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    Speckled Sussex pullet or cockerel?

    judging by the size of the comb, cockerel
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    Setting eggs today 4/1/12 Anyone else?

    Just thought I would check in, my last three quit on me, so I'll be culling my rooster, on a brighter note one of my ducks is sitting on a huge nest of eggs
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    Setting eggs today 4/1/12 Anyone else?

    Out of 18 i only have 3 that are developed, a lot were quitters the first week or so it looks like. I am ditching this rooster from here on. My bator has ran 100-102 consistently and i have been on top of the humidty, so i am blaming the rooster, since i never had this problem before, and this...
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    Comment by '3kidsomy' in item 'Rhode Island Red'

    they've been long gone, the coop is in a fenced area so they were fine
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    Homemade incubator temperature question.

    the temp of the air is not the same as the inner temp of the egg, which is what really matters and doesn't fluctuate much at all. I put the outside temp probe in the middle of a water worm(kids toy) or you can use zip lock bag with water folded in half with the probe in the middle, make sure...
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    Setting eggs today 4/1/12 Anyone else?

    I put some in the incubator on the 1st as well. For candeling I bought a lamp that is short at the home depot and bought a terra cotta pot with a drain hole that would fit over it.....works great with a 100watt cfl bulb in it so it is bright and doesn't get hot.
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    Review by '' on item 'Sussex'

    these girls are calm, good layers, follow you around curious and great foragers.
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    Review by '' on item 'Rhode Island Red'

    these are the most aggressive to other chickens I have seen, got so I would lock them out of the coop at night, I would never get these again, not even the red sex link that comes from them
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