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    Partridge Chantecler Standard

    Can someone post the APA standard for the partridge chantecler? We lost our copy of the APA Standard of Perfection and the replacement has not arrived yet. Thanks to anyone who can help!
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    Say a prayer for Ernest

    We had to euthanize our rooster today. We only got him 2 months ago to replace an insanely aggressive rooster. He was three years old. From the moment he arrived, Ernest was like a room mate. He wasn't interested in the ladies for romance, he crowed occasionally, he was super docile. About 3...
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    Can I keep adding eggs to the incubator?

    We have a digital cabinet incubator and a separate digital cabinet hatcher, both of which are set to the respective appropriate temp and humidity. The incubator holds ~300 eggs. My question is, rather than saving eggs for a week and holding them at what may potentially be an unsuitable...
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    New to Incubation- GQF 1550 Incubator and 1500 Hatcher- any advice?

    We just set up our Georgia Quail Farm 1550 Incubator and 1500 Hatcher today and are getting ready for our first run. Has anyone used these machines before, and if so, do you have any advice so we don't learn the hard way? While I teach Animal Science, this is my first time incubating and I am...
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    Backyard Poultry Workshop 10/4 in Western North Carolina

    Western Piedmont Community College's Sustainable Agriculture Program in partnership with the International Center for Poultry and the Sustainable Poultry Network will host a workshop, “Raising Backyard Poultry”, from 6:00-9:00pm on Thursday October 4th in the Learning Resource Center on the WPCC...
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    How long to leave eggs?

    We have a really broody hen, so we got her a clutch of 8 eggs going and she was perfectly content. She booted three out, one hatched on Wed, one disappeared Wed night (I mean gone without a trace...no shell, no yolk, no dead peep), and one hatched yesterday. That leaves two in the nest that...
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    Hi from Western North Carolina

    I teach in the Sustainable Agriculture program at Western Piedmont Community College in Morganton, NC. We are one of only three community colleges in the state with Sustainable Agriculture and the only one that offers Animal Science. Our campus farm is currently home to a certified breeding...
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