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    Little giant varies too much

    So we have a little giant incubator and are trying to get the temperature right before setting eggs. Unfortunately, we barely touch the thermostat adjustment and the temperature will jump or drop 10 degrees. It starts at 95, then we turn the thermostat just a *small* fraction of a turn warmer...
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    cold weather

    We have had many birds doing just fine in -17C and colder weather.... now they had a 250W bulb close to them and a smaller coop. So, that temp isn't the problem or at least it isn't the problem all by itself. One problem we have had is that when the weather gets colder we close up the...
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    How long after switching roosters

    Wow - 3 weeks was longer than I was expecting. I've been doing a bit of googling and haven't found much. I did find https://www.backyardchickens.com/keeping-chickens/hen-reproduction-sperm-eggs/ (That is chickenkeepingsecrets . com - the link is getting munged) that said sperm was good...
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    How long after switching roosters

    So my son wants to breed some of his chickens. Pens are under construction so that we can keep 1 roo with 3-4 hens. That way we can keep track of the off spring and the genetics backwards. BUT - they have been roaming all together for some time. So, how long does the chicken sperm stay in...
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