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  1. MungoSummer

    Advice please - Embryos all stuck to side

    I have just bought a second incubator (Basic Brinsea Mini Eco) to use mainly as a hatcher. Up to now I have only hatched in a Brinsea Octagon 20 with auto turning cradle. I couldn't resist setting eggs in the Mini Eco when I set some in the Octagon as I wasn't sure of fertility rates of young...
  2. MungoSummer

    Broody bantam 'almost' adopting chicks

    I have a broody Pekin bantam who successfully adopted chicks last year after a failed hatch. She has been sitting on eggs for two weeks, which were clear when I candled them. So, I bought four cream created legbar chicks at 2 days old and introduced them at night and all seemed fine. She was on...
  3. MungoSummer

    Chick haemorrhage?

    I have a clutch of four week old chicks under an infrared lamp in the garage. They have good quality chick crumbs, daily probiotics since hatch and vitamins up to 3 weeks of age. They have treats of meal worms and dandelions to peck at. All healthy and lively when checked last night. This...
  4. MungoSummer

    Home brewing - buying hops

    Hello I'm in UK and my son is about to start a micro brewery. Trouble is all of the popular hops for the season are already sold for this year, especially 'Simcoe' (50 kg needed) and 'Chinook' (100kg). I wondering whether you people in the US are able to buy them off the shelf? I have family in...
  5. MungoSummer

    Eat a bird with sour crop?

    I have some 18 week old RIR cockerels we were about to process within the next two weeks. Yesterday I noticed one didn't seem keen on breakfast (weather was rubbish so thought that he might just be a bit fed up). Same again this morning and it turns out his crop is all big and squashy. We have...
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