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    Serama Trio and Bantam Silver Laced Cochin Trio for sale

    I have one trio of serama, they are just coming out of molt and starting to lay this season. I am parting with them because they didn't appreciate how cold it got here this winter and the cock has a touch of frostbite on his comb. This is a great starter trio, as I paid $75 for just one hen. I...
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    Buff Silkie Showgirl Rooster

    I have a 1 year old buff silkie showgirl roo. He has served his purpose for my breeding program and has thrown me many beautiful babies. I will be using one of his sons now and no longer need him. He is great with his hens, awesome temperment with my toddler, and get along swimmingly with my...
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    Wanted!! Buff Showgirl cockerel or pullet

    I have been looking for a buff showgirl for close to a year. If anyone has one or knows where I can find one please let me know ASAP.
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    Setting shipped eggs 3/27, who's with me?!

    hey there, I just finished saying I was going to put up the incubator for a while because my grow out pen is full..... but I won an auction on another site for some silkie showgirls that I just HAD to have:) can't wait for them to get here!!
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    Bantam eggs hatch on day 20: Fact or Myth?

    Just wondering how many people are consistantly getting their bantam eggs to hatch a day early, I have tried three times now hatching, and never have they hatched on day 20. always 21 or later.
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    Lockdown today, few questions...

    I have a hovabator 1602N still air bator. I am in lockdown as of an hour ago. I have bumped my humidity up to 65-70% and got my temp restablized after taking out the egg turner. Im wondering when the chicks start to hatch, how long do I wait to pull the red plugs at the top to allow more air...
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    Its 10* outside, when should I get worried

    We are having a huge cold snap. Just my luck as I finally got a broody and put 8 shipped eggs under her. Its 10 degrees outside and a wind chill of -2. Are the eggs going to be ok as long as she doesnt get off them or should I try to relocate her in the house? I have 16 other eggs going in the...
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    Set on 2/4...who's with me?

    I got 24 shipped Buff Silkies in today. I had 2 eggs super cracked (the box was crushed on one side) that I threw out, two more cracked that I covered with nail polish, and a bunch with detached air cells. I put 8 under a broody white silkie I have, and the other 14 in my bator. Will see how it...
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    how to go about putting shipped eggs under a broody

    I just got 2 dozen shipped eggs in today, they are resting now. I have one lonely hen who went broody about 4 days ago. she is sitting on 2 of her own (unfertilized) eggs. What is going to be the best way to slip my shipped eggs under her? I was going to put about 10 under the hen and the rest...
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    NWGA Poultry show question

    Hello there, I am looking to buy some chickens at this show and I am wondering what mught be available... who is going to this? I am looking for Buff silkies really, but anything that might catch my eye. Its about 7 hours away so I want to make sure it will be worth the trip. are there ussually...
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    Hovabator 1602N question

    I for the life of me cannot keep this bator temp steady. it is a still air with an egg turner. I maintain around 101, but I have dips at night down to 99, sometimes 98. and I have spikes of upward of 104. I have run two batches of eggs, the first batch I only had one hatch and it was deformed...
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    Temp read 104, did I cook them?

    I don't know how long it was for but when I came home today, my record high on my digital was 104. this is in a still air Hovabator, and happened on day 13 of incubation.
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    why so many quitters?

    hello, I set 16 eggs on the 9th. I have slowly been losing them at various stages of development. I candled at 7 days and pitched only the eggs that did nothing. I candled today and had all but three die. Is there something that I am doing or is this par for the course with shipped eggs. I will...
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    Air cell location

    Has anyone ever dealt with eggs with the air cell on the pointy end of the egg? are these even worth incubating? or is it possibly something the post office did? can you hatch them if you turn them pointy end up?! just curious, because I think thats what happened to my last hatch. All six eggs...
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    This new page is SOOO SLOW to load

    whats my problem? Its taken almost an hour just to load a page for a new post! Ive tried restarting my computer, running a virus scan. Its just this page:( what can I do to fix it?
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    Setting eggs today (1/9) hatch buddy?!

    anyone else setting today? I just got 16 shipped eggs that I put in the bator this evening. should be due to hatch on the 30th!! its my daughters first birthday too:) sooo?! can I get a hatch buddy?
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    Dry incubation... how dry is too dry?

    Im running my incubator empty waiting for shipped eggs, My humidity is reading 16%. I was going to try a dry incubation for days 1-18, but I thought this might be too low. any thoughts? Im hatching 24 silkies from CJ's Silkies... dont want to screw these up:)
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    what is crooked feet a result from?

    I hatched a silkie a week ago that had both its feet curled to the inside. I delt with the splayed legs, got them corrected but the twisted up feet are aweful. I am thinking about killing the chick because It can still barely get around. I have tried every splint, tape and coin that people have...
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    Before I screw up again...

    How do I calibrate my digital thermometer and hydrometer? I also will have more than one mercury thermometer in the bator this time... I just am worried about my humidity levels. Getting 24 shipped eggs in the next week or so...
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    Devistating FAIL... what went wrong?

    I posted a couple days ago, and I wanted to update. I had 6 out of 12 shipped eggs make it to lockdown, I had one hatch, one internally pip and then die, and the rest never did anything. I had kept my humidity at 65-70% for the last three days of lockdown, so why did only one hatch? I looked...
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