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    HELP !! - reversing shrink-wrap?

    Whoa! Found it... 248 pages / 7 weeks. I'll keep my eye on this & try to catch up! Thanks chickydee, -Spence
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    HELP !! - reversing shrink-wrap?

    Hey thanks Mamma for your input. I really hated to lose them when I know that there is something more out there that I could have done differently, knowing that that was my fault, yet, not sure exactly, still, how to correct my errors. 20 % hatch rate, another 20 % close, the other six...
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    HELP !! - reversing shrink-wrap?

    Oh well... One expired yesterday. The other today. We tried. -Spence
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    HELP !! - reversing shrink-wrap?

    Thanks for the response Mamma, it sound like I'm at least started in the right direction, and the night is young! I'll search out that site after I go now to wrap the shell in moist paper towels. While I'm doing all that...how did yours turn out? I'm with you in ignoring the let'em die'ers...
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    HELP !! - reversing shrink-wrap?

    First incubation in years...I did lots of reading...still have a problem here. Friday night two pipped & hatched within about an hour of each other. But, about eight with no signs of pips. So, I've just cracked into the air pocket at the large end. Six are expired, shrunk way down with big air...
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    Farm Innovators Model 4200 Incubator

    My first incubator, purchased on a whim. After purchase, I started to read other reviews, so I felt I had to respond here. I concur with others that the enclosed instructions offer precious little significant information for a beginner. There is a plethera of very important data that they...
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    Drake loves hens

    Hello all... So for several years, we've had backyard chickens. Last fall we got a pair of Pekin ducks, and the drake has grown up now. Problem is he has this attraction to our hens. Our rooster doesn't seem to mind. This drake has pulled out almost all the neck feathers on a couple of our...
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    Allergic to duck eggs

    Hello all... For several years, we've had chickens and enjoyed the fresh eggs. I've never in my life had an issue with chicken eggs. Last summer, we got a male and female Pekin duck. We started getting eggs, so naturally, I had the opportunity to enjoy a hard-boiled duck egg. It was...
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    I am sick of my dogs killing chickens

    jadude, I'm with "can you hear me now?". I put up an electric fence around our run. I introduced our murdering Husky to the hot wire...problem solved. After that, he would just sit back about three of four feet away and watch their every move, waiting for the moment that never came. Of...
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    Possum close by

    rooster-red, So, I'm glad all that's done...now a dumb question... what is an "OP"? -Spence
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    Tennessee, Nashville / Free chicks to good home

    froggy, I was sorry to hear that things did not go as expected at the hospital...my prayers are with you that he will have a speedy recovery. Don't be concerned about the birds, they've waited two months, we can work out something sooner or later. There is no rush, the birds are yours, I will...
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    Tennessee, Nashville / Free chicks to good home

    Crappie, Howdy, neighbor! I like your username..let's go fishing! Long 'bout redbuds & dogwoods blooming in the spring, I'll get out there at the crack of dawn with my minnows, and cork, I don't like using lures, just live bait. Are you close to Center Hill Lake? Beautiful up on the...
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    Tennessee, Nashville / Free chicks to good home

    purr, Sorry to learn that your condition prevents you from enjoying cats. I work in the medical field, and managing a bronchospasm is disconcerting, so I am sure that experiencing an attack can be a terribly frightening experience. I'm sure you keep your inhalers handy at all times. Check out...
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    Tennessee, Nashville / Free chicks to good home

    purr, World of Warcraft. Now that distinctly rings a bell!... My son and daughter are BIG time into that online game, sadly I know little.. or even less about it When they come back around home, I shall share this with them, interesting... Oh, I forgot to mention, I'm allergic to cats...
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    Tennessee, Nashville / Free chicks to good home

    purr, I must take a moment to say that you confuse me a bit. Off the topics at hand, let me say that our family has five cats, and that I simply love your username (especially when you try to say some of those others out there), but then, in your profile, I don't see where you actually have any...
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    feeding chickens red worms?

    lisamcconnell, I tried to convince mine that a worm would be good them. Their response was lukewarm. Yes they eventually got after it, but certainly not with the gusto exhibited with insects, etc. One of their favorite treats from me is a bagel. I walk about the yard and as I go, I bite off...
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    Last gender question-I promise! Araucana...9 weeks old...

    go-veggie, Humm...I have a Wyandot hen with a comb that looks like that. So my answer is I don't know! He sure looks like he wants to be rooster. Hurry up and wait! Maybe some pros can give a better answer a little later. Sorry, -Spence
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    Free range egglayers question

    dalentam, My hens laid eggs in the nest boxes in their coop when I kept them in their run, they had little/no choice. This spring I opened their gate, scared they would not come back, they never leave the yard (big fence). Worried about predation, only problem was my own dog, fixed that...
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    Poll. Shavings or straw in nesting bixes?

    WOW... Guess I need to go get me some pine shavings! I never tried them...I only use straw..and with good luck, so far. Thanks, -Spence
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    Right to raise/grow your own food (Vent)

    Rosalind, As a landlord in an inner city, that basic right referred to by redoak in his original post would not mean that the landlord must provide the people (as renters) with the ability to do such, only that the ability to do such should not be impeded by the government when a purchaser...
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