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    Help Please--Sequential Incubation with Two Machines?

    My first set of hatchings were amazingly successful (for me anyways 10 out of 24) and now I am hooked and have friends who are equally hooked on getting rare breeds that few folks in our area have. I have two incubators, the Brinsea Octo 20 and the GQF Hova bator. I was wondering whether we can...
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    Helping out the lowest in the pecking order

    I have a flock of 4 laying hens--Australop, Cuckoo Marans, New Hampshire Red and an EE. My EE is the lowest on the totem pole and the flock is mostly mellow. However, when I bring treats like kale or something they really love, the other three hens make sure that my EE does not get to eat. They...
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    Partridge Silkie Rooster

    I purchased a silkie at a local poultry auction and he recently crowed. I'm pretty sure he is a rooster and will need a new home since my town does not permit roosters. He is free to a good home. Please reply if you are interested. We live in the metro Boston area and I would drive him to your...
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    Single Silkie Pullet, Feather and Smell Questions

    We purchased a single Silkie pullet at our local poultry auction about a month ago (14 weeks now) and I have been placing her in a pen within our run alongside our 5 other chickens who are about 6 months old (EE, Australop, Golden Sex Link, Cuckoo Marans, RIR). I have a few questions. 1. When I...
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    Purchasing Chicks Advice--Potential Hatching Failure

    My daughter's 2nd grade classroom eggs (Ameraucanas) look like they may not hatch--they see embryos but it is day 22 and we have moved the incubator to families over 3 weekends are some folks are not sure they kept the temperature constant. So, I am looking to purchase chicks. My town only lets...
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    Tips to ensuring successful chicken application

    Hi Everyone I am about to submit my chicken keeping application and I want to ensure that I will be successful. The town application asks what I will do about disposal of a dead chicken. I want to say that I would toss it in my garbage but doubt that will help my application. Do I say that I...
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    Greetings from Eastern Mass

    Hi I have fond memories of hatching eggs in my kindergarten class (many many years ago). Now my daughter's class is interested in doing the same. I see that I can get fertile eggs online but am not sure if I want to commit to raising them. My town permits backyard chicks but it is extremely...
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