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  1. MarineCorpFarmr

    The Never Ending Hatching thread! For those of us that hatch all year long!

    Well this is incarnation 4 i think lol. Moving on from the December setting and on to what we will be setting now into the next months. Ive got another 18 to set tonight (I may have more if i venture out in the mud again to check tonight lol) and a bunch going into lockdown tonight. Gotta keep...
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    Setting and hatching in December? Come join us! - Holiday Season hatch-along

    Well here we go again, Tying this thread to the my last hatching thread. The hatching continues! Ive got 80+ set in the bator right now, with more being set tonight :) So pull you up and chair and hatch along with us over the boring winter months :)
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    Project: Code-name Ultra-Bator

    Half way though the strip down Original fan re-used beta version of the heating unit. Final version will be using heating coils Compressor fan re-purposed to circulation duty Cover and power off temp/humidity sensor power on, cover back in place Humidity controlled, upgraded to 2 liter...
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    Come hatch along with us!!! Last sets of the year! 10-18 to 11-7

    Ok So to get this started, I just set 70 eggs this morning. But due to a loss of 40 eggs that were incubating I am doing one last hatch. I plan to set my eggs on the 27th. Breed and #'s tbd. SO, pull up a chair, enjoy yourselves, and hatch along with me! 10/18 set: 70 eggs total 50 mixed mutt...
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    First hatching!

    First time hatching my own eggs, Hatched out in friends incubator yesterday and over night, 28 new little fuzz balls :D
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    Has anyone done AI at home with success?

    I am going to attempt to AI breed my bbb's before the tom meets the ax. Anyone done it before? Tips? Tricks? any help would be greatly preciated. :)
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    Bronze / BBB breeding

    Has anyone recently bred a bronze tom to a BBB hen? I do have a pair of BBB's (tom is thanksgiving) but the hen has been laying almost daily. We also have a standard bronze tom tho he is still young, a young blue slate tom 3 bronze and a bourbon red hen. I took 6 of the eggs for a friend to set...
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    AUTOMATIC Chicken trough waterer -- Has anyone used these waterers?

    AUTOMATIC Chicken trough waterer™ Sold by coops n more. listed below http://www.coopsnmore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=56 Has anyone used these? Anyone have any bad reviews of them? Any input would be welcomed, Thanks
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    Home Built Incubator

    So I broke down and built an incubator yesterday. Parts list : Old Coleman cooler zoo-med hygrotherm digital temp controller ceramic base clamp-lamp light fixture w/ clamp red incandescent heat bulb 12v pc fan 12v power source lexan for the window 2 steel L brackets for mounting...
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    Does anyone breed ancona or cayuga ducks?

    Our oldest ducks are bout 12 weeks old currently, and still living with the chickens in their run until our npip testing is complete. My questions are these: What do yall use for duck pens? What do you use for nesting for your ducks? We are pretty new to this so any hints/tips/tricks would be...
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    Todays Dust Bath!

    enjoy, i did. :)
  12. MarineCorpFarmr

    My Coop & Run

    Finally got a few pics of the coop and run. Had to do some major repairs and lose the largest part of the run thanks to our horses.... Right now they are all sharing the 16x16 under the chicken wire while we arent home & right now they will be staying penned and accounted for untill our npip...
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    What do you use for breeding pens?

    Well as our mixed breed flock is maturing now, we need to start making some preparations to build breed specific breeding runs. So yall, show me what you've got & what you use. Ill start listing the breeds we have in my signature when i get a chance to mess with it.
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    YaY! 150 chicks shipping out tomorrow!

    I ordered 150 chicks from Meyer hatchery, set to ship out tomorrow. First time using Meyer but with the good reviews, i have no worries. Ordered the frypan bargan and cornishx broilers to fill the freezer, and blue andalusians to add to the laying flock. Plan on trading off about 50 of the roos...
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    Live Chat / IRC repost

    Re-posted here on Kevin565's advice, including his post and my response. As a relatively new member, i do still look back at a lot of the older threads and i came across quite a few pertaining to byc having a live chat in the past. If there is a group of users that would use a live chat...
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