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    First egg

    Birds turned 5 weeks old yesterday and I got the first egg.
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    Plucking

    I recently built a chicken plucker out of a blue 55 gallon drum with 4" plucking fingers. It's intended for Cornish meat birds, turkeys and geese. It will pluck a bird in under 15 seconds. I have started gathering parts to build a second smaller one using a blue 15 gallon drum. With 2 .5"...
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    New to Quail

    Thank you Good advise
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    New to Quail

    I bought 60 jumbo Coturnix eggs the 1st week in Feb. I hatched out 45 chicks. They are going on 4 weeks old. Colors very from mostly white to dark chocolate brown. I planned on keeping 4 - 5 females and 1 male in each of 3 breeding cages for eggs. I have a few other cages growing and...
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    Chicken plucker. Bicycle rim pulley.

    are you using a v -belt on the bike rim? If so is it just slipping to much that the 1/2 hp isn't working? I bought a 12" pulley on Amazon for 37.00 I also planned on a 1/2 hp 1725rpm motor that I had laying around. I hope I don't need to buy a bigger motor.
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    Hovabator

    I was hoping someone would say won't matter but deep down I knew it needed to be changed so today I took it apart and added another cord. Thank you for the response. I have 48 quail eggs coming on Thursday so will be putting it to the test.
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    Hovabator

    I put a fan in my old still air unit and wired it in along with the heating element. Them decided to add a Johnson controller to get better control on the temp. Everything works. Temp kicks on at 98 and off at 100. Question is my fan kicks on and off with the heat. Will this be a issue?
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