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  1. PaulaJoAnne

    Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

    Trying to find a buyer for a rhode island red hen and her 18 chicks, half of whom she hatched herself. Chicks are almost 2 weeks old now! Spread the word! Nancy Lake area.
  2. PaulaJoAnne

    What predators and pests do you have? And how do you deal with them once you have caught them?

    We have very little trouble. If we do, we trap, shoot and deter. Not necessarily in that order! Good deterrents are the best thing. Secure pen, tight fence, good lighting. Usually before a critter is able to find its way in, it has betrayed its presence and been dealt with. If the critter...
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    What would do this kind of damage? UPDATE POST #65!

    Not interested in another dog's smell? Hello? Have you ever seen dogs greet each other? So far the only animals on camera have been dogs; therefore they are the prime suspects. Snares are very effective for dogs or wild animals. If a dog is caught in one, being leash trained, he will almost...
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    vintage still air incubator. Tips

    Chicks are hatching early. pips on day 19 and 2 out on day 20. First one seems mostly ok, but the second one still has a large amount of yolk still at attached. Not sure if it will make it. On day 18, I plugged up all but one hole, and added more water. Still too dry in there, even with a pan...
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    vintage still air incubator. Tips

    You might want to start your own thread asking for parts ;o) You might get more help that way.
  6. PaulaJoAnne

    Siamese egg

    She delayed laying due to being moved. So the next egg got pushed up on the ready to lay one. She layed the eggs before the other one could get its hard shell.
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    Siamese egg

    Exactly! The soft shell was stuck to the hardshell and piggybacked on out with it. From the egg song, it was quite a relief!
  8. PaulaJoAnne

    OMG ... biggest egg yet! (pics)

    We did not measure this egg, just laid it next to a very large, approximately 2.5" egg from another hen for comparison. It tore a little coming out, as you can see from the end of the egg. It was a double yolk with larger than average yolks and white. All I can say is "ouch!"
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    Siamese egg

    Today I was checking eggs in our main coop, and heard a large commotion in our "solitary confinement" coop. We just moved 4 hens and a rooster into there 2 days ago, to allow breed specific laying in our main coop. Apparently one of the hens couldn't hang on any longer; she laid a "Siamese...
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    OMG ... biggest egg yet! (pics)

    Best thing is just to keep fresh bedding in their nests; straw or wood shavings are what we use. Also a good roosting area separate from the nest boxes so they don't roost on the boxes and poop in the nests. If you do that you will get mostly clean eggs. We use a dry scrubby to get them...
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    vintage still air incubator. Tips

    Probably because of all the big holes on top? This incubator was my sister in laws, husbands, fathers, and has an excellent track history hatching chicks. I think the much larger water pan is helping matters greatly. Temp is staying exactly 100 degrees!
  13. PaulaJoAnne

    Incubation chart/log?

    Print it off ;)
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    vintage still air incubator. Tips

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    Incubation chart/log?

    That is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!
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    vintage still air incubator. Tips

    Everywhere I read, said to keep a temp of 102 in a still air. I have the thermometer standing in a small jar of water. I can certainly move it down a degree or two. It has been 8 months since that chick hatched so I cannot remember the details. I did the water pan that you mention last time...
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    Incubation chart/log?

    I've never used one before, as we normally use broody hens. But this will likely not occur this year, due to flock turnover, so its artificial means this year :( Does anyone have a good chart that I can print off, to help me keep track?
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    WTB nice rooster in Lawrence, Kansas area

    Quote: Look at the date on the original post!
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