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    Dixie Rainbows Thread

    They still want to impress me...lol. I started getting an egg every other day from these pullets last week. In the last 2 days, I have now gotten 5 eggs! They are just now 19 weeks old. They have passed my Rhode Island Reds and purebred Barred Rocks, as far as start time for laying. I know they...
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    EMERGENCY HELP PLEASE!!!

    I am so glad to read this this morning...Good job!
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    EMERGENCY HELP PLEASE!!!

    too hot is worse than a little too cool. Do you have an outdoor thermometer?
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    EMERGENCY HELP PLEASE!!!

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    EMERGENCY HELP PLEASE!!!

    My broody hen left her nest with 4 chicks and 2 days later I decided to remove the rest of the eggs...I heard one chirping inside! So, I did something similar to what you are doing. I used a lamp and a box. It hatched 8 hours later and is fine (5 weeks old now and with the other chicks). But, it...
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    Who else is waiting for that first egg?

    . These are from my 16 week old 2nd generation Black Stars. I hatched them in May of this year. There are 10 pullets and I got these five eggs yesterday. I was so pleased. I figured it would be next month before I started seeing any eggs from them.
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    Dixie Rainbows Thread

    I am so sorry to hear about them dying. Yes, they have a hard time in the heat. I was very worried about mine this summer. I put a mister near their pen for a while and then moved them under a shade tree instead. I also bought them a couple of kitty litter boxes that I filled with water. They...
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    Dixie Rainbows Thread

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    Dixie Rainbows Thread

    I will have eggs in the next few months. Mine are now 17 weeks old. I have 2 roosters and 5 hens. I have been very impressed with them. Very docile birds and boy do they grow fast! Not eating any of these, but will be selling hatching eggs and chicks when I start incubating again next spring.
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    Wrong end of egg pipped?

    I am back...and very excited. I have 9 Midget Whites and 20 Heritage (mixed colors) turkeys in lock down. Today is day 27. I have 4 hatched and several others piping. I have 2 that are at the wrong end of the egg? Is there anything I should watch for, or may need to help with? Here are pics of...
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    She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

    I didnt think of that, but it is still strange that all of Ct's eggs hatched 21 and under (most of Ct's eggs hatched "early") and Donald's all hatched "late". One last thing. On lockdown day, I noticed one egg somehow got cracked while in the turner. I use the cheap Walmart fish tank...
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    She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

    I have a question and observation for the experts here. I noticed in these two hatches, in both bators I had pips on day 19 and several hatches on day 20 and every one of these were from one rooster and his hens.(majority hatched 20 days) Both of the first ones out in each bator were big...
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    Silver Grey Dorking Hatching Eggs

    Do you have any eggs still available?
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    She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

    LOL
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    She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

    LOL...that sounds too much like me!!! I love that the two of you can rib each other! "I kept saying...Look! they think I am their mother, they just want to cuddle and feel safe!" and "Crap, my MIDGET is getting thrown around!" I take a lot of ribbing for being too nurturing. I have cry baby...
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