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    HELP!! Poor hatch or Expected hatch?

    I have a genesis 1588 with a turner. I set it up and placed 10 turkey eggs, 11 guinea eggs and 3 duck eggs in it. Humidity at 40% and temp setting dead on 100.5 degrees. One week later I placed a dozen leghorn eggs and 6 banty eggs in it for the 21 remaining days. I removed all the turkey eggs...
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    Question about dry incubation process

    I read the dry incubation thread somewhere on here and my question is, if you are keeping the room humidity at 50% should you be concerned with the humidity of the incubator at all? Even if it drops to less than 30%. The article I read said put eggs in incubator once the room humidity reaches...
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    Duck nesting ?

    I posted this in another thread but think this is where it belongs. My question is, I need some ideas on building nesting boxes/houses over water for mallard ducks. Should it be floating or fixed position with a post. This is my attempt at raise ducks. I have aprox 1/2 acre pond with very...
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    Duck Nesting site?

    I need some ideas on building nesting boxes/houses over water for mallard ducks. Should it be floating or fixed position with a post. This is my attempt at raise ducks. I have aprox 1/2 acre pond with very little cover around the pond. I have found one nest on the levy next to a very small...
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    Swollen Turkey Face

    I have a turkey gobbler that has had a swollen face for about 3 weeks. He walks around looking up. The swelling is between his eyes and beak. I caught him to check it out and noticed he has clear drainage coming from his eyes and inside his mouth when I squeezed on it a little. He sneezed twice...
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    Feather Eating

    I have noticed that my chickens are eating feathers. Is this common behavior, or are my chickens missing something from their diet? They intentionally peck feathers off others and eat them, or pick them up out of the run. Common or Crazy?
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