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    egg weights to calibrate egg scale

    Hi Brad, Thanks for your reply. Do you have pictures of these items? Did you put them on Craig's list yet? I am interested in the weights and would like to see the rest of the items. What are you selling them for? I am in Virginia. Michelle
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    egg weights to calibrate egg scale

    Does anyone know where I can find the egg weights that help to calibrate the egg scale? At at egg farm I saw plastic eggs with different amount of weights (one for large, extra large, medium, jumbo) that were used to make sure all the eggs were the right size coming off their egg grading machine.
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    Post office rate hike

    I received this email from the hatchery that I ordered my chicks from. I thought everyone should know about this and maybe respond to this proposal. Here is a copy. he United States Postal Service is proposing a "Special Handling Fee" for poultry orders sent through the mail-stream. This fee...
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    Excel spreadsheet for tracking expenses and income from chickens

    Hi; I downloaded your wonderful spreadsheet and would like to know how do I install the updates. Thank you very much! MW
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    Excel spreadsheet for tracking expenses and income from chickens

    Hi; I just downloaded your spread sheet. Looks great! I don't go on the site too often so can you please notify me when there are updates.
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    chicks still dying :(

    Went in brooder cleaned out straw and put wood chips, started medicated feed, cleaned waterer and put ACV in water. Moved to different spot in brooder - found 7 with pasty butt & cleaned them up and lost 2 more. For 3 days now everyone is fine. Replacements coming this week. I'm total wreck...
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    chicks still dying :(

    There in lies the problem. They zoom around or peck at box walls looking normal & healthy, eating, drinking, looking fine then 2 or more die. I'm baffled. I suppose the stress of shipping and having so many die in transit should be over now that they are warm & fed. I can't figure it out so I am...
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    chicks still dying :(

    Got 78 chicks 2/6/13 over 50% dead getting replacements from hatchery on shipped dead ones. But the surviving chicks are still dying 2 a day. By now they should be okay. All look fine running around then in morning 2 more gone. Now down to 25. New brooder, 2 heat lamps, (right amount of heat...
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    Chicks vaccinated for Merck disease?

    Hi; Thanks for the reply. Can I pick your brain about going organic with your chickens? I got my chicks this week 50% death at post office, contracted hatchery and got credit & got replacement chicks coming. The surviving chicks are still dying 2 a day. My husband thinks we should give them...
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    Received my box of dead chicks today :(

    Hi, I feel the same way you do. I am in Virginia. I ordered 78 from the same hatchery with the same experience! They shipped on Monday & I got them Wednesday with over half of them dead and more dying each day! When I called they only will cover the dead ones. I wanted my whole order resent...
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    Hello everyone!

    Thanks for the warm welcome. Just going to get started to raise free range chickens. I hope we're not in over our heads! We jumped right in getting 75 chickens in hopes to sell started pullets. We had chickens many years ago but always confined in a barn. We are new to the "organic" free range...
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    Chicks vaccinated for Merck disease?

    Getting chicks i 4 days from hatchery and want to go as organic as possible - ie. soy free organic feed, free range etc. Should I get the chicks vaccinated for Merck disease? Will they be okay if not vaccinated?
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