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    1st time to incubate. EXCITED!

    Thanks, Will do
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    1st time to incubate. EXCITED!

    not real sure....church member let me borrow it and I couldn't find any info on it nor could he tell me. Older man who hasn't used it in years. its real big....could hold around 250 to 300 eggs. automatically turns eggs as well...so no opening and shutting to turn them. I ll take a pic...
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    1st time to incubate. EXCITED!

    Just put 22 eggs in incubator last night at 10:15 p.m. *11 from EE hen with all white ameraucana/americana roo not real sure which breed he is...old man just said he was a rare all white but didn't specify Americana or ameraucana. *11 barred rock with same roo as above I did have a broody...
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    White Americauna Roo with a Barred Rock Hen

    The 2 that hatched are now 3 mnths old. They are all black but when in the sunlight they have an iridescent color. Still not sure on sex.....No crowing yet and no spurs. Only thing I do know is that they are up early with daddy perched up outside with him while he's waking everybody up. I...
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    White Americauna Roo with a Barred Rock Hen

    well 3 chicks hatched all together, but mother killed the last one that hatched. the other 2 are all black....so Im figuring I got 2 roos. Which I did need a new one. My old white americauna roo is not doing his daily duty(spreading his seed).
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    White Americauna Roo with a Barred Rock Hen

    Thank yall. can anybody give me an idea about my original post? Decided last night to move the 2 baby chicks to a brooder.....lot more secure. Mama put up a heck of fight that I wasn't expecting. Growing up we always just let the hen mother them. Baby chicks are safe and sound now and...
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    White Americauna Roo with a Barred Rock Hen

    Yes my hen house is very secure from sunset to sunrise, I open the door around 5 a.m. every morning. My brooder is secure 24/7. I got great news!!!!! 2 chicks hatched yesterday afternoon...all black with a lil yellow on belly. As of now I am letting hen mother the chicks. She is very...
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    White Americauna Roo with a Barred Rock Hen

    I will. My all white americauna roo is rare from what I ve been told, so it makes even more interesting to know what I will get. My plan is to just let the hen take care of her own, but I have a brooder ready to go if plan changes. I have been dealing with chicken snakes since spring started...
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    White Americauna Roo with a Barred Rock Hen

    Can anyone estimate on what I ll get....colors/sex? Any hints to being able to identify sex once hatched?
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