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  1. jennianne

    A GOOD QUAIL KEEPING BOOK.

    I was disappointed in the amount of quail information in Storey's book, although the book is still great for other info.
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    MARCH Hatch-A-Long 2015: Please Read the First Post to JOIN the H-A-L

    Finally got my hatching eggs today! They sure are purty! This is my second hatch and once again, I have more eggs than incubator space...by a lot! I ordered 20 and got 36, plus I am expecting a small lot of 4-6 in the next day or so. Not going to all fit in my Brinsea Octagon. What to do...
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    Breeding and Raising and Hatching of Barnyard Chickens!!!!!!!!!!

    Here is my group pic. Hard to get a good shot! The three silvers are lav ameracaunas that hatched with the BY mix lot.
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    Breeding and Raising and Hatching of Barnyard Chickens!!!!!!!!!!

    Hi, Wanting to join in the discussion here. I have 8 newly hatched chicks from a lot of eggs I won on EBAY. The roo was an F3 OE X Brahma and the hens were OE, EE, gold laced wyandotte, swedish flower hen, and light brahma. They are the CUTEST and I am so excited to see how they develop. I...
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    I usually save them chicken carcasses for stock, but I will have to try to save some bones I would throw out, like pork, to give the chickens. I wonder how many others do this? Great idea!
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    MARCH Hatch-A-Long 2015: Please Read the First Post to JOIN the H-A-L

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    MARCH Hatch-A-Long 2015: Please Read the First Post to JOIN the H-A-L

    I ordered lav ams from the same seller for the vday HAL and they were packed great but were small pullet eggs. I also ordered a mixed lot off ebay which came normal size, avg mid 60's. Popped them both in my brinsea octagon after a 72 hour settle. I lost 1 ebay egg due to blood ring and 100%...
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    Valentine's Day 1st Annual Hatch Along

    Whoa. Wow, awesome that you could help that chick!
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    Rehydrated mealworms sprinkled on scrambles eggs (shells and all) and stale rye bread soaked in warm milk. YUM
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    MARCH Hatch-A-Long 2015: Please Read the First Post to JOIN the H-A-L

    Hi everybody, Been subscribed so I have been keeping up with your posts, but I wasn't sure if I was setting eggs until now. This is my 2nd hatch, I just hatched 11 chickies in the Feb/VDay HAL. This time I will be setting between 20 and 30 depending. They are shipped eggs, but since I...
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    Props to the HovaBator Genesis 1588 w/automatic turner!

    The GQF web site has the shake down type and a few other instruments listed on their site. I am thinking about trying the egg shaped thermometer since my incubators all detect temp from above and so does the HG1588 if I end up buying it. Anyone try that one or have one they like especially?
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    What are you drinking?

    Cool thread. My husband and I are beer novices, but branching out. We enjoy trying different brews. Probably once a month he will pick out a sixer of the mix and match bottles for fun. And we just got our first "Growler" over New Year's. This one was not my cuppa tea, but DH loooooves...
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    Valentine's Day 1st Annual Hatch Along

    Here are my results for this HAL: 17 eggs set 2 removed--1 clear and 1 ring 15 in Lockdown 11 made it to the brooder (Yay for fuzzle butts!) Not sure what that makes for my percentage? Of the 4 remaining, all were from one of the two lots of eggs I set one was a partial hatch that failed...
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    Valentine's Day 1st Annual Hatch Along

    Well, I think it is time. I am going to candle them and then if I get nothing as far as signs of life, I will go ahead and start a small opening in the air cells to see what I can figure out from there.
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    Valentine's Day 1st Annual Hatch Along

    I have three left in there that I think I am going to have to pull the plug on. :( The last one to try and hatch from that group died in progress yesterday. I am thinking that these last three are likely no go's. Any way I can check if they are alive besides looking for wobbling or pips and...
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    Props to the HovaBator Genesis 1588 w/automatic turner!

    I am just finishing up my first hatch in the Brinsea Octagon. I like it, automatic and all the bells and whistles and all that. BUT, when it came to lock down and hatching, I just want something where I can see more and give more head room to the chicks. With the pump setup, the chicks are...
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    Valentine's Day 1st Annual Hatch Along

    Two of my LAs popped overnight, and had one more today, so I am up to eleven in the brooder. No cheeping, tapping, or pipping anywhere on the rest. I hope I get at least one more out of the LAs before all is said and done but all in all, I am happy with what's in the brooder right now: The...
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    Valentine's Day 1st Annual Hatch Along

    So sorry to hear that! I was thinking these LAs had a great shot since they came so well shipped. My EBAY lot was so poorly packaged in comparison with 4 cracked or crushed in shipping out of thirteen and lots of wobbly air cells. Yet out of the ebay lot, I only lost the one due to a blood...
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    Valentine's Day 1st Annual Hatch Along

    Check out this https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101, scroll down for the air cell info, and this other one talks about detached air cells, https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/704328/diary-notes-air-cell-detatched-shipped-eggs. Personally, I traced my air cell lines for a...
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    Valentine's Day 1st Annual Hatch Along

    Aaaawwwww!
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