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    3-Week in with hatchlings?

    I'll have about 64 hatching from batch #2 in a couple weeks, and I have ONE from batch #1 that's a week old. Lone Baby (a week old) is amusing herself now with a couple mirrors in her cage. Q: When batch 2 hatches & is a couple days old, can I place my (then) 3 week old in with them? If it...
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    Dowsing for egg sex-to-be

    One of the blessings of being less knowledgeable about poultry than many of our other members is, I don't know that something won't work! I've used dowsing / pendulums for finding underground water & power lines (ditch digging is not a hobby, so when something like this works for me, I remember...
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    Rex the Roo is a good looking . . . What?

    This guy is huge and friendly! Well, timid is a better word, as he's the beta roo to 20 gals. I'm crazy proud of him, as being the sire of half of this coming year's hatch (he was an '08 hatchling himself). He has enormously thick legs, has no concept of his own true size, has some light...
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    Digital Temp & Humidity Monitor for $6.47

    I picked up 3 for upcoming bator use today at Wally World, & they seem to be pretty good. You can visit http://www.springfieldprecision.com/ and type 91551 into their product search for a pic. They all hold to within a couple tenths of a degree temp, and showed 31,32 & 33% humidity in the...
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    Do LENTILS Need to be cracked?

    We have a situation locally where there is mixed barley & lentils available for 9 cents a pound. The lentils have been run thru a sizing sifter, and are smaller than what is "normal" size, thus the low price. Will the gals be fine with the lentils as is, or should I find a way to crack them...
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