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    Chinnese laying patterns

    My 3 white chinese geese laid in late Dec and Jan , it was their first time and we had not-so-good results #1 laid 16 eggs got 4 #2 laid 14 eggs got 0 #3 laid 4 eggs got 0 ,, should they lay again this spring or is that it ?
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    Spurs

    Got a 1½ yr old rooster with 3+ inch spurs , how do I get rid of them not just how but which tool to use ( hope this is the right place for this)
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    to the hatcher

    put 64 eggs in hatcher yesterday , have 4 hatched out and loads of pips tonight 12 of them were bought eggs ( at the chicken auction ) no action there yet they are games have 12 ugly duck eggs and 2 goose eggs going to hatcher on 3/3 and 60 chicken eggs going into incubator tomorrow ...
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    started new set 2/5

    53 eggs from my layers ( mixed ) / 12 game eggs from local auction / 12 ugly white duck eggs from local auction / 2 goose eggs also have 1 goose on 15 eggs ,,,, going to bring in march with a bang .
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    Dog hair

    I was having a very bad possom problem here and a couple of raccoon / fox problems innermixed , to make a long story short , I stopped at 2 pet groomers here and asked if they would hold their floor sweepings ( cut dog hair ) for me and they did I spread it out about 50 ft from my pens in a...
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    Laying goose

    1 of my 3 geese is laying there are now 6 eggs in the nest and no sign of her wanting to set , it has taken her 10 days to get these 6 should I wate in her or put them in the incubator ?
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    R J mcDonald print

    a released # released release price current value WALKER'S POND WOOD DUCK 1976 800 60.00 2,800.00 This is the man that has for years desined the federal duck...
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    GQF incubator and hatcher (2 units)

    GQF model 1266 incubator in good condition ,has been cleaned sence last hatch last week GQF model 1250 hatcher is not the one in the pic but is like it except for the clear door one for sale has plywood door. This unit has never been used , it was plugged in to check and see if it would...
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    Winter chicks

    NEVER AGAIN ,, Never Again ,,, neveragain ,, well maby just 1 more time , the new winter brooder is working fine , no losses sence taking chicks out of hatcher , but grand son moved them all to 1 side and took the heat bulb out of the other side for his own project , now how do...
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    R J mcDonald print

    a released # released release price current value WALKER'S POND WOOD DUCK 1976 800 60.00 2,800.00 This is the man that has for years desined the federal duck...
  11. ga_goat

    GQF incubator and hatcher (2 units)

    GQF model 1266 incubator in good condition ,has been cleaned sence last hatch last week GQF model 1250 hatcher is not the one in the pic but is like it except for the clear door one for sale has plywood door. This unit has never been used , it was plugged in to check and see if it would...
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    My geese can't count

    hatched April or may 2011 one laid an egg today, too close to the pond so I picked her up and toted her and the egg back up to the house in a pen (12x15 ft) put her some straw in the pen and some moss and laid the egg in the straw , she covered up the egg with the straw and left it...
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    On to the hatcher ,,- maby??

    Had rain last nite and all day today , incubator and hatcher are out in the shop , supposed to move the eggs over to hatcher tomorrow morning ,,, temp outside fell 10 degrees today with another 10/12 degree fall tonight ,, but the units are holding dead on 99.5 both of them, guess it's...
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    F/S incubator & hatcher

    GQF cqbinet incubator 2 auto turn trays ,clear door , electronic theromostat , clean and in good condition $250. matching GQF hatcher never used,,, plywood door , sub divided trays for staggared hatches , asking $250. would take $475 for both . Spring is coming and this would give you all the...
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    nest boxes

    I spared no expense building very nice nest goxes in gangs of 3 each , put 6 nests in front pen and 3 each in the 4 back pens , They have been there a year and still new ( unused) , . The hens just go to the corners of the henhouse and lay on the ground . So I moved the nests to the...
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    new chicks I hope

    my eggs will go to the hatcher Tue , never had winter chicks before so I built a divided ( to keep the 2 breeds seperate ) 4 x4 ft brooder with heat and a theromostat . never had to have somthing like that before but the breed I wanted (buckeye) these were the first eggs I could get my...
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    Squrrill control

    I'm feeding about as many squrrills as chickens ,, any way to drive them off , tried treadel type walk in trap , caught 4 chickens - no squrrills , tried hanging old cd's and pie plates ,, didn't work , can't shoot them too many houses too close, except for 22 cal rat shot and that just...
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    Laying ducks

    is there any breed that is known for egg production "? Have a 2 acre pond close to the house and 5 geese so may as well have some ducks too .
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    eggs at rest

    How long should shipped sit in the correct position before the incubator is turned on , I recieved 22 eggs today in the mailbox and put then in the incubator immediately but did not plug it in , was planning to do that Fri about 12:00 is that too long ??? that would be 2 full days at...
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    Empty space

    Have less than 3 doz eggs to set , and incubator holde 120 should I fill bottom tray with waterbottles to keep from having so much empty space in the box .
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