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    *** RIR's & Barred Rocks - Central Florida

    I am looking for RIR & Barred Rock hens, chicks or even hatching eggs.
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    When to degut?

    I put 6 roo's into my fridge on wednesday. I read to wait 3 days before putting them in freezer. I ran out of time and didn't gut them after plucking. Is it ok to pluck, fridge for 3 days, then gut before freezing?
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    Caught Fox In Live Trap!

    I read alot on here how "you can't catch a fox in a live trap". For about 2 weeks something kept taking the bait out of my trap without triggering the switch to make the door shut. I figured it was a smart coon or a sly fox. Got 2 frozen chicken wings out of the freezer and tied 25 lb fish...
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    Predators eating better than my family...

    I have been setting a trap RELIGIOUSLY for the last 12 days... Every morning I wake up to empty cans of catfood, sardines, tuna and 1/2 a bag of marshmellows. I have put the food way in the back so he needs to enter to get it. I have TIED it with 25 lb fishing line to the cage. I have dug a...
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    Coon b gone...

    Woke up tuesday morning to the sound of one of my barred rocks head being pulled off. Bought a live trap at harbor freight on Tuesday. Woke up this morning with a coon in my trap and an empy can of tuna.
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    Barred Rock or Black Sex Link?

    I had a RIR Rooster and a Barred Rock rooster in my coop with a couple of Barred Rock hens. The BR rooster was MEAN as all get outta here... so I only had him for about 1 week. I hatched out a few eggs and I have what appear to be 4 black chicks with 1 white spot on their head, yellow feet and...
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    These Chickens Are Worth Some $$$

    I never heard of anything like this so I had to repost to allow others to get a laugh out of the craigs list ad I happened to see... http://orlando.craigslist.org/grd/2323150916.html 5 eggs a day, eh?
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    EE Roo x BR Hen ?

    Anybody have this combination? I recently had my ee roo with a few ee hens and br hens... there was also a RIR roo in the run and now that they've hatched I'm wondering if anyone else has had some of this hatch and grow? Anybody have pictures?
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    Bator Upgrade... From Hovabator to?

    I would like to upgrade from my hovabator to the next step up... What would you recommend?
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    Bad hatch rate...

    I had a very disappointing hatch rate from eggs that I gathered over a 5 day period from my backyard flock, turned twice daily and stored in my office where the temps stayed consistent. 7 out of 30 hatched. I have 4 RIR hens, 2 EE hens and 3 Barred Rock hens running with a RIR roo and an EE...
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    Those who use styrofoam egg cartons in bators...

    Do you keep them from start to finish or do you take them out during lockdown? I read somewhere to cut out the bottoms so...t hat's what I did but I'm in lockdown and unsure of whether to keep them in or take them out.
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    Those who use styrofoam egg cartons in bators...

    Do you keep them from start to finish or do you take them out during lockdown? I read somewhere to cut out the bottoms so...t hat's what I did but I'm in lockdown and unsure of whether to keep them in or take them out.
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    Good "high end" temp to hatch early?

    I read a few times about people running their temps slightly higher in order to get a slightly early hatch... like day 19 or 20... What is a good temp? I have mine sitting at 101.4 on day 2... is that fine?
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    3 RIR Roosters

    3 RIR Roo's approximately 6 weeks old. Asking $5 each or all 3 for $10.
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    Anyone up for gender recognition?

    I hatched these 6 weeks ago. They were in a coop with 4 RIR hens, 2 EE hens and 1 RIR roo... I origionally had 12 chicks but a coon broke into my brooder and ripped a couple heads off and a hawk took a couple when they were ranging peacefully for about 20 minutes on a nice sunny day... So I'm...
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    How long are eggs good...

    I went back 25 pages and couldn't find the answer and didn't have good luck searching... I have 18 eggs in the incubator that have 7 more days to go and I want to have another batch ready once these hatch. Can I collect for 7 days? 10 days? 2 weeks? If I collect, store and turn properly...
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    Hova Bator

    I followed the instructions on setting up my hova bator... why does my wafer keep falling off? Grr... I'm on lockdown due to hatch tomorrow and this thing fell off as I adjusted the temperature down since it was creeping a little high due to the temperature changes we've been having here...
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    Noticed pip last night around 8 pm...

    I noticed my EE had pipped last night but nothing has changed since 8 pm. this 20 hours is killing me.... I can see through the little hole and see the chick moving around so I'm hopefull... How long should this pip & chirp for before busting out into this world of ours?
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    21 days and nothing?

    I think today is the 21st day... but I could be wrong... I set a few eggs into my home made incubator on the 14th early morning. Several of them were dropped and cracked along the way but I have 2 left that I hope will hatch! After noticing my temps were swinging anywhere from 95 - 105 I...
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    Rooster Crowing Question...

    I picked up an 11 month old RIR rooster from a certain someone from this website & I love him! He's making my eggs fertile and waking me up... Question though... What time is a "normal" time for roosters to crow in the morning? My guy starts crowing at 415 every morning! Now, he has helped...
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