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    JUNE HATCH-A-LONG come join in

    ok i'm in witth my fist time try, got my eggs on ebay, set 28 black copper maranas eggs @ 9:30 am. wish me luck.
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    incubating turkey eggs

    i have a little giant force air incubator w/ egg turner, i'll be hatching royal palms. my questions are: 1. can i use the egg turner w/ tukey eggs ( i know i wont be able to put as many turkey eggs as chicken eggs) 2. is the humidity range the same as chicken eggs 3. do you lock down the last...
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    candling maranas eggs ?

    will it do me any good to candle bc maranas eggs or are they too dark to see whats needed, or will i waste my money buying one or my time & money making one. thanks in advance for your input.
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    ACV help

    ACV is just apple cider vinegar isn't it, you can just get more from the store, even organic if thats what your talking about, from my understanding acv doesn't have to be the homemade kind to work. but no adding water to existing acv will just dilute it down & when it evaporates you'll end up...
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    look what I was gifted

    nice , i saw one a little bigger & made by montgomery wards selling for $375.00. good luck with it.
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    1st attempt at incubating. got questions

    i've got a little giant 9200 w/ air circulation fan , 1 vent hole on top & egg turner. i'm getting 24+ bcm eggs in 3days. 1. once i get them do i need to let them "rest" ( let temp even out ) before i put them in bator ? 2. big end up or small end up ? 3. humidity while incubating y/n...
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    Delaware chicks, at what age can they be sexed ?

    mine are hatchery ( ideal ) stock & i ordered 40 cockrells for meat & 48 pullets for eggs ( & they all made it + 12 ee ), so at what age should i be able to tell trhem apart. thanks in advance for your responses.
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    Can used wood chips go in a composter?

    if they are "shavings" they will compost faster. if they have poo in them you will need to compost them before you use them.
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    flying at less than 2 weeks?

    what breed are they ?
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    New Water Nipple Questions

    ok i've looked through alot of w/n (water nipple) threads & have got lots of helpfull info (thanks everyone) , but i have 4 unresolved questions. 1. how much pressure can the w/n take 2. how many chickens per w/n 3, how high off ground do they need to be 4. can turkeys use the same w/n as...
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    composting and the deep litter method?

    if you can put some "green" compost material with it , that should speed up the composting a bit, It'll cook faster.
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    My Spring, 2010 Birds and Setup (Pic Heavy)

    nice lookin jerky. how'd it taste ?
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    Disposing of Blood

    just let the bool drain onto some grass clipings or straw & throw it on your compst pile, there won't be enough blood to wory about. you might look into Delaware's they are a good dual purpose bird, suposedly they were "the meat bird" befor cornish x were developed, they grow slower than some...
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    Show off your Delawares! *PIC HEAVY*

    nice delawares, i've decided to try them, ilive in far s e tx & hope they will do well in heat & humidity. any one out there have any experiance with them in a hot & humid area.
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