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    Eggtopsy: What happened to my egg? {Graphic Pictures}

    This information is so appreciated - is there a way I can download it to my tablet (maybe as a pdf file) so I can have it offline and accessible?
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    humidity graphing discrepancies

    I always prefer to monitor humidity by graphing weight loss, and usually I try to put only one type of egg in each incubator. This time I had to put 3 kinds together in my Sportsman. The Muscovy and guinea eggs are spot-on, but the chicken eggs are losing humidity at a far-too rapid (yes...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    ****, just what I feared. Now I'm up the creek - this year's Wellie customers are eager for chicks. I guess I'm out of the Wellie biz, and I had some of Pink's great stock.
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    He covered several, all of whom have produced obviously-Welsummer chicks before from the roo that the bobcat got. So the eggs in the incubator now are from a variety of those hens, and so far ALL of them are hatching out looking like something completely different. That creamish-color is pretty...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    Help...... is this not a Wellie? I bought him as such after a bobcat got my breeder this winter, and now that I see chicks from him, I have serious doubts. (Will post pix of chicks when they're out of the incubator.)
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    Sportsman turner

    I have an old Sportsman cabinet incubator with the automatic turner. It turns all the time - and it does it much faster than my tabletop incubators (which can't even be noticed). Back and forth, back and forth. Is this normal? Is there a way to adjust the turner so that it moves more gradually...
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    GQF cabinet incubators 1266 and 1270

    I was recently given one each of the above incubators; the 1270 is set up as a hatcher. They have been barn-stored for years. I'm planning a thorough Clorox wash, but I also would like to know if there is a way to fumigate them so that the areas I can't reach are also sterilized. Any ideas?
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    Squatters and Freeloaders

    How much feed do they hold? They look kind of small, and while I like the idea, I'm afraid they wouldn't last my flock long enough.
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    Squatters and Freeloaders

    I have the same problem and have been netting them by hand inside the coop, but that still leaves hundreds left to go. I keep a small length of 2x4 and a wooden bench in the coop so I can whack them as they're caught. I used to drown them but realized that a good head whack is far more humane...
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    Crochet Pattern wanted - Chicken Purse

    Sorry for the duplicate post......
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    Crochet Pattern wanted - Chicken Purse

    Anyone know where I can find a crochet guinea pattern? The only one I can find online is knitted. I keep looking, but so far no luck. I wish I had the ability to design one myself. --Kate
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    Crochet Pattern wanted - Chicken Purse

    Any chance anyone knows where to find a guinea crochet pattern? I've found a knitted one and continue to look, but no luck. I wish I had the ability to design one myself.
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    Graphing egg humidity/weight loss

    Hmm. What I read said to weigh a selection and average them, but of course you're correct that weighing them individually would be more accurate. I like it that the clears lose at the same rate and therefore don't mess up the average of the developing ones -- thanks!
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    Graphing egg humidity/weight loss

    I've been using the system of weighing and charting a 13% weight loss over the incubation period, and I like its accuracy. I have had a problem that seems to throw everything off, though. When one of the 6 or 7 eggs I'm using as the control weights turns out to be a clear, do you remove it from...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    I have some Wellies who tend to go broody. Last year I grafted 6 guinea keets onto one of them, and she raised them up perfectly. This year I've tucked some incubator hatchlings (Wellies) under a different one, and she took them on after a bit of screaming shock and peep-pecking. A few of my...
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