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    I Miss Old BYC!!!

    most of you wippersnappers don't even know what the old BYC was... the old EZboard ... them were the days :)
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    What do you do with??

    I eat 'em
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    WTB non-bantam Polish hatching eggs ..

    As stated I'm looking for Large fowl Polish hatching eggs, A variety fine, as long as some are Golden. I'd like a dozen or more shipped to FL or locally if available
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    What stores carry Fertile Eggs?

    Quote: It's more of a "Can I hatch out eggs that have been refrigerated, may not be the freshest, and have been handled roughly?"challenge ... regarding breed.. I called the farm that packaged my eggs and asked.. all their birds are production New Hampshire reds ... So I know what I'll get if...
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    Incubator...

    Quote: vents are no substitute for a fan... the fan is there to make sure the entire incubator is the same temp inside.. without it you'll get "hot spots".. the store bought "still air" incubators can get away without one because they use a heating element that is almost as big around as the...
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    What stores carry Fertile Eggs?

    I picked up a couple dozen from "Peggy's whole foods" in Daytona Beach FL today
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    Gqf Incubator

    I took the bottom rack off of mine, and use a small cardboard box in the bottom for a hatcher.. I plan to put it back and rearrange all 3 shelves so I can have 3 turners and still have a bottom hatcher.. but it's going to take a little finagling to make it work
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    Billboard tarps

    thinking about building a hoop house style coop & using a billboard tarp as the cover. Any of ya'll used billboards before? How many years did you get out of them? anybody know where I can find one in central Florida so I can avoid shipping? Thanks!
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    Golden Polish hatching eggs? a dozen or more

    subject says it all, I'm looking for a dozen or more polish hatching eggs.. with at least 1/2 of them Golden Polish. Let me know what you got & how much you want. I'm in central Florida but shipping is fine
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    Commercial freezer = Incubator????

    Quote: It's too big to put in a house and here in NC we have no basements. We hit water here........ lol. If I were to make an incubator out of it would I have to find a way to put in a glass door? You wouldn't have to.. but i would make it really tense on hatch day if you couldn't see what's...
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    how To Make A cabinet Incubater

    1. wood is fine, my gqf is wood 2. anything that gets hot, hell my 1st homemade bater used the elements I robbed from a toaster 3. the biggest fan you can fit 4. Possible? yes! Easy? no!
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    98.5 degrees?

    you're about 1 degree too low... i think you're gonna run into problems if you don't raise it. if you're having a hard time getting it to balance out, you should look into moving the thermostat closer to your heat source and possible a stronger fan depending on how big of a cabinet you built...
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    Homemade egg turner HELP!

    I'm wanting to do something similar to what you're describing for water ... the picture i have in my head is a small reservoir inside the bator that has a float valve from a toilet tank... and that would be connected to a 5 gallon bucket of water on top of the bator... this way the internal...
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    did I fry them?

    120? probably no good, typically anything over 102 for an extended period of time is then end of the line... if you don't currently have anything else you want to put in the bator, give it a few days and candle, however if you have something else you want to set, i'd throw it out
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    BRA incubator!

    think about the positive .. the strep throat may give you a fever and get the egg closer to 99.5 for a few days .... ok that's a stretch for a positive.. but it's something
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