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    Incubator Troubles, Any Local Vendors in Bay Area?

    thanks. if you don't mind, let me know where those places are. i just called hmb feed and fuel and they have a little giant. i've been kinda spoiled by my hovabator, but i guess it'd do in a pinch.
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    Incubator Troubles, Any Local Vendors in Bay Area?

    My hovabator genesis isn't working: the fan comes on but not the heater. The problem is, I've got eggs from eBay that arrived today. Anybody know where I can pick up a relatively cheap incubator in the Bay Area (peninsula to be more specific)? Thanks!
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    Broody Hen + eBay Eggs= Leave Her Be?

    thanks. i really don't have another enclosure to put her in, any ideas on something cheap and easy? could i leave her in until they hatch?
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    Broody Hen + eBay Eggs= Leave Her Be?

    My buff has gone broody and I have taken sympathy on her and decided to buy some fertile eggs for her to sit on. The eggs should be here in the next few days. My question is this. I have a henspa and the nesting boxes are upstairs. She is currently camped out in the middle box. I am...
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    complaining neighbor

    My only advice is to be careful. Tiffs with neighbors can escalate into much worse with little provocation. No matter what the regs the neighbor probably isn't going to cool off easily. I guess I'd ask myself how much the fight is worth, especially since you were only intending on getting...
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    DOA

    thanks for the info. for a first timer i'm happy with the little fluff balls that i got. next time i try i'll be that much wiser!
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    DOA

    Out of my 32 remaining eggs I got 16 healthy babies. However out of the remaining eggs there were about 6 eggs that didn't hatch, but had candled well. I waited three days after day 21 before opening up the incubator and cracked up the eggs. I found fully formed chicks that seems to have died...
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    I'm not having any good luck!

    Out of 18 eggs from Meyer Hatchery 3 arrived damaged. After that I had to toss most of the eggs after day 12 or so. I'm down to like 3 and I'm no so sure about them. The eggs I got off of ebay are fairing much better.
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    ** UPDATE** 4 weeks old now! One through 16!

    nice lookin bunch. congrats!
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    Hopping the Brooder Guard

    I have the 3 week olds and then hopefully I'll have some new babies this week. I'm going to divide up the brooder into two halves so that the newbies won't be hazed by the older chicks. Once they are older I'll bring them all together. My light brahma seems to be the bossy one, the Goldedn...
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    Hopping the Brooder Guard

    My three week olds are getting frisky. They are flying on top of the brooder guard and then onto the garage floor. My wife called earlier to report that the garage is like "chicks gone wild!" I was thinking of taking an old screen door and putting the mesh on top to prevent fly aways. Does...
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    Opposum for dinner? anyone? (Picture of dog with prey)

    i hit a ringed neck pheasant once. i pulled over to make sure the bird wasn't suffering. another car pulled over and we both looked at the animal. it was dead, but it must have snapped its neck b/c it was perfectly intact. the other guy asked if he could have it to eat. i was happy that the...
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    Low Spouse Impact Chickens

    I've pulled the trigger and ordered a Henspa. It was the coop that appealed most to my eye and I liked the low maintenance aspect. Yes, it was massively over my budget, but if I didn't buy the coop it would've been something else, wouldn't it
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    Incubating Eggs/Candling/Tough Decisions

    The peeps should start arriving on 8/23! Can't wait to meet my fluffy new friends.
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    Incubating Eggs/Candling/Tough Decisions

    Just thought I'd write a little bit about my incubation process. I started by ordering eggs via Meyer Hatchery and EBay. Interestingly enough, the Meyer eggs packed in foam suffered damage with two eggs cracked beyond repair. The EBay eggs were all safe and sound. The eggs are a random...
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