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    Marek’s Vax at home - source for smaller bottle?

    Hey Guys!! I am going to be administering marek’s vax at home with my newly hatched chicks at home. We are raising a heritage meat chicken flock and don’t want to lose them to mareks halfway to the finish line. We are only looking to hatch out 20-30 at a time and I don’t want to drop $40 on a...
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    Coolers sat after processing for 4 days - will they be ok??

    You are definitely right - I have OCD and will spiral with thoughts if I don’t control myself! Something I’ve been coached to do is fact check myself (I’ve googled lots) and I’ve found it helpful to ask for reassurance if I can’t find much information about whatever topic I’m mentally spiraling...
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    Coolers sat after processing for 4 days - will they be ok??

    I would simply cease to exist if I left all those birds for 4 days!! They get vac sealed same night after everyone is chilled on ice water and put in the fridge for a few days before we weigh, label, and freeze. I just have never let my coolers sit and get funky for more than a day and I have...
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    Coolers sat after processing for 4 days - will they be ok??

    Ok - thank you. This is my typical process but a far calmer faster and less intensive process too (and usually 1:8 bleach water) before and after but since it sat and got funky for 4 days, I have been in a spiral panic in my head over it.
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    Coolers sat after processing for 4 days - will they be ok??

    Hey guys!! I need someone to reassure me before I spiral lol We processed chickens on Saturday and I usually wash and sanitize everything the next day. (I do hose everything down after immediately but usually too tired to do my process til next day.) Well, we had some bad weather and family...
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    Can I save two days worth of eggs before incubation?

    Hey all! Really dumb question here. My flock produces about 9-14 eggs a day. I’d like to fill the incubator but that’s two day’s worth of eggs. Can I save day 1 eggs on the counter (75-78 degrees) in a carton, and then collect the next day’s batch to put them all in the incubator together at...
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    Hatched chicks yesterday and one has this on it’s back end - pasty butt or yolk related?

    Thank you! Baby has been up and about acting completely normal.
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    Hatched chicks yesterday and one has this on it’s back end - pasty butt or yolk related?

    Hello! My husband and I hatched our very first batch of eggs from our flock this weekend! We had 100% hatch rate and supervised most of the hatching or right afterwards. We have moved everyone to the brooder. Today we noticed this on the read end of one of them. We’ve dealt with pasty butt...
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    Central FL - Is 4 weeks safe to go outside?

    Hey guys!! We have our first batch of Cornish cross chicks growing. They’re 3 weeks 6 days old today. We’ve had them in our garage floor with cardboard and shavings down in a puppy pen with brooder plates for a couple weeks now, and today I shut them off at noon to acclimate them to daytime...
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    Having fun with egg color genetics!

    Hello everyone! I never knew how deep into genetics you can dive when you start breeding and cross breeding to get fun variances! We have a mix of egg colors coming up in our flock and I’m looking for some help in better understanding the possible outcomes, and corrections on any wrong...
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    Reintegrating chick

    Good morning! My husband and I recently got 19 chicks. One came down with an infection and her eye swelled up. She’s been separated from the 18 since she was 13 days old. They’re now 3 weeks and 2 days old. She’s SIGNIFICANTLY smaller than everyone now I’m assuming due to being stunted by...
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    Blue copper Maran roo x Silver Laced Wyandotte hen - sex link?

    Hello it’s me again - trying to understand chicken genetics! Would crossing a blue copper maran rooster with a silver laced wyandotte create a sex linked chick? Thanks in advance!
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    Sex linked red rooster (golden buff) x silver laced Wyandotte hen

    Gotcha, thanks! What if we crossed our blue copper Maran with a silver laced Wyandotte? Would that produce a sex link? Chicken genetics … I am still new and learning!
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    Sex linked red rooster (golden buff) x silver laced Wyandotte hen

    Good morning! If I cross a golden buff rooster that comes from a sex linked cross (likely a RIR cross) with one of my silver laced Wyandottes will their offspring be sex linked in appearance? Thanks !
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