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    Need help identifying and sourcing

    If that was a picture attached it doesn't seem to be working at the moment.............
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    Hardware Cloth help

    I've never "stretched" it myself, don't think it is necessary. All I do is pull it tight by hand and staple it as I go along. Most of the things I make don't run perfectly true and neither does the hardware cloth itself. A little waviness hurts nothing IMO and the chickens don't care.
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    Chicken feed

    Lots of variables! Varies immensely by breed and age, free-range or not. My 6 leghorns eat around 20 lbs every 2 weeks, my 10 Jersey Giants eat that in 3 - 4 days. Bottom line is food dish empty, time to refill! :)
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    Help! Lock down Humidity at 75% What should I do? Pic of incubator

    Just my personal opinion of course but, after the hatch starts I don't worry about the humidity at all. At that point it takes care of itself.
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    Ameraucana Chicks in TN

    Just for the record I have Lavenders (18). Not thinking of hatching as yet, only 2 laying. By spring I'll be able. Right now I have a large excess of Roo's though. I'm 3 hours from Johnson City, half way between Knoxville and Chattanooga.
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    How can I give birds or eggs to somebody in the USA?

    Just trying to be helpful here. Perhaps contact your Dept. of Agriculture, whatever it's called in Canada. I'd have the feeling it might be a lot of trouble getting birds shipped across nowadays what with bird flu and all the other concerns they might have.
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    Brinsea Ovation Ex56 Airflow

    I should have added earlier just FYI. The last day of the hatch last batch evidently about 15 of them hatched out in an hour or so's time. I got up at 2am to check and the humidity was pegged at 98% and the temperature was at 86 degrees and was not heating. This was what got it all started...
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    Brinsea Ovation Ex56 Airflow

    The easy answer here was all I had to do was look at the Brinsea box. I guess they're proud of the design and they show an airflow picture on the box. So the answer is.... both are designed to pull UP at the fan and distribute it outward towards the heater coils and the edges of the box. I...
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    Brinsea Ovation Ex56 Airflow

    I just happened to notice the last batch I ran that the air flow between my Nurture Right 360 and my Brinsea are backwards to each other. I thought that curious at least. The Brinsea is moving air up in the middle and outward towards the sides. The NR is the exact opposite, down into the eggs...
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    The AMERAUCANA thread

    I purchased my last group of Lavender Ameraucanas from Cackle and was extremely pleased with them and the birds.
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    The AMERAUCANA thread

    I searched the thread but found nothing about unusual roosting behavior so here I am. I have two batches of Lavender Ameraucana's. The older is right at 18 weeks the younger group is 8 weeks. Neither group has ever seemed interested in roosting up off the ground. Even though they will perch...
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    Golden Lace Wyandottes

    My GLW (8) are just "mornal sized. I'd estimate in the area of 5 pounds. They're the same size as my Silver Laced.
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    One egg a week ago and nothing since

    I've had first eggs as little as an inch. Quite normal, some gain in size is also normal, each hen being an individual case. All we can do really is sit and watch.
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    50% hatch rate, where did it go wrong?

    There's so many variables...... just my opinion but 50-60 % while not great is good for shipped eggs it's not that bad for home eggs either. Every batch/breed has it's own problems and few of us are set up like commercial hatcheries. I've started disinfecting my batches with a H2O2 mix and...
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    Hi from East Tennessee!

    Been lurking for a while thought I'd finally join up! Been raising chickens here in East Tennessee for somewhere around 10 years, I've actually lost track. For the most part I raise layers which I seem to always have too many of. Must be an addiction. Have Isa Browns, Blue Australorps...
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