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    anybody using a brower round metal bator?

    I just received a used Brower 846 in the mail from some good friends. This things looks like a monster! I'm totally intimidated but way too excited! How many times a day do ya'll turn your eggs? My friends said once but I've read you can do it 3 times a day.
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    Ameraucanas for meat?

    If you are overrun with Ameraucana roosters how are they for meat?
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    new to chickens - chix questions

    My chicks became so used to me and my kids holding them when they were younger, that now at 5 months old, when I walk out the back door they come up and huddle around my ankles and I have one that comes up and sits on my feet and rubs my ankles. I love having them! SO yes, handle them gently as...
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    Trying to figure out the right number

    We're ordering from Meyer Hatchery. We have friends who have ordered from them before and not one chick died in all the times they've ordered.
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    Trying to figure out the right number

    This may be a little long. Just hang in there with me. 6 months ago I purchased 19 Buff Orpington hens and 3 roosters. We butchered some and now have 13 hens and 1 rooster. I've been doing some research in my area and have found that my Buffs and Ameraucanas could bring some good money in my...
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    How do I tell the hens from the roosters?

    THanks, that helped a bunch. I think I might use the watch and grow method. Sounds like it might be a little easier.
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    How do I tell the hens from the roosters?

    I'm wanting to get into the chicken business. I'm getting an incubator and getting all set up. I have Buff Orpington chickens. What I was wondering was when they hatch out, how do I tell the day old hens from the roosters?
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