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    We (DuramaxGirl & DoubleTake) are starting up the Bators! First Hatch This Year! Starting 1/18/2012!

    What type of eggs and what are you using to candle?
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    We (DuramaxGirl & DoubleTake) are starting up the Bators! First Hatch This Year! Starting 1/18/2012!

    Hey, any chance you two might be The Chicken Sisters that I came across in a Craigslist ad? In other news, looks like I have 18 embryos developing. Yeah! (<------ I really wanted a chance to use this smiley, lol) I have another dozen or so eggs arriving possibly today. Nothing like testing...
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    We (DuramaxGirl & DoubleTake) are starting up the Bators! First Hatch This Year! Starting 1/18/2012!

    Is the 1853 a styro-bator? I'd try a blanket and moving it to a different room. I dry hatch, so I don't worry about humidity this early on.
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    We (DuramaxGirl & DoubleTake) are starting up the Bators! First Hatch This Year! Starting 1/18/2012!

    They sound like the Khaki Campbells that I had. MESSY! For comparison, today I sat about 4 feet from 3 Muscovies taking a bath. It is 20 degrees out, and my coop isn't insulated. I'm crazy, right? Anyways, these 3 big ducks all got clean, and not a single drop of water landed on me. I didn't...
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    We (DuramaxGirl & DoubleTake) are starting up the Bators! First Hatch This Year! Starting 1/18/2012!

    Muscovies aren't that messy. They need water, obviously, but they are content to give themselves more of a sponge bath than a full-on dunk bath. They don't seem to have the drive to fling themselves into any body of water around them. For housing, mine get some luxury insulated dog houses from...
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    Demand that the hatchery you order your chicks from this year:

    Do you happen to know the name of the new soy? I'd like to look it up.
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    We (DuramaxGirl & DoubleTake) are starting up the Bators! First Hatch This Year! Starting 1/18/2012!

    I don't think that I have any pics of the ducks. It's usually the goats that get photographed the most, lol. My 'scovy drake is black and white, one of the hens is black and white, also, and her previous owner said that she had some barring when she was younger. The other hen is white with blue...
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    Gabbard Farms??

    I was planning an order with them. Could you elaborate more about why you wouldn't buy from there? PM me, if you prefer. Thank you!
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    Vaccinating for merriks?

    I will forever regret my decision to forgo the Mareks vaccine. From here on out, every chick that hatches and every chicken I buy, will be vaccinated. The earlier they are vaccinated, the better the vaccine works. It is absolutely devastating to lose a chicken to Mareks. The vaccine is no...
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    A few questions and concerns, feel free to add your own

    What patty12 said. Hen determines gender. Incubation temps might affect which gender hatches better, but it doesn't actually change the gender of the eggs. In humans, females get 2 copies of the X chromosome, making us XX. Males get an X and a Y. Males, then, can either pass on an X or Y, but...
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    We (DuramaxGirl & DoubleTake) are starting up the Bators! First Hatch This Year! Starting 1/18/2012!

    Definitely a small world. I'm currently in Hayden, but I have been developing some property in the Rathdrum area, close to Athol. I got Silverwood season passes for Christmas, since we'll be so close by. What chicken breeds do you raise? I have mostly bantams: cuckoo silkies, seramas, and...
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    We (DuramaxGirl & DoubleTake) are starting up the Bators! First Hatch This Year! Starting 1/18/2012!

    Ack! I don't have nearly that much snow. Where are you at? I think most of my snow blew over from the Rathdrum prairie. I heard that we're supposed to get about 10 days of this?! Not.Fun. Yes, I'll get pics posted when it's finished
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    We (DuramaxGirl & DoubleTake) are starting up the Bators! First Hatch This Year! Starting 1/18/2012!

    Hello, neighbor! back atcha! I'm actually in Hayden, but use CDA in my profile, as it's more recognizable. Whereabouts are you?
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    Demand that the hatchery you order your chicks from this year:

    My 2012 flock will come from a mix of small breeders, big hatcheries, and my own birds. I will assume that all of the parent stock will be fed soy, as will all of the chicks that I buy or hatch. I will definitely assume that the hatchery stock is fed a vegetarian diet. Most commercial feeds are...
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    We (DuramaxGirl & DoubleTake) are starting up the Bators! First Hatch This Year! Starting 1/18/2012!

    I'm in! I'm testing my new, homemade bator on some mutt eggs. I just recently blew out the thermostats in *both* of my Genesis 1588 bators. If that wasn't bad enough, it happened with some pretty pricey eggs. I got the eggs into my stupid Brower Top Hatch, but that &#$^%# thing couldn't maintain...
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