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post #11 of 22

7/14/12 at 8:18pm

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That is the weirdest thing ive ever heard!

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7/15/12 at 4:09am

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One more is hatching today, its about half out. If it makes it, that will be 5.

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7/15/12 at 6:09pm

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Another on the water heater is peeping! Seems to be working.

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7/15/12 at 7:12pm

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Interesting about the water heater helping to hatch the eggs. Good Luck and I hope everything turns out well.

CG in JeffCity, MO

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Chicken Keeper to 2012: Hens: 5 Reds, 3 Barred Rocks, 1 white EE, & an EE roo; 2013: 3 EE, 2 Austra Whites, 1 Black Austrlorp pullets

The boys claim the 1 Old English Game hen, (DS1) and 5 pullets & 1 cockerel Porcelain D'uccles (DS2)

CG in JeffCity, MO

Wife, Mother to 2 sons, 2 cats, & lots of aquarium fish

Chicken Keeper to 2012: Hens: 5 Reds, 3 Barred Rocks, 1 white EE, & an EE roo; 2013: 3 EE, 2 Austra Whites, 1 Black Austrlorp pullets

The boys claim the 1 Old English Game hen, (DS1) and 5 pullets & 1 cockerel Porcelain D'uccles (DS2)

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7/16/12 at 7:00pm

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Well tonight I have 7 chicks under their step mom. One of the water heater chicks was half hatched but didn't make it thru the night, one egg left, no peeping heard.

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7/17/12 at 2:19pm

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I think I was trying to say "how neat!". But the IPad did its own thing:/

5 alpacas, 3 dogs: Miss Whoosie Whatsit-ancient rescue chihuahua, PicaBoo-rescue chihuahua, Zita-Havanese...1 rescued house cat, Quarter Horses, barn cats

1 Buff Orpington
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1 Easter Egger
16 Ameracauna pullets (probably actually Easter Eggers;))
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7/17/12 at 7:31pm

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Well, 7 are doing well today! one egg left but I don't think it will hatch, If I don't hear peeping in the morning it will be tossed.

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7/17/12 at 7:35pm

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Wow that's great odds considering the circumstances! Congrats! A water heater- who knew! :)

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-Rinda

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7/19/12 at 1:26pm

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Thank you, you've heard that necessity is the mother of invention, I could think of nothing else that stays warm 24 hr a day.

As of today, all 7 are doing fine and step mom is turning into a real care giver!

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8/12/12 at 4:31pm

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Today we lost one of the chicks, for no reason it seemed fine yesterday then in the evening it was moppie and today, eyes closed, in active and feathers ruffled. The other are running around just fine.