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    anyone have west of england geese?

    we got our sebastopols from holderreads yesterday. in order to fill the shipping minimum, we got two "fancy gosling assortments" which ended up being west of england geese. i have googled a bit, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of information on them that i can find. i did figure out...
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    got my shipping date from holderreads!

    so so excited... may tenth! we are getting a sexed sebastopol pair and 2 fancy mystery goslings (to make the min to ship). thats just over a week! oh my gosh! i am going to have 50 gazillion brooders going! right now we have a cornish x brooder going as well as a turkey brooder going. I...
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    if you had to pick just one breed.....?

    if you had to pick just one breed of turkey and only one breed what would you pick? i have convinced hubby to get turkeys next year, but i am having a difficult time deciding what breed to get. their primary role would be for eating, but we would keep a small flock to lay eggs each year to...
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    so sad... wtb hatching eggs for cheap.

    an owl got all of my chicks.... i am so disappointed and much smarter about my grow out pens now... i lost all of my bcm as well as my split lav orps! live and learn i suppose. i would really love to hatch some more babies but i don't have much $. does anyone have some eggs (preferably...
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    what do you think got my chickens?

    went out this am to find all of my black copper maran chicks dead. they were about 3-4 months old and in a grow out pen inside the chicken run. i have another grow out pen in the run too with younger chicks that was not touched. their heads were gone and one of them (possibly more, i did not...
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    older model gqf cabinet bator need help troubleshooting

    hi all, i just got a cabinet incubator off craigslist and i am having some issues.... wondering if all you knowledgeable folks might be able to help me out. it is a 1266 if that makes any difference. it is heating up to about 97.5 but then the indicator light just flashes and it won't go any...
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    wanted: cheap eggs to test my new incubator

    so dh got me a cabinet incubator, yay! poor guy must have felt REALLY bad about forgetting my birthday huh? but sadly, it took most of our extra cash. i so so so so want to test it out. does anyone have some eggs they could send me for cheap? i pick up the bator tonight and want a couple...
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    good resources for color genetics?

    sooooo, i want to learn more about color genetics. where do i start? i am a pretty fast learner, but i am starting at ground zero here, so basics and on up would be helpful. websites? books? where do i start? tia! brianna
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    silkies/showgirl babies! just hatched.... color help requested *pics*

    here are my 4 new silkies/showgirls i just hatched. any input on color? lily: pipkin: without flash with flash mae: godiva: with flash without flash sooo, what do you think?
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    SQUEEEEE! its a showgirl!

    i finally got a showgirl! woohoo! no pics yet since she just hatched, but i am so tickled beyond belief! so far 2 silkies, 1 sg and two more are zipping!
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    is this a good price for a cabinet incubator?

    there is a gqf 1266 on craigslist for $160. good deal, ok deal, bad deal? thanks!
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    how to introduce a single juvenile?

    ok, so we have two female australian spotteds out in the duck pen. our last hatch we got a single (male i think). he has done well alone in the brooder with his stuffy, but it is time for him to move out! he is just a little over a month old. we are in the process of setting up a nursery...
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    why so many clears?

    up until this batch i have only ever hatched ducks, so tell me if this is just a chicken thing! i candled last night, day 8. i have 8 bcm's that i am not counting in the mix because i can hardly see a thing in there. but anyways out of the rest of my eggs only 12 out of 26 have veining. of...
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    need bantam duckling any breed eastern washington

    hi you guys, we had a single duckling hatch this weekend and he is VERY VERY sad and lonely. does anyone somewhat local to me have ducklings? of course i would prefer an aussie spotted, but at this point i would buy any bantam breed. thanks in advance! brianna
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    bestest buds.....

    the day that little poppy was hatching, my neighbor came over with a baby california quail that her cat had caught. sadly, said neighbor held the baby for the whole day and momma is long gone. so neighbor brought baby quail (maybe a day or two old) to us. so it has actually worked out ok...
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    rough navel care?

    hey i have a baby duck that still had some yolk to absorb. he was just sitting and resting in his shell (hatched yesterday) until this afternoon and then he started getting agitated. i put a saran wrap diaper on him and it looks like all of the yolk has been absorbed. his navel is still...
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    pip in the wrong end in a carton, question.... *please respond*

    my duck eggs were due like yesterday so i pulled one out to check it and it is pipped in the wrong end. they are all in a carton. would it be better if i took it out of the carton and laid it on its side? thanks!
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    why does my turner say it holds 41 eggs?

    i have a hovabator incubator and turner and the box for the turner says it holds 41 eggs. but there is 4 rows with 7 holes each. now i may not be too good at math... but i am not that bad! so tell me how they think i can fit 41 eggs in 28 holes?
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    does this count?

    our spotted aussies are almost 5 weeks old. i have heard the light one quack really quietly in the evenings for a few days, but nothing out of the darker one. well today when i picked him up to put him back in the brooder he kind of honked. does that count as a girl quack? or does distressed...
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    oh woe is me!

    i think i have come to the conclusion that my ducklings will NEVER, i repeat NEVER move out of my house. i might as well start buying them diapers... they are 4.5 weeks old and not transitioning to the outside world very well. (not that i am trying too terribly hard) We built them two...
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