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  1. SlipsWife

    *pictures*Bloody vents and head spot

    What is going on?! Everything was fine until about the last week. We brought a rooster back in, he was one we sold a couple of years ago. He's calm, doesn't breed the girls in front of us so how hard he is on them I don't know. He's healthy, nothing apparently wrong with him. We had 16...
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    Cochin cockerel or pullet?

    I try so hard not to pick favorites with chicks because when I do, they either turn out to be a cockerel (in a breed I don't need a cockerel from) or something happens to it. I haven't been able to keep a silkie safe yet... So, is my favorite chick out of 50 that was narrowed down to 15, a...
  3. SlipsWife

    Greenfire Farms Rare Breed or Rainbow Egg Layer Mix

    Has anyone ordered the rare breed or rainbow egg layer mix? What did you receive? I'm mainly looking for colorful eggs so I'm leaning towards the rainbow egg layer mix but I'm curious if they sometimes include some of their more expensive 'rare breed' chicks in the special (not just...
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    I am DONE with the FI 4200

    I bought the FI 4200 because it seemed reasonably priced, I'd read a lot of people have success with it and our local TSC carries it. Three hatches and almost 100 eggs later I have ONE chick. I've had 3 different sets of shipped eggs along with home eggs each time. The second hatch the...
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    How to avoid late quitters?

    I know something went wrong, I'm just not sure what. It was my first hatch with a FI 4200, fan and turner. Dry hatch, humidity at 30-40% without water, added a wet sponge at lockdown, removed turner, placed eggs in egg cartons with bottoms cut out, kept humidity around 70% after day 18...
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    New poults, not interested in food

    We brought home 6 poults from a local feed store. They ordered a hatchery assortment from Privett and aren't sure of the breeds. I'm 99% sure one breed is Bourbon Reds, I think the 2nd breed is Narragansett but there are a number of breeds that look the same and their feathers aren't long...
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    Any guesses on breeds or genders?

    Last year I swore I wouldn't buy chicks that were part of an assortment...this year I ignored my own words of wisdom...Now I have to many chicks, more hatching and need to sell some of the 'extras' but A) I don't want to sell on I should have kept...I know I did that last year B) I don't know...
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    Temp higher near turner motor

    Farmer Innovator 4200 w/fan and egg turner Is it normal for there to be a higher temp reading next to the egg turner motor? I thought I had everything ready to go to set the eggs. I bought a second digital thermometer to compare with the one I've had in for the past 24 hrs. For a minute or...
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    Cream Legbar X Easter Egger

    I'm wanting to breed our EE's. We only have one hen right now and she lays pretty green eggs. I've read that if a chick hatches from a brown egg, the blue gene has been lost and for best results, if going for green/blue eggs, to not use a chick. If I'm remembering/understanding that...
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    EE Roo?

    I know EE don't have 'standard' but I'm not sure one this guy. He was in with our packing peanuts from Ideal, all of the others were definitely EE. This one seemed to have slightly puffy cheeks but nothing like the others. Now, it really doesn't seem to have a beard/muff to me but it could be...
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    i don't know how to delete a thread...lol

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  12. SlipsWife

    Leaking shell, dark/rough end

    One of our hens has been laying eggs with dark/rough spots at the end. Nothing to crazy. I think its one of the red-sex links, they just turned a year old. They are both laying machines and rarely take a day off. I've read that the roughness might be calcium build up and it hasn't been an...
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    Chicks suddenly going downhill...

    We received 47 chicks from Cackle yesterday, all different breeds. We lost one red chick yesterday. The group as a whole seemed to be doing great so I didn't notice it wasn't feeling good until it was past the point of being able to really do anything. I didn't add anything to their water...
  14. SlipsWife

    TSC bantam assortment, what are they?

    We picked up a few new bantams on Tuesday. I wanted silkies but they didn't have any, I should have just walked away but I couldn't! These little nuggets are from Privett. Any ideas on what they might be? Chicks 1, clean legs Chick 2, clean legs Chick 3, super tiny, clean legs...
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    Ideal bantams and packing peanuts

    I finally got a few pictures of our 2 orders. The first one was 10 bantams (we have 4 left, the weather was just way to cold and hard on them) and 6 packing peanuts (there were 7). The second order were 9 Turken/Naked Necks, and 5 packing peanuts that I believe are male black sex links. I...
  16. SlipsWife

    Hatchery sex link bantams

    I've noticed a number of hatcheries sell bantams in breeds that are also used for color/trait sexing in standard size breeds but they don't offer sex link chicks in bantams. My theory is that with the standard 50/50 pullet/cockerel hatch rate, that hatcheries would be disposing of 99% of the...
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    Cornish x crossed with turken (necked necks)

    We are wanting to start processing our own meat birds. We will be starting with extra roosters but I would like to eventually have our own 'flock' of meaties. I have an order of 9 turkens that should be arriving Wednesday (and 2 hens already) and I've read how they are great for dual purpose...
  18. SlipsWife

    Shipping chicks to a 'distribution' location?

    I've seen where people have posted that they picked their chicks up 'early' from a distribution location. How does this work? Do you put that address as your final destination and then get a call to pick them up? Do you call ahead of time and ask to be called when the chicks are there? Do...
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    Feeding 'non-meat' birds for meat

    When raising chicks that aren't necessarily dual purpose or meat birds for meat, how do you feed them? Do you feed them as you would meat birds? FF on a schedule, free feed FF , FF on a schedule with dry food available all of the time? If they are free range, do you pen them up for a week or...
  20. SlipsWife

    small, prefab coop came in :)

    I just wanted to share what I think is a pretty good deal. I found a small coop on overstock.com. (or o.co) With the current sale price and a 10% off coupon (sign up for their emails or google a code) it came out to right at $150...
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