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    Help! GQF 1502 Sportsman Hatch Rate

    I recently purchased a GQF 1502 Sportsman. My first hatch rate of eggs making it to lockdown was 71.4%, the next week 66.7%, then 23.1, then 37.5, and last week 0%. The number of eggs I set in the incubator in a week ranges from from 9 to 18 eggs. I bought the GQF based on good reviews and...
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    Jersey Giants vs Cornish

    I don't have any pics of them, but I'll see if I can take a few good shots this weekend.
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    Jersey Giants vs Cornish

    I agree, a breeder is the way to go. We got ours from Maria at Maria's Jersey Giants. Real nice lady to work with. I believe she lives in the South. We live out West. She shipped a baker's dozen day-olds. They all arrived safely and grew to enormous size. After my first purchase from...
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    Jersey Giants vs Cornish

    We raise Jersey Giants and are very happy with them. We keep the hens and eat most of the roos, keeping a couple of the best each year for replacement roos. We dress them out at between 20 and 24 weeks with good meat results. I haven't weight the meat per bird but it is a good amount. Two birds...
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    The 9th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong!

    Final JG count... Started with 13. 2 decided not to join in the Easter fun. Lockdown with 11. Was unsure about 2. 8 Hatched starting day 22, healthy, and loving it in the mama heating pad corral...4 Easter Day and 4 over night last night. Starting a dozen heritage bronze turkeys today and will...
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    The 9th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong!

    Woke up this Easter morning to one jersey giant hatched and peeping. 5 others pipped. 5 more no action yet. 2 of the pips have been there since last night. How long do you wait after the first pip before assisting?
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    The 9th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong!

    I set a bakers dozen this afternoon without realizing the hatchalong was on. Hoping for some nice Jersey giants in 3 weeks!
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    Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder (Picture Heavy) - UPDATE

    Subscribing!
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    Toad Raising.

    Those are some good lookin' toad birds. Good things come to those who wait!
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    Toad Raising.

    Anxious to know how the tadpoles are coming along. Any updates?
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    TOAD EGGS!!

    Ralphie, I've been following on your other threads. Sounds like you've hit upon a genius combination. Hoping to get some out west here to raise a perpetual flock for family food. Lots of free range acreage with bugs galore. I hatched black giants last year that turned out to not be as giant as I...
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