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    Yoga mat or shelf liner for bottom of incubator?

    That must be single use cardboard…
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    Yoga mat or shelf liner for bottom of incubator?

    It has a pump fed humidify control from the top, but has the chambers in the base that can also manually be filled if needed. So that’s why I wasn’t sure if I needed something more breathable. I don’t know yet if I’ll need to add the additional water to the base yet or not since this will be my...
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    Yoga mat or shelf liner for bottom of incubator?

    My incubator delivered and I’ve set it up. I’ve been reading as much as I can since this will be my first time incubating eggs. I have an order for 60 quail eggs from MyShire that’s pending shipment. My question is can I use this foam yoga mat if I cut a piece to size to protect the...
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    What is Wrong With Your Coop?

    Bigger. It all should have been bigger.
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    The rats where I live are getting really big….

    Maybe I should try to communicate tha fact in some way. I did get nervous watching thru the video, hoping his antlers wouldn’t get hooked in the hardware cloth. I imagine his panic at that happening could easily cause serious damage to the hardware cloth.
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    The rats where I live are getting really big….

    He didn’t manage to break into the run to eat the chicken food in the hanging buckets at least.
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    Cornish cross hatching eggs?

    I'm actually starting with hatching quail for now. I mostly just wanted to check my options as regular chicken hatching eggs are sorta a no go, we arent allowed roosters here. I suppose I could process any males before they started crowing, but that seems like a waste for layer type breeds...
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    Cornish cross hatching eggs?

    But I have a new incubator to break in! 😁😁😁
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    Cornish cross hatching eggs?

    Man, my searching skills must be chicken poop poor. Cecal poop poor even. Meyer is my usual go to hatchery since they are closest to me. Dunno how I missed that listing. 🤦‍♀️ The prices start to get closer as you order more of both chicks or eggs tho.
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    Cornish cross hatching eggs?

    I can’t seem to find out why Cornish cross hatching eggs aren’t available for the back yard flock keeper to buy. Is it just that the big hatcheries that keep the parent flocks don’t want to deal with small orders?
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    Chicken Math Got Me Bad....

    And last night everyone was up on the roost or at least poop board. Maybe next weekend I’ll take the little brooder cage/feeding station out and just start mixing the chick crumbles with the adult pellets in the hanging feeders to use up the rest of the crumbles.
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    Chicken Math Got Me Bad....

    They are really starting to grow up. First night where some ventured on to the poop board/roost area instead of the cuddle puddle on top of their brooder.
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    Thinking about quail and have questions.

    A butterfly net is a good idea. I was thinking a fish net, but worried the gaps in the netting would be too big and a bird might get a head stuck and strangled or something. I've just only read that they are or can be skittish as all get out, no one really talks about them being sorta tame or...
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    Shipped Chick Poll

    I've had about 30 chicks shipped over three orders. The first order was perfect, no issues at all. Second seemed to be a case of rough handling in transit. Four chicks were doa, to the point of having blood on beak and faces of some of them when I first opened the box. The four doa's were...
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    Thinking about quail and have questions.

    Eggs, incubator, starter food (non medicated), pen for brooding, etc ordered. I'm officially crazy. Other random-ish questions: Any tips for catching quail in a cage as big as this pen? In case of injured bird needing treatment or need to cull some boys or what ever reason. Can quail be...
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