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    Family Farm 8% Scratch Grains 40lb bag at Wal-Mart

    Does anyone buy/use this product? I was wondering exactly what was in it? From what I could find it has no list of ingredients and no analysis on the bag. Under ingredients is simply says "grains" I'd like a little more info. Is it just cracked corn and a few other things? Any help...
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    STC 1000 temperature controller and Solid State Relay SSR-25 thermostat components for homemade incu

    I ordered these for my home made incubator but then decided to buy an incubator I saw on sale. I have not used these at all. STC 1000 Temperature Controller (aka digital thermostat) 110V measures in Celsius only (with probe) Solid State Relay (needed to run above Temperature Controller)...
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    Collecting eggs for hatching and deciding which eggs you will set

    This question has probably been asked before but a search and a lot of reading got me no real answer to my question. My situation is this.... I have two hens who I think are preparing to go broody (pulling chest feathers and sitting off and on in nest box) but neither is consistent yet. I...
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    chick embryo developement video

    I saw this on You Tube....think it's an awesome video (not mine) If this is already posted somewhere or if it's not okay to post the link please let me know. Shows development from day 1 through hatching....it's animation.
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    My Rooster might be a little on the submissive side....

    I got a Rooster 2 weeks ago. The girls were a little hard on him. There are 6 hens in the coop (actually 8 but 2 are separated with chicks and eggs right now). They chased him a little at first and he ran and hid his head. They seem to have settled down and 3 of the hens were laying fertile eggs...
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    Is there a name for the color of my EE Rooster?

    Is there a name for the color of my EE Rooster....or is there a corresponding color he would be if he had been a pullet or hen? I don't understand rooster colors or the genetics. Also what type is comb is his considered to be? He is a Meyer Hatchery EE. Thanks.
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    My first ever fertile egg......I think.....

    I got an EE rooster on sunday (first rooster ever). He's rather shy and I don't think most of the ladies have accepted him yet. But I did see him do the deed with my sex link hen. I gave it 2 days and then checked her egg this morning and I believe it is fertile but just wanted to confirm with...
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    Is this an Easter Egger Rooster?

    I got him free on craigslist. He was getting beat up by the person's other (huge) rooster. She said he was her free exotic chick from a Murray McMurray order. She thought he was an araucana. I'm sure he is probably an Easter Egger. He doesn't resemble anything I am looking at in the Murray...
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    What is the oldest chick you've ever given to a broody hen?

    Has anyone ever put 10 day old chicks under a broody or is that too old? The youngest chicks I can find are 10 days to 2 weeks old.
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    Can you recomend a Reliable/Accurate Digital Thermometer that won't break the bank.

    I know a lot of people grab the thermometer/hygrometer from Walmart....but I read a lot of people griping about how it didn't work right or only worked for a while.... I also saw some cheapies on eBay, at 2.99 but figured they must be junk So if you have a reliable digital thermometer you've...
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    Whats a wa wiggler and what is it's purpose in an incubator

    Getting everything together to build a cooler bator. I have seen mention of a water wiggler but not sure what you do with it, what it's purpose is or even what it is. Google search shows me a toy....is that what I am looking for?
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    Question regarding Broody Hen and setting eggs under her

    Hi, I have a question about my Broody Orpington Hen. She about 2 years old and goes broody 3 or 4 times a year. Last June I put chicks under her after she had been broody for only about a week and she took them like they were her own. Later a weasel got all the little one (well we think it was a...
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    Can the sight or sound of baby chicks cause hens to go Broody ?

    This is a "just wondering" kind of question. I have a brooder cage inside my coop. I bought some baby chicks and was raising them in there. About the time the chicks became a month old. I suddenly had 3 hens go broody. One with a lot of determination and 2 who's broodiness is half hearted (I...
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