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    Suggestions as of where to get show quality Light (Or other) Brahmas?

    Hey! For 4H this year I'm doing the Poultry project. Until now we've mostly kept production-type strains for eggs, but if I want to show we figured we should settle on a breed. We ordered some Light Brahma eggs from Schlecht Hatchery (http://www.schlechthatchery.com/) last year, and although...
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    Top reasons for late-term embryo death?

    Hello! Last time I incubated eggs I had a terrible problem with hatch rates- Out of 28 eggs, 12 hatched. The ones that hatched (8 males and 4 females! That would be my luck!) were healthy, but after waiting a week after the scheduled hatch I opened up the other eggs to try to see if they were...
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    "Older" hens not laying?

    Hello! We have 3 Leghorns hens and 8 or so Comet hens. 4 of the Comets are 2009 hatches (We had 22 hatched, and 4 were hens. Very sad.) but the others were hatched about March 2008. We let the head Comet hen sit on a nest this summer so we could get some Americauna crosses, but the other comets...
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    When to know if they are mature enough?

    So, we got some hatching eggs this april, and ended up (Of course) with 16 Roos and 4 hens. We do not want that many roosters around, and definately don't want to hold them through the winter, so we decided to butcher them. We've never butchered anything before, and are wondering when we know if...
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    Chick's beak sloughed/fell off?

    So, earlier I was asking about nose bleeds from our ~2 wk old chicks. Most of them have them. I really didn't get a definative answer on this, so I figured I'd just add medication to the water and see. Well. I noticed today one chick's beak was very bloody. Upon closer inspection I realized that...
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    Chick with not fully closed opening where they absorb the yolk from?

    I don't know what it is called, but it's where they absorb the yolk from, that usually heals over, that could be likened to our belly buttons? This Light Brahma chick I have is about 4 days old. He seemed to be fine, but recently he is more lethargic and I looked at him today and noticed that he...
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    Chick w/ not-totally closed opening that it absorbs the egg yolk from?

    I don't know what it is called, but it's where they absorb the yolk from, that usually heals over, that could be likened to our belly buttons? This Light Brahma chick I have is about 4 days old. He seems to be fine, but recently he is more lethargic and I looked at him today and noticed that he...
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    Chicks nose bleeding?

    Hey, We just hatched out some Comet chicks. They are in a plastic stock tank with two heat lamps (One at each side) and the thing is covered every where except above the heat lamps to keep out drafts. The temperature is at 100, and we will be moving it down to 90 this week. (They are almost a...
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    How to clean a styrofoam forced-air incubator?

    Hey, I am going to be hatching out some eggs in a week or two, and really need to clean out my incubator. From what I have read, apparantly I should use a detergent solution followed by an antiseptic, then let the incubator air-dry. What should I use for a detergent? I assume they don't mean...
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    Hens suddenly stopped laying?

    Ok, so I have 3 Comet hens and 5 Brown Leghorns. Other than one Americauna (Or some mutt) Rooster, they have a whole henhouse to themselves. They have not gone outside for almost 5 months now (It has been brutally cold), but I have lamps on them all the time (2 red heat lamps and one white heat...
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    Incubating eggs exposed to below zero temps?

    Will they develop? If theres a chance, about how many days in 0-32 degree weather can they have been exposed to before they are no longer hatchable? I mean, the eggs arent cracked or anything, like they do when they freeze solid. I know that some of them must be fertile, as I just opened a...
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