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    Cuckoo Maran and/or Black Copper Maran chicks

    Hi, My wife and I are looking for around a dozen Black Copper Marans and/or Cuckoo Maran "hen" chicks. Preferably in Wisconsin, or willing to ship. Let me know what you have and prices. Thank you!
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    Coturnix hatching eggs - recently updated - PIC HEAVY

    I would love to buy some quail hatching eggs from you, if you still have them available. I sent you a PM. :)
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    Quail, Quail eggs, chicken eggs for sale.

    Hi, I am interested in buying alot of quail hatching eggs. Let me know what you would have to ship. I sent you a PM too. :)
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    Jumbo Japanese quail hatching eggs

    Hi, I am looking for 50 or more JUMBO or A&M quail hatching eggs for our classroom. Please let me know if you have any eggs for sale. Thanks Dan
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    Broody Hen..how often can she sit and hatch?

    Hi all We have a very broody hen, and she just successfully sat on and hatched out 5 chicks. We pulled the chicks, as we sell them locally. How often WOULD she sit on a new batch of fertile eggs to hatch out for us? Should we give her a week off at a time, or ???? Any help would be great...
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    Rare breed poultry HUGE FLOCK SALE

    Hi Rainbow Well, I am over in Northern Wisconsin (just across the pond from you)....so we are always on the look out for cold hardy birds. my kids currently have Golden Laced Wyandottes, Cuckoo Marans, black copper marans, easter eggers, a few sex links, a couple silkies. We'd like to add...
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    a hatch along for people who set their eggs on march thursday 27 2014

    well I had 5 of the 13 hatch today. I know 3 in the bator are "duds", so there are 5 more "hopefuls" for tonight or tomorrow. We'll see. I have the 5 in my brooder now, and it's set up in a large rubbermaid, with a heat lamp at one end, where the temp at floor level is about 93F..and at the...
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    a hatch along for people who set their eggs on march thursday 27 2014

    Cool. I have two "pipped" right now....when should I intervene? The first one pipped about 11am this morning, and right now has a good size hole, about the size of a dime open and occasionally pokes it's beak out, but has NOT zipped the shell yet..he just sticks his beak out and chirps. Should...
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    a hatch along for people who set their eggs on march thursday 27 2014

    yeah I hear you! I am off work today, and find myself walking over to look through the window on the bator to see if there is anymore progress every 10 minutes!!! . I can see one that has pipped and can see a little beak poke out a hole the size of a pencil eraser....but it's been this way...
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    a hatch along for people who set their eggs on march thursday 27 2014

    that's weird how early they were. As of this morning I have one "pipped" that I can see of the 13 Black Copper Marans I set. Looks like today into tomorrow will be "the time" Dan
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    a hatch along for people who set their eggs on march thursday 27 2014

    Wow pips on day 18? wondering if his bator ran a little hot??? .. yeah I didn't get any answers right away, so I just used an online chicken/hatch calculator, and it told me they should be in lockdown..so yesterday about noon they went into lockdown. I've been watching and no pips yet, so...
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    a hatch along for people who set their eggs on march thursday 27 2014

    So if I set 13 black copper maran eggs on March 27, would today be lockdown? We did candle them last night, and had 3 that let light shine from one end to other...so I assume those were non fertile. all the rest show a sizable airsac, and the rest of the egg is dark..and it's very hard to tell...
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    HELP chicks vent is sticking out and making a noise

    We have 6 chicks, and two have pasty butt. we cleaned with warm water, and one chick had a "protuding" vent as well, which was a bit red. We added some Apple Cider Vinegar to their drinking water, and then dabbed on a little hydrocortisone cream to the red swollen area. Hoping this will help...
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    Brinsea spot check

    I just threw away my brinsea spot check. I have a mercury type thermometer in my incubator that was reading 99F, and then my cooking thermometer that is the HIGHLY accurate (and expensive) Thermopen and it reads 99.6F my Spot check was reading 104-105F. Obviously it was not working. Dan
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    BLACK COPPER MARANS HATCHING EGGS 12+

    Got my Eggs from Brian...Great eggs, and shipped with great care. They will be set in the incubator tonight!! :) Dan
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