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    Silver laced cochins

    I did see that Murray McMurray hatchery does have them. Not a hatchery fan but I could get chicks and selectively breed for confirmation. Plus they are within driving distance and I wouldn't need to fight the battle of crossing breeds.
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    Silver laced cochins

    LF Silver laced cochins are hard to find in my area so I was wondering if I crossed my Silverlaced orpingtons to my black cochins what would I get for pattern? Normally I cringe at these kind of questions but it got me to wondering if I could at least come up with a feather footed laced bird. My...
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    Need color help

    Thanks for the replies and confirmation, partridge it is.
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    Need color help

    Going to pick up a gold laced bantam cochin rooster and have my choice of a partridge, white or red hen to pair with him. I'm thinking the partridge is my best chance of producing the nicest colored offspring. Would like to get more gold laced if possible, what would red or white hens produce...
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    Call Ducks Thread!!!

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    Call Ducks Thread!!!

    I only have calls so not sure about noise, I've heard they are noisier. I keep pairs and trios in a 2 foot by 6 foot long pen with a utility tub for a pond. You can free range but predators can be a real problem. Mine are too expensive to risk it for me. The short wide bill and head shape of...
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    Ducks pictures! Post your pictures of your ducks! (They can be any breed)

    Butterscotch call ducks.
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    How do I calculate how much moisture is lost in eggs?

    These charts/logsheets that I made should help you out through the rest of incubation. Reweigh your eggs making sure the weights are all correct and write them on the logsheet in the correct day column. It looks like you did number them already. You can monitor them for the rest of the...
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    How do I calculate how much moisture is lost in eggs?

    R2elk explained it perfectly. Always double check it as you go also as scales will need to be "rezeroed" as I like to call it.
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    Humidity issues any ideas?

    Have you put a hygrometer in there to actually measure the humidity? My incubators are in a room that runs about 50% but the heat must dissapate some of the moisture because the bators run around 20-25%. I'm only running 2 total 1/2 inch ventilation holes, how is your temperature holding up?
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    Divider inside incubator

    You could try some scrap hardware cloth to reduce any fire hazard and it can be bent to whatever shape you need if you absolutely need to separate.
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    Duck Egg incubation

    Sorry to hear about your Pekin, I'm not gonna guess on these eggs, maybe someone else sees something at 4 days. I would suggest be patient for a few more days and you can easily be certain as you will see veins and the developing embryo. I was just candling my call duck eggs this evening and...
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    Blue Butterscotch Call Ducks

    You're right, I wasn't following through with it right by keeping the same female.
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    Blue Butterscotch Call Ducks

    Thanks for chiming in and helping clear that up, the more I was looking at the calculator I realized I was going to be getting blue fawns and they are not the same as blue butterscotch. Bottom line I need a butterscotch drake as I don't really want to waste this season only getting blue fawns...
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    Blue Butterscotch Call Ducks

    Thanks! Dennis lets me bend his ear quite a bit.
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