that don't seem to have this deficit. What can I expect? For example, is...

I can get Distillers Grains in bulk from a local microbrewery. Does anyone have experience drying it? 8 gallons spread out and raked every few hours on a 11 by 18 foot tarp all day in the Florida sun is dry on the outside but still moist inside the grains. I tried completing the process in...

Do we have a "farmers" source of 50 lb bags of wheat seed for sprouting? I don't need certified organic, I don't need food grade, heck, I don't even need processed.

Aren't all crested cream legbars crested? I'm confused.

Temp was 37.5 C plus or minus 1 C. I installed a computer fan run off a 12 v battery to keep the air moving in the bator - this also helps keep the temp more stable.

I have one of those digital min max thermomiters that also records humidity. It was around 30% for most of it but 45% to 55% for the last 3-4 days. Im not sure how accurate the device is.

I received 12 Silver Sebright eggs. 3 of them hatched normally. 2 had were not able to hatch on their own - after 30-36 from when they pecked the first hole through their shell. I assisted these 2 in hatching but breaking the shell for them. They seemed to be glued strongly to the shell...

Is this club still active? Other than a yahoo group with minimal postings, there isn't much current online info about them.

I live on an unfenced acre of Ag/residential land in south Florida. This morning, when I let my free ranged chickens out they took off so I followed them. My 4 girls made a bee line to a neighboors front step where she leaves food out for a number of cats (and likely wild animals) she feeds -...

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Introduction I'm a marine biologist, octopus expert (http://thecephalopodpage.org/), and am new to chickens with a lot to learn. I'm slowly reading my way through the prior posts in this thread. I have 1 white cockerel from madamwlf (into the incubator on June 1st 2012) and one normal...

Received 17 eggs from Redchicken9 from a 12++ auction here on backyard chickens. Best packing I've seen yet; plus the postal godz were kind this time. Eggs are sitting and will go in the incubator tonight. Eggs are from two lines and are clearly marked. Highly recommend.

Recieved 17 eggs from Redchicken9 from a 12++ auction here on backyard chickens. An added benifit is that these eggs are from 2 different lines which were clearly marked with A's and B's. Assuming all goes well, I will have 4 different sources of CL which will help minimize inbreeding. Best...

Train them with food early on and stay out with them. I did yard work and let them out then. I'd call them back (with food, of course) when I went in. After a month of this, I started to let them free range when I am inside. This will work just fine until/unless a predator has a go at...

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Back from a long and relaxing dive where he discovered a hidden underwater cave system, Doc carefully puts his dive gear in the rinse tank, showers off and heads to The Shack to get a cold. one. As he approaches, though the window he sees Greta speaking intently with one of the other leaders...

Quote: Never before have so many people retired, all at once. And never before have they lived so long. Those 20 somethings are paying into a social security system that was not designed for so few people to support so many. A system that those 20 somethings know, like pensions, won't be...

Dude! It takes one heck of an ambitious stoner to write a handbook!