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  1. Biloxi1955

    Thanks for help with wry neck

    About 4 or 5 days ago one of our 7-week old pullets couldn't lift her neck, and was stumbling around with a bad case of tremors. I just went to this forum, typed the words "bent neck and tremors" on the search engine and immediately found what we were looking for. We separated her from the...
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    Octagon 20 ECO success for first time hatchers

    Thanks to ChooksChick's post, we're one of the many that ordered the Octagon 20 ECO, with turner. We set 12 eggs, and only had to cull one clear. Starting at 1:10 this morning, I heard the first peeps. So far 5 have hatched, and three more are pipping and zipping. All so far are hearty and...
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    How do you control the urge to candle?

    I confess that the whole family has the potential to be hatchaholics. We set our first 12 in the new incubator a week ago. The temperature and humidity are right on the mark. I checked a couple after Day 4 (couldn't really tell a lot), and then again today. Definitely something good going on...
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    Rooster attacked by BIG housecat

    This morning a VERY large tomcat attacked one of our RIR roosters. The cat belongs to the neighbors living about 300 yards from the house. I was going down the driveway to get the newspaper, and saw it just as the fight started. The rooster got a lot of his neck area torn up, baring a pretty...
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    RIR chick- acting like spawn of Satan

    We received 25 one day-old chicks last week from Cackle Hatchery. 3rd time we have used them over the past 15 years, and as usual they arrived perfectly healthy, with none sickly or DOA. We have a 6 foot by 4 foot brooder, so there should be tons of room. This is the first time we have...
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