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    Darn, darn, darn, what did I do? WHAT? WAAAAAAaaaaaa.....

    I recently hatched 3 rounds of Seramas and, I,ll get in trouble for saying this, but, once they stop pipping, I go in after the ones that havn't pipped yet and have pretty good luck at it. They don't bleed like a bigger chick. Be very careful and don't rush 'em out of the shell. Some have...
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    i think im gonna cry...

    Bantams taste good, too and they have less calories!
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    Black Copper Marans?????

    It's a pair. Roo and pullet. Color is B. C. Maran. If they stay small, something is rotten in the coop. B. C. Marans get big fast. Tim
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    Any personal experience with SKYBLUE EGGS?

    What is it with all these "superior race" chicken people. I kinda' like all my birds to have tales and no fatal genes. Off to the confinment cage with me! Quote: I second that I was/am very happy with the eggs now chicks I got!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Any personal experience with SKYBLUE EGGS?

    I've got 5 Americauna hens, that lay green most of the time, an occasional olive, and an occasional true sky blue. Go figure! I figure mine are having variables in the final finish. Tim
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    opossums are they a threat??

    Found a opposum, in the chicken house, years ago, eating the intestines of a still live chicken! A grain (black powder) of prevention will save you from that sight!! Tim
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    cold blooded killers

    I've seen bantam roosters with just one hen actively care for their kids and the same rooster when you add another hen, completely change! Guess he got too busy! Tim
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    The smell is KILLING me

    I've sent dead skunks out with the Thursday trash, in their own tightly wraped trash bag. Don't think the trash man knew it, either. Sent 8 freshly, mink, beheaded chickens without the bags, one day, too. Met the trash people to explain at the curb. Didn't want them to think they were...
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    I have a Broody RIR!!!!! Update pics pg3 & pg5

    Just put Bantam White Cornish and B. C. Maran eggs under my first broody (a Production Red). In spite of the rumors, she is intent on this idea of setting! To amaze us even more, a White Leghorn thinks she wants to try it too! Expecting some shipped eggs Wed. or Thurs. (Partridge Penedesencas...
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    will a bark collar work on a chicken?

    Hey, this won't work for everyone, but some friendly conversation and a doz. eggs once in a while, seem to work very well with my close neighbors. Have an unusual set of neighbors, though. On the right is a guy who was raised on a broiler farm in AL. who loves to torture my jelouse B. C. Maran...
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    What is stealth killing my chickens?

    I'd go with the raccoon, too. My guess is mom with hungry babies, to eat 3 in a night! Tim
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    questions on pipping overdue eggs yourself

    I've been saving a few this way. Honestly, I get more heartbreak than success. Had a B. C. Maran, my wife and I helped and helped. Finally got it up on it's feet. It's a pullet! Murphy hasn't won yet!!!! Have exellent results on Seramas, have been doing all the work for many of them! They...
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    This may be a stupid question, but....

    Had a wht. leghorn start at 17 1/2 weeks last summer and some silver leghorns that didn't start 'till about 28 or 30 weeks. Some breeds and some lines, within a breed, may vary a lot. Tim
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    Post Office disaster

    Had a shipment of Penedesenca eggs, last year, that got similar treatment. Slammed hard against something, packed as well as any I've ever recieved. Think they must of used them in an impact test! Of the surviving eggs, several started to stink as soon as 4 days in incubator! Got 1 chick...
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    Anyone Hatching on the 27th or 28th? - I Need Hatching Buddies!!

    Yeh, I know, I posted last night that I was hatching the 20th! I've got another incubator due the 27th! Some tiny Seramas, Black Copper Marans, some Bantam White Cornish, and misc.. Hatched 5 Seramas from a different source today and they can walk under a standard size chick from the same...
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