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    Fresh chick head vibrating back and forth?

    Just an update even in a very roasty brooder, he still sometimes has his head shaking. He doesn't appear to be cold, just vibrates his beak back and forth sometimes.
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    Fresh chick head vibrating back and forth?

    Great I will do that.
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    Fresh chick head vibrating back and forth?

    I have a fresh from the egg Belgian D'Uccle. It hatched maybe 2 days early. Shipped eggs and only 3/12 eggs even began to develop. The other 2 eggs have not even pipped yet. He unzipped on his own. Anyways, he is out walking around in the incubator still which is still at 37 degrees. There is a...
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    Damn! Damn fat broody turkey

    I'll have to look into it I might be able to.
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    Damn! Damn fat broody turkey

    So we have a Beltsville turkey and she was starting to get broody, spending more and more time in the nest. So we figured best way to bust it is just to have her hatch some out. We don't have a tom, so we just decided to throw a couple fertalized buff orpington eggs under her. Well we candled...
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    Help! Incubator temperature was to high.

    Nice! Ya if you catch it quick its not the end of the world.
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    pipping but not hatching, need the experts help

    Ya just to add to the pile we help fairly often too. Our incubator kind of sucks so it's hard to regulate humidity. If they internal pip but no external pip after a few hours, we help it with an external pip. If they are moving breathing and peeping with their external pip we mostly just leave...
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    Help! Incubator temperature was to high.

    I left my incubator on the table and the sun moved and shone on it and the temp went up to maybe 106 while I was at work. I still had like 90% hatch rate. Depends how hot they got inside I'm guessing.
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    Outdoor security cameras

    Bullet and wedge cameras are just body styles. But yes if you're hiring specialists they can probably put together something nicer for you than ubiquity cameras. It will cost more though.
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    Finally building my own incubator!

    Looked into available incubators and they really seemed expensive for what you get. Decided to build my own. Decided on some insulated plywood and coated foil foam for the design. So started playing with the 3D modelling software both for fun and to get part dimensions. Looks like the turner...
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    Outdoor security cameras

    If you don't want to roll your own solution, Ubiquiti/Unifi makes a pretty easy to use cameras. The G3 Flex is a not bad and cheap option. Keep in mind you will have to run and terminate network cabling to each camera. If you want to record video you need an NVR (which they also make). If...
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    Make or female beltsville?

    Great thought so! Can make quite the turkey shape haha
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    Make or female beltsville?

    The head here is fairly red. It seems to change colour depending on if he’s excited etc. It is usually a paler pink.
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    Make or female beltsville?

    It is a 4 month old beltsville. Just wondering on what the sex might be. Still has fuzz on the back of its neck which Ive read means female, but it fans out the tail sometimes to make the classic turkey shape which makes me question that. We incubated a few eggs but only one hatched so I don’t...
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    Failure to move past pipping stage. Humidity too high.

    I have a calibrated hygrometer in there now, but we got sucked into doing a batch of 6 turkey eggs for eating, so the incubator is out of comission for a month or so hah.
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