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    New coop...

    Heres the old one... It was built in a day, just to house the birds... Not good enough for winter..: And the new one. So far, I have less than $100.00 in materials. I found a deal on craigslist on some scrap lumber: It is based from a kit home depot sells,... but I did not have $2500.00 to...
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    heard chirping! They are alive!

    I guess I did something right. We were just near the bator, and heard chirping for the first time! Thats exciting! I have 9 BR eggs, hatch date the 13th! Wish them luck! Jason
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    Another noob question..

    So, I am going into lockdown tonight, and I was wondering if there is any particular position the eggs need to be in? I have incubated them on their sides the whole time so far. I figured when I collect eggs, they are always on their side, so it seemed natural.. So keep them this way? Another...
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    Thought they were hens... Now I'm wondering.

    So I have raised two bronze turkey this year (first time), and by their appearance (no beard) I assumed they were female. The other day, I got a new rooster. My turkeys were harder on my new roo than my other roo. They ran at him, flogged him, and puffed out all their feathers, raised their...
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    Saving Frugals thread to your PC..

    I stumbled on Frugals thread yesterday, and earlier today I could not find it.. then it came back! With information this good, I didn't want to loose it,.. So I copied and pasted the whole process into MS word for future ref. (Hope you don't mind frugal) Anyhow, thought this might help some out...
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    Argh! I was making zucchnin bread for the first time...

    Let me say that I am the man in the house, not the woman, and baking isn't really my thing.. but what the heck, I decided to give it a try.. Found a recipe on here that seemed simple... so I thought.. Note to self - copy ingredient quantities carefully! Instead of copying 1/2 tsp salt down, I...
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    Nest box sizes..

    I have a question about nest box size.. When I constructed my coop, I didn't really put in any sutable nestboxes. I just finished a job, and have some leftover scrap lumber, and was wondering what the average size nestbox is? I plan to build the "shelf unit" style, with several cubicles, but...
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    New roo....

    I was browsing craigslist yesterday, and found a roo (don't remember what kind), 6 buff hens, and one hen same kind as new roo.. About a month ago, I lost half my flock to a coon, (won't happen again - have Electric fence now). Heres the problem, I already have a BR roo, and three BR hens.. I...
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    15 weeks.. I think one is a roo....

    Whaddya think? The one in the foreground in the first pic, and the lone one in the second.. I already have a BR roo, so if it is, this may be a problem..: Thanks! Jason
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    DIY Incubator V2.0

    I have had a cooler laying in my shop for a while, and the other day, I thought to myself, that would make a great incubator. Heres the great part. The cooler is a coleman 5640 Thermoelectric cooler.. So, why is this so great? Because the cooler can heat, or cool itself when plugged into a 12...
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    Uggh! I feel bad now!

    So I was doing the last turn of the night on my BR eggs, (10 in the bator). I decided to candle them, and the last few nights, I had two eggs in question.. I couldn't see any "spiderwebs". Well tonight, I was able to see that 9 of the 10 were fertile. I cracked open #10, and it was fertle as...
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    New bator idea?

    So I was looking around in my shop, and I found a cooler that a co-worker gave me a long time ago. It heats and cools using 12v power. I had never plugged it in, so today I dug it out, and tried it. On the heat side, in about 2 hrs it got to 120f, which is obviously too hot. It already has built...
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    Candling question

    I am on day 5 in the bator, first time, and last night we candled the eggs. There is a black mass that will move when you tilt the egg, going back up to the top of the egg. Could this just be a yolk, or am I looking at the start of a chick? The mass is about the size of a yolk, and round as...
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    Lost half the flock between last night and the night before...

    Hello, First time posting here. So, I have what we call a "Mini Farm" at our house. I have a 30x40 shop, and fenced three sides coming from the shop to create a large place to house our animals. Our coop was constructed with leftover building materials. Here is a pic of it: So, on to the...
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