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    Looking for Silver pheasants.

    I'm currently looking for Silver Pheasants. I would prefer to buy chicks over hatching eggs but at this point ill take what I can find.
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    Lost a pekin... what could have done it

    Found one of my pekins while cutting the fields. It was the female half of a pair. And was found while cutting the fields. That pair is not locked up at night they sleep by the pond. It looked like what ever it was ate nothing but the insides. What does that?
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    Do people hatch quail and release them?

    I was just curious if that was something you were allowed to do. I would love to hatch some and release them into the wild if it was legal to do. Sorry if this was a dumn question I was just curious.
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    Where to get chick shipping boxes?

    Where should I get my order of chick shipping boxes? I have all the supplies to send them frozen but do not have what I need to send them live. Is there a good place to buy them that is not an arm and a leg?
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    When can they go outside?

    My baby chicks were hatched on Dec 14th. They spent the first 10 days inside under heat lamps and fed medicated food. I then switched them to the unheated but insulated and enclosed garage with a heat lamp which is where they have been for almost 3 weeks now. My next steps is to move them to...
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    Extra chick... what is she/ he?

    I will try to get some pics this weekend. I ordered some chicks from Mt healthy a few weeks ago. There was an extra "yellow" chick. Which I thought was a light braham. it looked the same as the light braham chicks. Since it has been feathering up I am pretty sure it is not a ligth brahama...
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    Set 42 eggs tonight :-)

    Nothing like starting off with a bang. I set 42 eggs tonight. A bunch of barn yard mixes.. Which day should I candle? I have 6 roosters - 3 barn yard mixes, one Dominquer ( how do you spell that), one silkie mix and one supposed "rare" breed ( still not sure what) I should have good fertility...
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    Broody broke and egg, now other eggs a little dirty

    My broody or one of the other hens who decides they still have to lay their eggs there broke an egg. Now a few other the other eggs are a little dirty. How picky do I have to be able stuff being on the hatching eggs?
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    Need help picking a vine.

    I have a trellis right outside of my sliding glass door leading off the porch. I want to plant something in the spring that will actually use it. Here is what I was hoping for - a flowing vine that will bloom almost all summer or atleast quite a bit and I would really like one that will come...
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    Transporting chicks to another state.... Might hit a sore spot

    I vend a few semi local reptile shows. One of the ones I vend in is in PA. And here is where people might get mad. Please do not comment nor read further if you have a problem with chicks being used as feeders. My incubator will be arrive today. I plan to hatch a couple hatches out of it...
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    Incubator arriving tomorrow... couple egg questions

    My new incubator arrives tomorrow. I plan to get it set up and running for a few days to make sure it is stable. In the mean time I want to start gathering some eggs. How should I store them for the couple of days before the go into the bator? and anything else I should do to them before I...
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    Sexing baby chicks

    There has to be a way to do it right? Any one have any tips, pointers, links, pics? Anything?
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    Bag potatoes... any one use them

    I am already planning the garden for next year. I have seen a couple places where people grow their potatoes in bags and then just bust them open at harvest time instead of having to dig them up. Has any one tried this?
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    Banding chickens....

    I want to be able to manage my flock a bit better when it comes to ages and when to butcher/ cull. I have a new set up chicks in the basement so I will know how old they are. But I also have a broody going and an incubator on the way. The new chicks will not be a problem as I know what kind...
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    Help Help... Should I click the buy it button?

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230477943244 circulating air fan, egg turner, not horribly expensive ( I will just be hatching chicks for me and snake food)... Should I click it?
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    Round 2 with a broody

    I have another that has gone broody. She sat for almost 2 days so today I took her off the fake bad eggs. Talk about a fight, a pair of welding gloves and 2 sticks later I placed 6 new eggs under her. Each marked with an X on one side an O on the other. I will start the count down...
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    New broody sitting on fakes....How long to wait?

    How long should I let her set before I put real eggs under her? She has been on the nest for a little over 24 hours. She is older than the last youngin that tired and then quit on day 21.....So maybe she will do a bit better.
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    Medicated chick feed...

    Do they have to have it? What if my layers eat it do I have to pitch the eggs? If so for how long?
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    When should I hear chirping?

    I think my eggs are due to hatch on tuesday or wednesday. I am not sure of the actual date that she started sitting. When should I start to hear chirping?
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    Couple broody hatched chick questions.

    If all goes well I should have some broody hatched chicks in the next 4-5 days. My current waterers are 5 gal buckets with chicken nipples. Will the mama teach the chicks to drink from the nipples or should I provide an alternative source of water? Can I just switch the whole flock to chick...
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