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    Need help..Holding eggs prior to incubator

    Found a 25 bottle wine cooler on Craigs List for $50.00!!! It works great. Holds temp right at 55-60. Great idea...again thank you
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    Need help..Holding eggs prior to incubator

    Hey, Thats a great idea!! I realize it may be overkill for just the 3 days, but I set about 200 eggs at a time and need the hatch to be as high percentage as possible. I'm trying to be "over the top" careful. Thanks for the great idea!!!! Ken
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    Need help..Holding eggs prior to incubator

    Someone please give me some ideas on how to build or purchase a device to hold my hatching eggs prior to setting. All the experts recommend holding eggs at a temperature of 50-60 degrees F and not going more than 7-10 days. I only need to hold them 3 days, but my problem is the temperature. I...
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    WANTED Mature RIR Roosters in Mid Tenn/North Alabama

    Looking for 3 Mature pure bred RIR roosters. I am in the middle Tennessee area..will drive a reasonable distance. Ken
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    Welsummer x Barred Rock cross question

    If I cross my Welsummer Roosters with my Barred Rock hens do I get a black sex link of the caliber that a RIR rooster would give? I'm sure they will be sexually dimorphic at hatch, but are they going to be of the quality of a RIR x Barred Rock as far as egg laying ability? My black sex links...
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    sex link help for newbie

    :o Steve...I think your right!!!! I read that post 3 times then needed a beer. Thanks for the help guys... I will keep to my Aerospace Engineering. Its much easier than the genetic make up of chickens.
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    sex link help for newbie

    Thank you very much!! That actually makes things easy. The Barred Rock is my wifes favorite!!! Any chance a cross with a Deleware would give the desired result? My neighbor has some and would give them to me. Now thats MY favorite kind of chicken .... FREEE!!!
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    sex link help for newbie

    I raise Buff Orpingtons and want to cross them with another breed to produce sex linked chicks. I know nothing about the genics, so sorry if this is a dumb question. I just want to be able to sex the chicks at birth. What breed can I cross with my current Buffs to get this and come up with a...
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