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  1. kycowgirl78

    First predator problem, was NOT happy

    We've got a bunch of dogs around here, some run loose and some are tied but we don't see many coons, possoms, etc. They pretty much steer clear of the place because we've got a bunch of hunting dogs. However, evidently we've got a brave soul around because I've got a pen, divided into 3 parts...
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    OH JOY! what a hatching day!

    I had some phoenix hatching and we had been gone all day this past Sunday. When we got home, I pulled the hatching tray out in our cabinet bator to check on the few that still hadn't hatched and was suprized to find a few babies sittin ON TOP of the hatching tray. I was shocked to see any...
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    To move outside or wait. Feedback please!

    I have suddenly been overrun with baby chicks. We've been using a styrafoam bator and have kept up with about a 50% hatch rate, not great but has been worse. Some relatives had a cabinet bator they werent' using and said we could use it until they decided they wanted to and also gave us a...
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    anybody with experience hatching guinea eggs

    I have 6 guinea eggs currently in bator. Getting a dozen more tomorrow. I've been doing my research but would like some tips from someone who actually successfully hatched some guinea eggs on temp, humidity, etc.
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    questions on pipping overdue eggs yourself

    I've heard ppl on here say that they have occasionally pipped incubator eggs themselves and have had a little success in getting them to hatch. How do you know where to pip, the air sac obviously but I had 3 overdues in my bator that I popped the top off of and the sack inside was really stuck...
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    i honestly think i'm gonna kill the dog

    Well, my father in law's lab has added another item to the list of reasons i hate him. I was given 3 emden goose eggs, I only have a single female. Put them in the bator for about 4 days and then realized she actually had an infertile nest. So i packed them up to her nest and she went to...
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    flea markets are truly just a catch 22 lol

    went to the flea market today with 11 leghorns because I wanted to get rid of the leghorns and make some money. my DH and I said we would not sell all our chickens and come home with more. Ha Ha Ha. We came home with 4 game chickens, 4baby muscovy ducks and 1 male bunny rabbit for our female...
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    anyone with experience hatching waterfowl AND guineas, please help!!!

    I just received an assortment of eggs by a relative. I have a few guinea eggs, a few geese, a couple duck and several turkey. I have one empty bator and the rest are full of chicken eggs but I have room to fit these. How should I split them up? The temps and humidities seem so different how...
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    egg variety and a cabinet incubator

    Well, I've been blessed this weekend but I also have some issues. I got a new still air incubator that will hold about 4 dozen eggs. I was given a variety of eggs: turkey, geese, duck, bantam, LF chickens and guineas. I was also given a large cabinet incubator to use from my fiancee...
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    some freebies I got, might be mixed breeds PICS included

    I got some freebie chicks and they didn't know exactly what they were. Said they COULD be crossed but were not sure. Any ideas? give me your best guesses guys cause where I got em from sure wasn't any help. Some look to me maybe to be Black Australorps or crossed with it. Some look like...
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    How bout your own dog as a predator?

    I know it's happened before cause I've seen posts about it. Today one of my large dogs broke his chain and killed our only grown duck, the rest are babies. He was a couple of years old and the only buddy for our emden goose. I am so angry with my dog!!!!!!
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    can't get humidity down!!!!

    I have a styrofoam bator and I cannot get my humidity down. There's not even ANY water in it and the humidity is still hanging around 60. My whole last incubation it was around 65 the whole time with a little water and had 6 hatch out of 12 (later found 4 empty) with one crippled chick. Just...
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    looking for RIR pullets or hens and SLW pullets or hens in KY

    I have a gorgeous RIR roo and 2 HUGE SLW roos, but no ladies. If you're over 100 miles, please don't bother cause I can't afford the drive. If you're close OR would be willing to meet close to Morgantown, send me a PM.
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    Now THAT is what I call dedication. LOL

    Got a bunch of chicks for free because they all had bad case of pastey butt. Most I brought home and dipped their little butts in some warm water, cleaned off the crud and they were fine except for a little rawness. However, one little red chick, still not sure what exactly it is, had a...
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    Wondering about small batch straight runs

    I placed my first order to Cackle yesterday, 6 wk wait! but anyway that's another post. I was wondering if anyone else has ever ordered birds that were straight runs, just 5 and gotten both pullets and cockerels. My fiancee that they will send mostly cockerels because they're cheaper than...
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    FINALLY got my order in to CACKLE, now more waiting.

    So I have been trying to get ahold of Cackle Hatchery to place an order for chicks and two turkeys. Should be simple enough. I was told not to order online if I wanted the chicks anytime soon or else I'd be waiting for half the summer. I call and call and call, always busy. About the 200th...
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    How did I end up with all these hens that won't set?

    I have about 8 white leghorn hens that I know will not set but I also have 2 ameracauna hens, 1 bantam hen, 5 LF game hens and NONE of these huzzies will sit on a nest. I guess. My ameracauna has 6 eggs that have been in there for some of them over a week, the bantam has 2 that have been there...
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    3 pipped, 11 still waiting!!!

    I had 14 eggs, comets and EEs due to hatch tomorrow. 3 are pipped tonight, 2 comets and 1 EE. I'm very excited. I tried for months last fall with I don't know how many eggs to only have 5 hatch and only 2 made it to maturity. Part of the problem was humidity and part of the problem was me...
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    homemade incubators, i'm talkin big

    ok, I've seen several ideas for some small incubators, great ideas by the way. However, I'm wondering if anybody has ever attempted or been successful at handcrafting one of the LARGE bators, like the ones that are about $750 and holds hundreds of eggs? If so, let me know. THAT would be...
  20. kycowgirl78

    Day 19, getting anxious

    I've got 14 eggs due to hatch on Sunday. I've tried incubation twice before with a pretty good lot of eggs and have successfully raised 2 to adult chickens. Not good odds. Hoping what I've learned over the winter will help have a better hatch rate.
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