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    Open Contest Favorite Breed Photo Contest - Brought to you by Valley Hatchery

    We don't have any BO roos. We have two Jubilee roos, however, they're quite sweet.
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    Geese sharing a nest...

    Yes, they're marked. Thanks!
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    Geese sharing a nest...

    I did some searching and can't find anything on here. I'm curious if it's common for a couple of broody geese to share a nest? It's... sub optimal. The original broody goose (white one in pic) has been sitting on 12 eggs for three weeks +/- a day. The other Toulouse goose has been invading...
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    Old coop - worth it to fix up?

    The bones look pretty good, as they say. Looks like it was set up for multiple breeding groups. That was once probably a pretty nice setup, at least compared to what I have. That said. It would probably be within the same pricing standpoint to make a small mobile coop and buy a 160' chunk...
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    Open Contest Egg Candling Photo Contest—17th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    Entry 2:
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    How to portion when processing?

    I've always saved the head/neck as a piece, the feet, liver, hearts, and kidneys for the dogs. My dad's friend likes gizzards so we usually give those to her. Otherwise, I'd save them for the dogs. I don't save the other guts. I package them in ziplock freezer bags. The dogs don't care if...
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    How to portion when processing?

    How do you use chicken now? I'd package things up as close to how you typically use it as possible.
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    Open Contest Favorite Breed Photo Contest - Brought to you by Valley Hatchery

    Yes, I think they look very similar, but quite a bit bigger. Or at least fluffier.
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    Open Contest Favorite Breed Photo Contest - Brought to you by Valley Hatchery

    Orpingtons are the best. We've had buffs, lavenders, and jubilees now. They're the sweetest.
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    Open Contest Favorite Breed Photo Contest - Brought to you by Valley Hatchery

    Jubilee Orpington Hen ready to lay an egg and very upset that her favorite nesting spot is occupied by a hissing and biting goose.
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    Baby gate over brooder?

    Just my opinion, but if you're brooding inside there's no reason to ever use a heat lamp. I brooded my first chicks with an incandescent lightbulb. If your house is in the 60, that's all you need.
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    Open Contest Egg Candling Photo Contest—17th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    To be frank, I don't really care about winning at all :) I just dropped the saturation setting to zero to turn it black and white. I thought it looked neater. The original:
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    Incubator Wiring

    That might be the easiest route. Though I suspect most incubators use similar heat/fan assemblies. The issue is getting the low voltage for the fans. They make 120V computer fan types (that's all these things are), but they're not anywhere near as cheap as the low voltage ones. I would...
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    Baby gate over brooder?

    Now... 5 weeks. But they have been fine down to 0 degrees outside with heat plates at ~3 weeks, 4'x4' brooder wrapped in plastic, AND a heat lap running. That heat lamp probably keeps the brooder area at 40 or 50 degrees with a piece of plywood covering about half of the top. They've been...
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    Incubator Wiring

    Forgot to add that if you have the old controller that still powers up. You can cut the wiring harness (while everything is unplugged) and then plug the controller in, you could measure the voltage on the wires with a multimeter if you have one.
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