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    Hens, peeps, 2 ducks missing, no feathers, no sign of struggle.

    During the night on July 3, 1 hen with 10 peeps (she had 17 - 5 weeks old) were gone, so were 2 full grown ducks, a 10 week old blue slate turkey and another barred rock hen. The dog was in the house because he is afraid of the fireworks otherwise he sleeps outside when it is so hot and keeps...
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    'Bator full of turkey and guinea eggs

    We have a 'bator full of guinea and turkey eggs due to hatch next Sunday 6-19-11. Guess what hatched? 2 of the cutest little peeps. I'm so glad there are 2 of them. They were in tiny little eggs that look like guinea eggs. lol My grandkids told me on Friday that they heard peeping from...
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    Feeling down. Set 40 turkey eggs, 5 hatched

    I am really feeling down although very happy to have at least 5 cute little Blue Slate poults. I had candled at 10 days and removed 10 eggs that were clear or had died. The rest were doing so well. When I cracked them open today they had stopped developing probably around day 20 or so. I...
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    Poults are already struttin' their stuff

    It is hard to believe that these little guys hatched Saturday, Sunday and Monday and are already strutting. Two of them put their little wings down to the ground for just a few seconds. I've tried taking pictures but by the time the flash goes off the wings are back in place and they are...
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    Mixed heritage turkey poults a hatchin' (pics)

    Out of 16 eggs, we have 5 so far. Yeah. I'm so excited. There are eggs a rockin' and a rollin'. I have one that I marked as having died, but it looks like it is moving. We shall see if anything hatches. Those little mixed turkeys are soooo cute, I just had to share.
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    Mutt heritage turkey eggs - 5 poults so far - pics

    We have a Blue Slate tom, a Naraganasett? tom and a Black Spanish tom. We have 1 Naraganasett? hen, 2 Blue Slate hens, and a Black Spanish hen. They are all in together. I have 22 eggs in the incubator on day 15, 4 are clear and 1 has a blood ring all the rest have poults in them. We are...
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    We got poults from McMurray Hatchery

    We got 15 cute little guys on Thursday. One died Thursday eve. and another 2 died Friday. I called McMurray this a.m. and they were so nice and so very understanding. They took care of everything right away. She (Ruth) even asked if the rest looked okay. There is one that is sleeping a bit...
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    First green egg! Woohoo.

    Yesterday we got our first green egg from our Easter eggers. They will be 21 weeks old this week. We have 22 and can't wait till they all start laying. The brown egg is an extra large from one of our girls (brown egg layer special from McMurray's last May). They are such wonderful...
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    We just got our 28 peeps from McMurray on 3/7/10.

    We ordered the brown egg layer special from McMurray's like we ordered last year. We were so pleased with what we had received. This year we received completely different chicks. We got us some turkens. They are very odd looking to say the least. lol Here are some pictures of our babies...
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    We had 11 fluffy butts hatch.

    Out of 24 eggs set, we have 11 very lively little mutts. There are still 2 more in the bator. I can't wait to see how they turn out. There are 4 yellow, 3 gray and 4 black ones. I'm not sure what to do about the 2 still in the bator. Today is day 23 and I want to see what is going on...
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    We have one little chickie hatch on day 19.

    Last evening when I went to bed one egg was pipping. My son got me awake at 3:15 to let me know we have a baby. Still have 13 to go and don't see a pip in any of them but the baby chick is really knocking everyone around. lol We are so excited. Yeah!
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    Granddaughter dropped an egg while turning.

    Last Sunday we put 24 eggs in the incubator. My 6 year old gdd dropped one and while we were cleaning it up there was a bit of blood. Decided to candle and as far as I can tell, all seem to be developing. I'm so excited. They are all mutts. We had gotten brown egg layers from McMurray and...
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    What breed?

    Can you please help me identify these 3 chickens. I love this site since finding it when we ordered the brown egg layers from McMurray in May. They were happy, healthy peeps, soooo cute. Most I think I've identified but am having trouble with 3 of them. The first one is the one in the...
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