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    11 Hours Without Power

    We lost power for 11 hours and the incubators were down the entire time, in the house and the house got down to 67 degrees. Outside it got cold and chicks that hatched Saturday night / Sunday morning were out in the garage and i was sure they died from exposure. I couldn't bring myself to go...
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    Our New Homemade Incubator/Hatcher - Video

    Here are some video's of our brand new homemade incubator. It's made out of 1 sheet of half inch birch laminated plywood and uses a GQF heater element with 12 volt computer fans to save electricity. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
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    Very Funny Video of a Chick Very Frightened by it's food

    I took this video a couple years ago and finally uploaded it. Chicken Little suddenly becomes terrified of his own food. We've found our chickens to be great entertainment I think you will too. We've only been raising chickens for 2.5 yrs and can't imagine the place without them now.
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    Feeder For Chicks Only

    Looking for a feeder that only chicks and small birds can fit their heads into. getting ready to put my broiler chicks in with the laying hens and want to keep the hens out of the small birds feed. Eventually will separate the birds but don't have space right now. Any suggestions besides...
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    Our New Brooder Coop

    Our old brooder coop dilapidated on us last winter so we decided to build a new better one that would last 10 or 20 years. It's a miniature 4x8 pole barn that's off the ground. Here is a link to the video Will have a ramp and a 6 foot tall run that's 6 x 8 and another 5 feet across under the...
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    Hen has an egg coming out of her breast.

    This morning I went out to take care of the birds and one of my laying hens has an egg lodged in her breast and is pecking at it. What to do? I know I need to remove the egg but then what? Is there any chance she will survive? I've read that chickens can get eggs hung up but never heard of one...
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    Bantam Genetics

    Are true breeding bantams double recessive for the small trait? I want to get some white Cornish game birds but can't find any. Was wondering what would happen if we crossed a good large dark Cornish rooster to a white Cornish banty. Am thinking the offspring will all come out large on the...
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