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    Help please!

    Euthanize the chick post haste. It is the ONLY humane thing to do. I cannot fathom any farmer insisting that such a mortally wound creature be left to suffer and I thoroughly doubt than any judge or the SPCA could either.
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    Slow Website!?

    Yes, painfully slow. Took over 30 seconds for the editor to come up and another 15 or 20 for the edit controls to show up when I wanted to reply on this thread. - Dennis
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    Greetings from new guy in Madoc, Ontario, Canada

    Thanks. I was thinking of doing an incubator howto - its an Arduino Mega doing the supervision and control, a multiple relay board for turning fans, three 25 W lights (heaters) and humidifier (fish tank aerator bubbling a Mason jar of water) on and off, three DS18B20 temperature sensors, a...
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    Greetings from new guy in Madoc, Ontario, Canada

    Thank you. Yes, she seems to be the 'old reliable'. One of the things that I like about the Brahmas is their cold tolerance for some of the wild Winters we get here in Ontario. I just turn on a heat lamp if nights are to go below about -15C (about 5F) and the Brahmas seem happy enough. That...
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    Question on Candling Brown Eggs

    Although I am sure that my question has to have been answered many times previously, I have Googled ad nauseum without finding an answer. I have 10 Light Brahma eggs, which are brown, in my incubator (located in my home office) that I candled late last night at about day 6.25. Now I could...
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    Hello from Ontario, Canada!

    Hi, Fox and Hen! Just joined here a few minutes ago myself. I am in Madoc, Ontario - about an hour and a half West of Ottawa. Best regards, Dennis
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    Greetings from new guy in Madoc, Ontario, Canada

    Greetings folks! Old farm boy here in Madoc, Ontario (about half way between Toronto and Ottawa). Raised a lot of cattle and hogs and milked a lot of cows in my time but my chicken experience is limited. Forced into early retirement due to some health problems (nothing horrible), I have been...
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