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    Freshness the biggest factor

    I had 80% hatch with Coturnix quail last batch with my eggs turned daily and only four days old. Best with mail order 50%
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    Do pigeons really mate for life or will they pick another if original dies.

    My barn damaged by storm and loft tore up lost 4 pigeons so will their mates pick another mate in time . Just added new stock all young and not bred before.
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    Think rats ate my baby pigeon

    Baby fully feathered and parent on ground =straw when I fed next morning both gone from the loft Will rat kill and eat pigeon ? Parent could fly away but caught if defending baby. Have mother left. I was going to return to nest but thought this was normal as my canaries feed baby out of nest...
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    Will they adopt?

    I have one male and two female Chinese Geese who hopefully will adopt the four babies that just hatched. The babies are from the adults but I put them in the incubator as they just laid eggs but never sat. I took the babies that hatched yesterday and put them in a box on the lawn. The adults...
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    3 chicks hatch 5 days early

    I put eggs in bator 7-12-11 and 3 hatched out 7-26-11, which is 14 days and I was figuring another week. The only explanation I have is they were started before I collected and the garage was warm enough to keep them going a few days before I put them in the bator. The rest of the hatching...
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    cracked egg use or not?

    I was unpacking eggs bought on Ebay for incubator yesterday and cracked the shell on one slightly. Don't think membrane damaged but not positive. I put tape over crack and wonder should I put it in incubator or not? My gut feeling is to not take a chance. Going to set them today so convince...
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    Will ducks eat curly leaf pondweed?

    I was thinking of getting some ducks to clean my pond of a plant called curly leaf pond plant. Can anyone tell me if ducks eat this. I have a acre stocked pond and my three Chinese geese don't go in pond but stay in a stream that runs thru backyard.
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    Can I safely add eggs.

    I bought 50 quail eggs on ebay and put then in bator today. Second batch of 20 eggs coming on Thur. next week-5 days from now. Can I add those eggs then or will it cool bator too much? I originally was supposed to get eggs together.
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    Need Male white Chinese or male Emden goose have 3 female Chinese

    i live in Medina , Ohio and need a male white chinese gander . I lost mine to a dog last summer. I have 3 females that all lay eggs. They were mating in the stream in March but eggs I tried to hatch were infertile. I would buy or trade for one of my females. I also have Americana.s and...
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    need male Chinese goose and male Royal Palm turkey

    I am looking to buy or trade for male Chinese goose and male Royal Palm turkey. I am in Medina, Ohio and am willing to drive an hour or so to get what I need. I have Americanas Bantam and regular, Silkies, Polish and Guienea Fowl.
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    will geese adopt chicks?

    I have three female Chinese weeder geese about 2yrs mother and 1 yr daughters the gander was killed by a dog last summer. The 3 females have been laying eggs since February and one mounts the other two but all are female. About two weeks ago they start sitting on eggs in two separate nests. I...
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    How far does rat poison go?

    I put rat poison down the holes in the barn a few days ago and now finding them dead on the property. If my dog or a cat eats them will they be poisoned too? My dogs are on runs or behind fences when not with me but neighbors let dogs and cats run loose all the time. Just wondered if anyone...
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    Hawks in winter

    Just walked out to barn and saw a large hawk I think flying away by back trees. A dead Aracana hen the mother of my outside flock was in the barn doorway. I ran to the back to see if the hawk landed in the trees but no luck. The Aracona is a standard hen - pretty big so the hawk was tearing...
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    Will the eggs be fertile?

    I have a year old Royal Palm Turkey hen in a large pen with various chicken roosters- Aracona, Polish, Silkie, Seabright and Mixed. There are also 8 Guinea hens and 2 roosters that the turkey grew up with. The turkey is laying eggs and I put four in my incubator and wonder if they could be...
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    How old do the geese have to be?

    I have a pair of Chinese geese that are about a year old. They have been mating for about a month now. Yesterday I found 3 eggs in a nest in the barn but they were ice cold. Should I be collecting them and will they hatch? I am in Medina, Ohio and it has been 15-20 the last three days. I...
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    Emden Goose bitten on beak

    I have a pair of Chinese and one Emden female geese I purchased last Spring when I got my chicks. The dogs 2 schnauzers are behind a chain link fence 50x70 behind and attached to the house. The geese squawk at the dogs and the dogs bark back. This morning the Emden put her head through the...
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    Should I pen up my geese?

    I have 3 geese I got last spring-pair of Chinese and female Emden. They have a 10x12 storage shed that I put straw in for cover but they only go there at night and only if it is real cold. Today there is 4 inches of snow and they run all over the yard eating grass below the snow. I give them...
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    racoons or what?

    This morning 3 guineas, 1 turkey 6 weeks old dead inside a 2'x4' cage made of 1/2''x1'' welded wire left outside overnight. All bodies inside cage with head off but inside cage. Some feathers outside cage. I am thinking birds panicked at one end and coon or whatever grabbed through the wire...
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    Better hatch with full bator?

    I just put 7 Royal Pa;m turkey eggs in my hovabator. Would I have better luck if I had more eggs in the bator or does it matter-humidity, loss of heat? First timer with turkey eggs. I have silkies, cochins and other banties laying eggs so I could fill bator. Anyone have an opinion?
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