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    Heritage Rhode Island Red Cockerels

    Where are you located
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    Northern Pintail ducklings

    Do you have any left?
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    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    Are there any good heritage SC RIR breeders in South Dakota? I have been hatching chicks but I do not think they are dark enough as some of the pics I have seen in this thread.
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    chukar anyone?

    20 wks they will be about as big as they will get. You could go a little longer if you wish but at that age they will be eating a lot of food and for what they will produce back in meat will not equal to the inputs.
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    brooder help

    For 5 chicks you should be able to just have a 75w light bulb in there for warmth. Also if they are fine with it being 75-84 degrees you should set it at 80 and then drop temp 5 degrees per week until they are at night time temps. If you are unsure of heat just watch them if its too cold they...
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    White Chantecler chickens

    Thank you all for the info.
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    sexing chucker's

    The spurs is right although some females will have spurs but you can tell by the beak too males are wider and more red. Also I've heard but never attempted that you can take a caliper at day olds and a leg over 2cm is male and under is female.
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    Welsummer, Marans, or Barnvelders

    Where are you from? I would like to get some of you Welsummers also info on the other hatcheries close by.
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    White Chantecler chickens

    Thanks Redsoxs although their site says sold out for 2013.
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    HELP is this pullet sick/contagious

    I would not take chances in spreading anything and keep her isolated until she is better. I would treat her with a respiratory med. Teramyicin would be easy to try. If she responds with the extra warmth she will come around within 36 hrs.
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    What Went Wrong? *Eggtopsy* *Graphic*

    I'm in SD and we run them at 49 to 52 percent for the whole hatch. I also have a wet bulb to to verify that the relative humidity is on track.
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    Anyone feeding chicks with game bird starter?

    I would feed just a chick starter. It is better to have less protein in the cold than more. It is like doing a high protein diet to loose weight. In the winters here we feed a lower protein so the birds get more fat for energy to stay warm.
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    What Went Wrong? *Eggtopsy* *Graphic*

    In the pics it also looks like the chicks are upside down, are the eggs set point down? Also what do you mean go into the carton?
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    What Went Wrong? *Eggtopsy* *Graphic*

    I would keep the humidity at 52% relative the whole time. I also would turn the auto turner on at day 2, 8 days for chickens is 1/3 of the development process. What kind of incubator are you running?
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    White Chantecler chickens

    Does anyone have or know of where I can get white chantecler chickens at? Also I do not want to import them from Canada so only inside the US please.
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