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    Northern NY Chickenstock: June 25th 2011 aka "Lovinstock"

    I'm new at all of this, so please bear with me! Is there an admission fee? Can I purchase birds there? Does anyone know if anyone will have any turkey poults? Thanks for your help!
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    April Egg Swap . . . . Sign ups CLOSED . . Addresses Sent!!

    Sent my eggs out on Tuesday for the April Swap and received my eggs today perfectly packaged and nothing damaged or broken! So excited and can't wait to put them in the bator tomorrow!!
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    April Egg Swap . . . . Sign ups CLOSED . . Addresses Sent!!

    Shipped my first swap out to California today. Had one full dozen to send. Now will start collecting for my FB swap but it will only take me a day or two to gather them.
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    April Egg Swap . . . . Sign ups CLOSED . . Addresses Sent!!

    I'm in for 1x to start with, as this will be my first time.
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    How much is your production down?

    I'm getting 4-5 a day from 23 hens....
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    big decrease in egg production

    I am having the same problem with my flock of 15 hens. 8 of the hens have been laying, and the remaining seven haven't begun yet. I've gone from 6-7 eggs a day to one or two. Is it due to the cooler temperatures? Or could it be that they need deworming? I know in Juner when the egg...
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Quote: I have two chickens that are about 20 weeks old now that look just like the picture of this one. However, one has what appear to be tail feathers that a rooster would have. I see no waddles nor spurs on this chicken. Do you suppose it is a rooster? It's funny as when I got them, the...
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    First Timer: UPDATE: 12 Days After Hatch: Roos to Hens?

    We've got one chick as of around 1:00 am today! No signs of any more yet, but sure as heck hoping. We started with 13 eggs and by yesterday were down to 8. Hoping at least one more will hatch so this little one won't be all alone....
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    Are these Eggs dead? Candeling pics

    I'm currently on Day 17 of my very first hatch and we've had to toss three eggs so far. However, I knew when every one of them went bad, as I could smell it. Then when I determined which one was bad, I removed it and put it in about three ziplock bags and then opened it. Sure enough, each one...
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    Lack of respect in young people today

    I live at the beginning of a dead-end dirt road and my only neighbor is about 500 feet down the road. I have gotten woken up during the night before to people's voices, dogs barking, coyotes howling, bob cats screaming (which sounds just like a woman's blood-curdling scream) and I've always...
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    WTB - Rouen Duckings or pullets in upstate NY

    My 21 year-old daughter has 16 chickens, 7 goats, and now she would like to try some ducks. After her careful consideration, she has decided on Rouen ducks. Would like a trio if possible and soon! Willing to drive a distance to pick them up. Anyone have any they could part with? We live in...
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    stiopped laying

    A little help from our friends is all we need now and then! I wouldn't have know if it hadn't been for the local feed store people. Just a reminder, check for the withdrawl period. The bottle of mine didn't tell me, but their website did and it was two long weeks before we could eat the eggs...
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    First Timer: UPDATE: 12 Days After Hatch: Roos to Hens?

    My daughter and I just set a dozen eggs for the first time in our homemade incubator on July 14. We hover around it several times a day checking temperature and humidity. Every time the temperature has gone low or high, I think well that's it, I've just killed them! Then we candle them at...
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    stiopped laying

    When my hens just suddenly stopped laying and I lost two of them, I went to the local Feed Store and they told me that my Chicken's needed to be wormed. So, I followed their instructions and used the product they recommended, and it wasn't two days and I was back to normal in production. It's...
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