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    How to hatch eggs without an electric incubator

    I'm not sure about the logistics of sending my chicks. It seems it would be difficult to know exactly when the chicks will hatch, as I use hens to incubate my chicks. I'm not sure what will work, but I'm collecting info, and when there are people from the Reservations that have interest, I...
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    Raising Chickens and Special Needs Kids

    One hundred and twenty chickens - and three ducks! Don't forget about the ducks! They ate my water lilies. And my goldfish. He is 17 now, and typically not interested in anything anyone else wants him to be interested in. He's back with his mom, but his sister didn't feel comfortable...
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    my brooding hen left her nest after 7 days for the one next door

    Thanks
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    Raising Chickens and Special Needs Kids

    My grandson was 11 when he came to stay with me for a year and a half. We are not sure if he has autism, or if his problems are a result of abuse he suffered from his father when my grandson was an infant. In any case, he has problems knowing how to act appropriately with other children and...
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    How to hatch eggs without an electric incubator

    Again, Thanks for the reply. I found a kerosene incubator building instructions online, which uses sand as a method of retaining heat. Apparently these are built and used in India with great success. The one I was looking at hatches several hundred eggs at a time. Really fascinating! I...
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    How to hatch eggs without an electric incubator

    Thanks for all the replies. I will keep investigating this, as I find the subject fascinating and timely, with power outages becoming more common and the need for sustainable flocks ever more pressing.. I'll post anything I discover. Again, thanks for all the replies.
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    How to hatch eggs without an electric incubator

    I have heard of kerosene incubators, from my Amish neighbors. I wonder if something could be devised using solar and batteries, or using hot rocks. I have to think about this more. To be able to develop a low cost, low tech means of incubation would have major advantages. Still open to any...
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    my brooding hen left her nest after 7 days for the one next door

    In my chicken house I put an old dog kennel-type cage. I don't usually let chickens brood in the nesting boxes because the eggs and chicks are so vulnerable to the other chickens. Instead, I wait for a hen to brood in the dog kennel. When she starts sitting on eggs, I put a water container...
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    How to hatch eggs without an electric incubator

    Currently I have a self sustaining flock of about 50 chickens, of mixed varieties. It has worked well, as I have large meat-type birds, smaller egg layers and little bantams, which act like the incubators for the flock. I would like to be able to ship fertile eggs to people on Native American...
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