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    Chicken myths and old wives' tales, please!

    Quote: Bah! Think this one through... ask them if you need a man around to get yer period... I do
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    Chicken myths and old wives' tales, please!

    Quote: just a note: when trying to re-capture an ecaped hen, stamping your foot will make her stop and present! then grab her! I have done this several times to very good success... my 17yo son called once while we were out, telling us that one of the hens got out, I told him to get close and...
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    Chicken myths and old wives' tales, please!

    Quote: well I am from Southern New hampshire!
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    Chicken myths and old wives' tales, please!

    Quote: Very sorry! I guess I just assumed you were a guy because you were willing to stick your finger up your chicken's butts to check to see if they were laying... Most women I know aren't willing to do that. All of them, if you don't count me, LOL. No prob! I'm a nurse....I've...
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    Constant, loud parties in the brooder

    Quote: That's why I got this for Christmas https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/60251_img_8664.jpg It's fun to be "not quite sane" Yep, it's official-I like you! That's great! sane people are boring... great thread!!!
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    Chicken myths and old wives' tales, please!

    I have gotten the " don't you need a rooster to get eggs?" question many times.... i do not know about other parts of the country, but up here in the northeast there used to be a commercial from the "egg council" (whatever that is???) with the jingle "brown eggs are local eggs, and local eggs...
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    Setting eggs today. I'm a hatching virgin.

    BTW, good luck with your hatch Rockin!
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    Setting eggs today. I'm a hatching virgin.

    wow, figured i was the only one up at this time of the morning...lol was constantly adjusting temp on the L.G. set up the hova-bator and got it to 102 and left it there...zero problems! it has a very different termostatalso when we got the hova (e-bay) it came with an automatic egg turner...
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    Setting eggs today. I'm a hatching virgin.

    well day 22 and not even 1 pip gonna give it one more day and start over i guess... started with a little giant and had a real problem keeping the temp steady. we had ordered a hova-bator and the eggs arrived before the incubator... so we bought the L.G. at a local farm store. when the hova...
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    Setting eggs today. I'm a hatching virgin.

    Quote: Yep!... found one egg cracked and leaking... good call, cleared it out and hopefully going to get a couple... have a couple that show nothing and a couple with blood rings 2 or 3 seem to have chicks in them so still hoping:)
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    Setting eggs today. I'm a hatching virgin.

    ok, virgin hatcher here too, am getting some live chicks also , but my wife wanted to try hatching so we got some eggs and an incubator and are giving it a go... hatch day is the 28th(our live babies get here the same week!),got some black copper marin eggs because she saw them on the martha...
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    COME ON!!! Let's See Some Snow COOPS!!! I KNOW Their Out There!!!

    Quote: also in new hampshire, outside of nashua... hopefully the snow will be gone when i get my first chicks in april (well one can hope, right? )
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    Splurged on coop kit! Lancaster standard [PICs!]

    coop specs state 12-15, so talk to the builders
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    Number of chicks/ens you really plan on having... really..

    My wife and I ordered our first 12 yesterday, will be here week of april 25th... leave in a rural town so should not be a problem... have not checked with the town yet... so who knows.. well 12 is a good start... went to the local Agway... was only going to get 8... they have a 12...
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    Splurged on coop kit! Lancaster standard [PICs!]

    lets see if it works... picture of the coop from the website
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