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    TSC buff orphingtons :D

    Bought 12 of these in the spring, oddest looking BO I've ever seen. Any idea what it is?
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    eggs started hatching yesterday my first try went great so far

    on the 21st day 8 hatched yesterday and 7 so far today with one pipping now. Out of 20 eggs I've had 15 make it so far. I couldn't be happier with my LG and my first try. I was so sure I wouldn't be able to get one egg to live I think I did everything wrong in the book.I pretty much ignored them...
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    Chicks hatching!! Is this normal?

    2 so far others trying theres one I'm worried about it's got the shell broke and slits in the membrane but hasn't made it through it yet. Is that normal? The other 2 that hatched broke through the egg and membrane at the same time.
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    Day 21 and electrity went out

    Murphy's Law at work I guess, the temp is dropping fast and humidity is climbing. Have towels wrapped around bater but it doesnt seem to be helping temp is at 92 and humidity is at 70 and climbing. Sorry it's day 20 not 21
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    We have live babies!

    At 8 days now I'm even more nervous about the whole thing. I don't want to kill any babies.
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    Wild Canada goose question

    We have a few that visit in the fall and spring then leave. This year we have one that seems to want to stay, the others have been gone a few weeks. It's took over our pond and wont let our goose and duck in the water. I'm wondering if it's because it's spring and mating season and it will...
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    Anyone else have a spouse with cancer?

    My husband has stage 3 colon cancer. They got the cancer out and we are half way through chemo. It's all so scary, you hear so many horror stories and it seems nobody beats it. I try not to think that way and I never say anything negative out loud but the fear is always there. Right now our...
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    Our Toulouse Goose is having an affair

    with my truck! He/she has not left it's side in a few weeks. If I pull into the yard he/she calls to my truck. If I honk my horn he/she will answer and come running and spend hours gazing at itself in my bumper. I know its because its mating season and he/she needs a mate. But I don't know if I...
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    Can't keep bater temp up

    After over 2 weeks of test running my little giant and keeping a steady temp of 99-100 I decided it was safe to try my first eggs. Now I can't keep the temp up. It keeps dropping to 98. It will go to 99 for awhile and drop right back down. I have a computer fan in it. I'm afraid to bump it up...
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    feathers on duckling

    Noticed today my mallard duckings are getting their blue wing feathers in, ones feathers seem to be coming in sticking straight out instead of laying down. What would cause that?
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    A few questions for someone considering Quail

    To start raising quail, 2 pens that are 4X2X2 or one pen 8X2X2. Or would it be too small either way. Also if you have a wood floor can you just use sand for litter? I would be using memory foam attached to the top for protect their heads. I have 3 choices that I could buy locally Georgia Giants...
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    Set my first eggs

    Sunday evening. Very excited and nervous. Trying some EE, sizzles and a few mutts thrown in. So far my LG seems to be holding a good temp, hopefully my computer fan will hold out. I want to get some BCM eggs but want to see if I can do it before I buy expensive ones.
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    What are they?

    My son bought these 4 at TSC for me to raise for his kids. He has no idea what kind they are. I don't know much about ducks. I was guessing 4 female Mallards?
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    Candling eggs question

    I made a egg candle with a toilet paper roll and flash light and it seems to work well enough. I was playing with it with some eggs to see if I could spot cracks, etc. and noticed some of the eggs I candled you could see the yoke floating around but not in others. Does that mean anything or is...
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    Moving a broody hen and her eggs

    This will be my first try at moving one while she is on eggs. Besides waiting until roosting time is there anything else I should do? I want to move her into our new pens.
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    Bantams can anyone tell me what kind these are?

    I just love all of them but don't know what kind they are or if they're just sweet mutts :)
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    Brooder

    DH made me ignore the dirty basement
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    We havent had much luck with ducks and geese

    We have pretty good size pond, about an acre and a half and have been trying to keep ducks and geese on it. We always lose the ones sitting on nests.Our pond connects to a creek that's very wooded and swampy and impossible to search for nests.We have one goose and one duck left and 3 wild Canada...
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    our breeder pen we built today

    for our bantams we ran out of wood but its almost done
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    fizzle, sizzle....I'm confused

    Thinking about dipping my toes into these cute birds. Not having much luck understanding finding info to help me understand the difference. If I took a black/brown Sizzle hen and bred her to a black Cochin what would I end up with? Some of both I understand but what would they be?
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