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    R-com Rcom Max 50 Mx 50 Fully Automatic Digital Egg Incubator

    Thank you for your imput re which incubator to get. After alot of thinking and relooking I think I am going to go back to a Dickey incubator like we use to have. At least I am going to call Mr Dickey and see what he tells me. If its a go then the Dickey will be cheaper that either one of...
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    R-com Rcom Max 50 Mx 50 Fully Automatic Digital Egg Incubator

    I raise geese and due to unknown creatures the past few yrs my geese nests were raided good so no gooslings. This yr I have a friend that has a incubator that is hatching my goose eggs for me. However I would like to help hatch them as they are laying eggs like crazy. Anyways trying to find...
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    My Edblem goose Emily is laying eggs right now and seems to be getting ready to sit.

    Yea I thought that too let her be ... Found out she has 4 eggs now and I put some pine shavings in beside the hollowed out spot she has them in and she and her mate David [they are the preppy's of the bunch] have been covering the eggs and arranging the shavings to form a nest. Don't have any...
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    My Edblem goose Emily is laying eggs right now and seems to be getting ready to sit.

    Why is Emily laying eggs and making a nest in Dec? It's winter time and they are according to everyone else suppose to start this towards Spring time when the weather is warmer? Should I take her 3 eggs and hope she gets the message to stop and wait till Spring or leave her be? There...
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    Eggs, Eggs, and More Eggs - WHAT?????

    If the same hen is still sitting on the nest in the bushes leave her alone if not take the eggs up.
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    Eggs, Eggs, and More Eggs - WHAT?????

    Chickens seem to like to use 1 or 2 nest boxes to lay their eggs in. Community thingy. I can have nest boxes for all of them and they will lay in one or 2 boxes only. It sounds like everyone decided to lay in 1 area and now she is sitting on them all. That can be a problem if they all...
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    Olandsk Dwarf Hatching Eggs

    I second Olyville's post re Cheryl's eggs. I got 15 eggs from her. Shipped from Pa down to Texas. Out of those eggs 10 hatched out. 1 egg didn't want to be a chicken and the other 4 died early in development. She told me to not let the humidity go over 60% for them when they were...
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    breeding frizzle

    I also would like to know the answer to this question you posted. Can you use any Bantam rooster or does it has to be a certain kind? I have a older hen and just got 3 little pullets and did learn that you can't use a Frizzle rooster with them or it causes problems SO what kind of a rooster...
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    Comment by 'Texas Chickens' in item 'Frizzle'

    How do you know what to look for in a smooth frizzle rooster... Where do you find them? Just got 4 frizzle hens 1 older one with feathers on feet and 3 little ones without feathers on feet.... would like to get a rooster for them but don't know anything about how to go about getting a smooth...
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    Panting Chicks

    Well I put my hatched chicks out in brooder house day 2 and since it gets so hot here in Tx and the brooder house. The heat lamp only goes on at night around 8 pm. During the day I ck the temp in the brooder house to see how hot it is getting in there and around 85 degrees I run the hose on...
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    Please Help - STAY OF DESTRUCTON OF RARE BREED POULTRY.

    Well I am in Texas so I don't know if I would be of any help for you Oz people but I signed the petition for you. Good luck.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Well we went to the feed store this morning and came home and unloaded it in the feed shed.. making room for bags I found another hen {Ozie} that is sitting on eggs I don't keep the door fully closed as I feed the cats in there so the chickens don't eat their food... seems she got in between the...
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    black watermelon seeds for chickens?

    Chickens eat everything ... If they don't like it then they won't eat it. Wouldn't worry about black watermelon seeds since you don't know what they do eat when you didn't give it to them. Mine eat anything and everything that comes along and they find. Almost like little 2 legged...
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    Natural Cold Process Lye Soaps

    Glad to hear that someone else is allergic to it. Mine was process of elimination also. So if I go to your facebook page I can get to where I can order some soap? You are welcome to pm me if you would like to tell me where I can order it as I am always slow to find answers to post I post on...
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    Looking for Araucana Chicken hatching eggs

    Sorry Late as always Thanks for the info... still looking for some eggs to hatch out for neighbor. Sure will let him know about this trimming when we do find some eggs for hatching. Don't think he knows about it either.
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