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    WTB: Hatching Eggs for Nice, Dark Rhode Island Reds

    I had a healthy if aging home grown flock, then I tried adding young hatchery birds for a fresh bloodline. They didn't do too well in the rains this spring and summer, no matter how much shelter I provided. I think fall might be better for raising the young'uns, so I don't want to mess around...
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    Wanted: Hens for Charming Bachelors (Bryson City, NC)

    I have three charming mixed breed bachelor roosters who keep my goats company. Spring has come, though, and the boys are squabbling a little bit. I would like 3 or more well behaved young ladies to keep them company. Preferred breeds are Australorp, Black Sexlink, Jersey Giant, Wellsummer...
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    Interviewing Runner Ducks (with Pics starting Page#6 and 8)

    Tomorrow we are going to interview some fawn and white runner ducks. They are about 2 years old. 4 ducks, 1 drake. And, appropriately, it's going to be another wet, rainy day.
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    A Rockin' and a rollin'

    My friend Sandra gave me three goose eggs. I faithfully turned them and cared for them until it became clear that two of them weren't doing anything, while one was putting on a wonderful show for the candler. So, here I am. I heard a noise in the kitchen. I'm still not sure what it was, but...
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    First Duck. Any tips?

    My first baby duckling hatched this morning. I am hoping I get more soon. I put him in the other bator with my newest chick because they were trying to get through the sides of the incubators to each other and the duck was somehow able to pry up a corner of the lid. They seem happier now. (In...
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    Calico Crele No Longer on Lock Down

    Calico Hen has been trying to sit on a clutch since before Easter. Poor thing, something always keeps happening (starting with her diabolical plan to raise chicks in the laundry room which was accidentally thwarted by a closed door). Last night I thought I heard peeping, but I wasn't sure, what...
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    So, what rooster did my neighbor have last year?

    My neighbor on the other side of the woods had a rooster last year. My Old English Game Bantam hen got under the fence and went to visit him then laid an egg that we put under a broody, once she came back. I think Igor's papa was a standard Barred Rock. What do you think? Click for a bigger...
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    Really Steamed here

    Ok, I'm going to keep it clean and nice, even though I'm really, really annoyed. The house next door is for sale and a white van just drove up my driveway. I was out collecting eggs and making sure Katie Goat, who was trimming the shrubs on the edge of the driveway, had enough water (she needed...
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    Into the Incubator...

    The incubator is about to have it's farewell encore for the season. Today, a small lot of mainly bantam eggs is going in. Tomorrow they will be joined by duck eggs. And hopefully in a week or so, another small lot of chicken eggs. 3 goose eggs are going into my still air incubator tomorrow as...
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    Monday Morning Peeps

    Monday morning, in the middle of a rain storm while we were feeding chickens, we came upon a surprise. Geraldine already raised a brood this summer. I guess she got bored? Edit: She really has 5. She just consistently hid one in all the pictures.
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    My Peeps from the 'Bator: So how do you get such good pictures?

    I tend to be a reasonable photographer, but anything can and will happen when you are trying to take pictures of baby animals. Yet, I see picture after picture that is just fantastic. Meanwhile, all my little ones, while being tame enough to handle, flee from the camera and try to hide under one...
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    Nice to meet everyone

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I've had chickens for a couple of years now. I am new to my incubator, having allowed broody hens to do all my hatching in the past. I've got a group in the hatching incubator getting ready to go soon and I'm getting very excited...
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