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    baking with duck eggs

    what type of duck eggs do people generaly use for cooking. would like to raise some ducks for the eggs & beauty.
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    lockdown time

    I'm on day 3 of lockdown & I have about 15 babbies hatch out their are a lot more peeping . H ow long can they live in the bator before they need water or food. The bator is steyerfoam should I turn down the heat:he:idunno:idunno
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    nesting boxs

    I have a 20x14 x6 1/2 ft car shed turned in to a chicken coop. I put a roost made 4x4s with 2x4s from ceiling to ground about 8ft long. My nest are 8ft long and about 4ft off the ground. Most roost on the roost but some go in the boxes .I have taken the poles off the nest at nite but the still...
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    got chicks

    I just finished my 2nd experience of the wonderful amazement of incubateing baby chicks.:ya I placed a order from a member of byc and I am happy to say that I got 23 healthy baby chicks:lol::lo l: I have 42 eggs in my 2nd bator and have 12+ marans & 24 assorted eggs coming. My wife said to quit...
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    april hatch

    Set 41 eggs on april 1 [ all different breeds of eggs ] . 36 eggs came from little-grey-batam ,5 from my pr hens .Candle on day 7 all good 1 a little iffy will check again in 7 days [day 14] . 2nd time to incubate & very exicited A friend loaned me his bator and I got a second order fom...
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    impacted crop

    Ihave lost 4 hens in the last 6 months .They just stand around with their eyes closed. The last hen I cut her craw open to find it full of pine shaving and grass so I clean all the nest out and put straw in them hoping that would fix the problem now I have another hen doing the same thing.They...
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    auction

    I bought some eggs on 3,18,2010 and I cant getany response from the seller and their in box was full so i dont know if they got the message . what do i do?
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    succes ??? first time

    I put in 32 production red eggs an at day 23 I got 10 black,3 yellow & 1 reddish chick . This is my first time and I learn a lot. I think that I got so excited about my new bator that I just wanted to hatch eggs. I did not check my eggs, my temp gauge was not the best, and I just got in a...
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    newly hatch [need help]

    :(got my first baby today. 6 more piping. had a page with all my insruction but cant find. My wife and I had to leave to go to work so my wife going to check at lunch.Will theh be alright in the incubator till then, what temp shoud be in the brooder, im so excited cant wait to get home.
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    runey poop

    i have noticed that some of my hens poop is real runny ? is that nomera l? they run free except at nite have plenty of clean water and hen layer food at all times.
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    painthorse sayes hello

    Just joined the other day.I am from a little town by the coast in texas.I raise paint horse for fun ,i have 2 studs,.9 mares,5colts,2 cows,2 calves,22 production red hens,3? hens,2 roosters,3 dogs.I work at a main event center(indoor roping arena).I love to raise different things I want to get...
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    temp

    i had my bator run all day on 99.5 degrees empty. loaded 29 eggs watched closely for 4 hours and the temp stayed at 99.5 . went to bed woke up 4 hrs latter temp at 104. reset temps woke up at 6 to go to work temps at 102 reset again will check at lunch. what are the varations on temp better for...
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    soft shells

    i have about 25 production red hens . i get 2 or 3 eggs aday that are soft shells i have oyster shells on the ground that they eat any other suggeston
  14. painthorse

    chicken age

    how old does alaying hen live
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