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    Hens Legs?

    Hi folks, i have now 11 golden comets (hybrid) The weather has been bad for the last month here, and the hens legs have always been rough, They get cleaned out around every 3 weeks and the next box every week, and i scrape the perches every day, i have noticed on the hens feet the scales are...
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    Thistles & Nettles?

    Thistles & Nettles? is there any spray i can use to remove them whilst my hens still stay in the run as they are overgrowing now? If not how else can i remove them? I cut them down but the have grown back twice as bad
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    Has my hen got bird flu?

    I have 12 healthy free range golden comets, they are well cleaned, and well fed with a constant supply of fresh water, yesterday, i checked on my hens at lunchtime, then i went out to feed them at night at around 5pm, and one was dead, it was still warm, but rigamortise had set in, it didn't...
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    Hens Missing Toe Nail?

    I have only noticed this today...... *this isn't an image of my hen, its just one i found* where the red ring is one the foot of the hen, is where on my hen that there is no toe nail, she has them on every other toe just no this one.... and this toe isn't as long as the others..... she can...
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    What temperature in incubator?

    Im making my own incubator and plan to hatch chicken eggs....... what temperature should it be in the incubator, i have found thermostats(to control temperature) and they go up to 35 celsius which is 95 fahrenheit......... is this hot enough if not, where can i get one which can go up to the...
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    White speckles on brown egg?

    My 12 golden comets lay large brown eggs everyday, today one has a lot of white speckles around the top of the egg? Dose this mean anything or is it just normal? Any input apreciated...... Thanks {Warning Large Image} http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2158/p1000326c.jpg
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    Whats the heaviest egg you have ever had?

    My golden comet has just layed a 100 gram egg.... thats 3.5 oz !!! Anyone else had big onces like this? Thats going to taste nice
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    What wattage Light Bulb?

    I am making my own incubator, the external box is a polystyrene box, with internal size's of L10" W6" H7" and external sizes of L12" W8.5" H9" would this be big enough to fit a fan, bulb, thermostat and thermometer with around 10 hen eggs in? Also what wattage traditional lamp bulb will i need...
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    Forced Ait Incubator

    Hi there what is a forced air incubator....... Thnkas
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    Chicken Eating Eggs?

    mutipost sorry.... please delete
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    Chicken Eating Eggs?

    At first i took it as an accident, but now its best happening for 2 weeks, one of the hens has been pecking at some of the eggs every day..... i have been told to colect the eggs often, but most days i cant as im at work and collect them at around 6pm any ideas to stop this sucker eating them...
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    Controlling Humidity.,.........

    Hi there i am going to make my own incubator, with a polysteyrene box, with a light attached to a thermostat to keep the temperature constant..... my ownly issue is how do i control the humidity,.,.,.... is it easy to do and how would i do it? Thanks
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    Water heater thermostat

    Having difficulty finding a Water heater thermostat , i live in the uk is there any different names for these and where can i buy them from? Thanks
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    How to keep eggs in the right position......

    How do you guys keep the bigger end higher than the lower end of the egg in a home made incuabtor? Thanks
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    Home Made Incubator......

    Hi i have seen the plans for home made incubators here ..... I would only change a few things from it...... i would not make the automatic egg roller, i would roll them with my hands,,, 4 times per day. In these plans he use's an egg cartoon to store the eggs in, i thought that the bigger end...
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    Is this thermometer Ok?

    I have seen this one ? Is it the going rate what price should i be looking to pay? Thermometer - Click Here i really liked this one as it have a 3m extension probe which i could place in the incubator..... and leave the actually thermometer outside the incubator where i can read it...
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    Subscribed threads?

    How do i see threads Ive subscribed too?? Thanks
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    Keeping Flys Away

    How do you keep the flys away, i clean them out once aweek but i do have to ocansional fry roaming around near them/./....... how do i keep them away. thanks
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    How to know how much to feed them for best egg production?

    I have golden comets and they have a large run which is full of grass ext, i also buy them all in one pellets with grit minerals ext in. How much should i be giving them each a day..... will they just keep eating if i keep feeding? Or will they stop? Thanks
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    Breeding Same Family......

    I am thinking of breeding with 12 golden comets...... i will get a cockeral (ideally a golden comet too) and fertilise the eggs..... TRY ! and hatch them..... then when the chick's mature enough..... say if i get 2 cockerals and 2 hens can i breed the 2 cockerals and the 2 hens to have more...
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