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    The Moonshiner's Bootleg Incubator Reviews And Discussions

    There are a bunch of sellers on etsy, etc that do 3D printed inserts for different eggs and different incubators. Especially quail eggs.
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    The Moonshiner's Bootleg Incubator Reviews And Discussions

    Thanks for this thread! I finally bit the bullet and bought a maticoopx 30. I ran it for a few hours and everything seemed to be working fine. Can't wait to set eggs!
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    Ramblings of a newbie starting a self-sustaining meat bird flock…

    Just read up this thread. Very nice! Hope you keep sharing.
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    Selective breeding cooperation

    Curious if anyone worked on this and has updates to share.
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    Muscovys, black to white breeding? chick order timing?

    Last week I got four muscovys from a neighbor who had a friend that was overrun after theirs hatched back to back to back all season up to now basically. I'm not enthusiastic about the way they keep their birds and managed to get there right when they got em home and picked out a few for myself...
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    Crossbreeding dual purpose breeds for sustainable flock

    Pic from when I moved them last week to a different field. They had been in the to-be-garden area. Now they will be rotated on this ~half acre I've been working on improving with the sheep. It was a weedy mess of maybe 10% grass and 90% goldenrod, iron weed, poison ivy, multi flora rose...
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    Crossbreeding dual purpose breeds for sustainable flock

    It's been a busy summer. Last week I butchered all but one cockerel. The young ones (spring hatched) were not staying in the netting at all. I had to keep them in cages, which wasn't the plan at all. Ended up with only 2 cockerels with the flock and I picked the better looking one. Also...
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    DIY - Making a down comforter from duck feathers and down

    Just saw this and link not working. Unfortunately the original poster last made a post in 2016. I did some searches but couldn't find a blog post about someone making their own feather comforter. Hopefully someone will find it and share.
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    Crossbreeding dual purpose breeds for sustainable flock

    Last night I closed up the chickens and hauled the older chicks out. They settled in fine. Moved the chickshaw in the dark and finished setting up the fence this morning. They were quite excited to have a nice big area and lots of forage! I spread out the feeders and the little ones seemed to...
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    Crossbreeding dual purpose breeds for sustainable flock

    Chick/ wk2/ wk3/ wk4/ wk5/ wk6/ wk7 1- 225, 352, 470, 589, 871, 1111 2- 205, 322, 421, 520, 797, 1038 3- 198, 311, 411, 510, 776, 983 4- 219, 346, 473, 600, 858, 1099 5- 190, 303, 415, 528, 778, 1033 6- 200, 314, 402, 490, 715, 1002 7- 195, 295, 395, 495, 748, 928 8- xxx, xxx, xxx, xxx, xxx...
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    Crossbreeding dual purpose breeds for sustainable flock

    Forgot to post weights on Tuesday. I'm doing the second hatch chicks the same time because it's easier to do it all at once. Chick/ wk2/ wk3/ wk4/ wk5/ wk6 1- 225, 352, 470, 589, 871 2- 205, 322, 421, 520, 797 3- 198, 311, 411, 510, 776 4- 219, 346, 473, 600, 858 5- 190, 303, 415, 528, 778 6-...
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    Crossbreeding dual purpose breeds for sustainable flock

    Well.. sadly this hatch was a big flop and I did indeed end up with just the four chicks. I'm thinking multiple things went into it... -roo has favorite hens so some hens eggs were probably blanks. Solution, when hatching I need to have a pen for breeding group. -incubator. I think the farmers...
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    HomesteadNowhere Hatch-a-long! Set April 7, hatch April 28!

    Well I was waiting and hoping for more chicks but I think my hatch has turned out a big bust... :hit Still only the four chicks. No pips. No peeping. Tonight I'll try to candle. Quickly pulling out eggs individually to keep the incubator temp and humidity up. I'm just so bummed!
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    Crossbreeding dual purpose breeds for sustainable flock

    In order of hatching. Kind of blown out from the heat lamp but there is membrane dried to the back of 2. You can really see in person that 1 and 2 are like bright blonde then 3 and 4 are the more buff yellow color. 1 has chipmunk stripe, 2 doesn't seem to. No pips currently. Waiting for them...
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    Crossbreeding dual purpose breeds for sustainable flock

    The first chick to pip (last night) was not progressing. I kept an eye on it and ended up assisting it. It has membrane dried to it's back and I'm wondering if it managed to dry up that much to cause problems last night when I topped up water. I can't see anything else. Dunno. That was from an...
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