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    4-H Commercial Layer Project

    Our county fair has a turkey, broiler and commercial layer projects for kids to compete in. They all get birds from the same flock on the same hatch date and then raise them till the fair and are judged on size for the turkeys and broilers and on laying capacity for the layers. Lots of people...
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    Mystery Eggs

    I got some eggs from a friend who didn't want them. He got them from a poultry professor at the university of Arkansas. He knew the breeds on all but 6 of them which he named "mystery eggs". Any ideas on these little guys, I know its a little early, but I thought I'd give it a shot:
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    Live incubator video

    Lockdown was last night. Just passed the day 19 mark tonight so there should be some action by tomorrow morning. I setup my phone to stream overnight and I'm pulling screen shots for a time lapse on my computer. Thought I'd share the stream if anyone wants to watch...
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    feeding frozen hard-boiled eggs

    Its really really really really hot here. My son has some broilers that he's showing in the fair in a few weeks. They aren't eating very well because its so hot. We've got lots of eggs form our layers so I was going to boil them up some, but then I thought maybe I should freeze them to help...
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    Ideal surprise special, 4 months later

    Back in January I got 30 of the Ideal surprise specials I can identify most, but there are a few I'm not sure about. I've got 4 pullets that I think are black copper marans but ideal doesn't sell them and they could also be black sex links so I wanted to check with the experts: Then there...
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    They're hatching!!! Live Video and time-lapse of 1st hatch

    I had 2 hatch early this morning. One of them the kids got to watch before getting ready for school, which was fun! I've got a webcam up so I can keep an eye on them from work: live hatching camera I had my camera set up last night to take a picture every 45 seconds. I took those pictures...
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    mixing 1 week olds with 1 day olds, and marking chicks (pics page 2)

    I've got about 7 eggs that are due to hatch on the 24th, and I just ordered 35 of the straight run surprise special chicks from ideal, they are hatching on the 19th and being shipped that day. So would it be ok to put in my hatchers with the older chicks from ideal. I plan on giving them a day...
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    How many chickens would one hawk kill?

    I went to lock up the flock yesterday and noticed that about 1/2 of them were missing. I started looking around and saw something move in the gully. I assumed it was a chicken and started over towards it and it was a large hawk that flew off. I investigated and it had killed my EE rooster I...
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    Canning Question and Spicy Wonton Sauce Recipe

    I don't know if you guys have ever had the fried wontons at Cheesecake Factory, but they are delicious. The best part is the dipping sauce, its spicy and has a vinegar "whang" to it that is delicious. Anyway, I found the recipe for it online and made some and it was great. My dad loved it...
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    Compost dead chicken

    Not sure where to post this, but I had a hawk get one of mine girls today. Can I bury whats left at the bottom of my compost pile, or is that a no no?
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    First hatch, 2 hatched so far! Video of Hatch and pics

    Started with 9 eggs, 3 were infertile and I dropped one while candling, so I'm down to 5. Today is day 19 and all but one have pipped. I setup a camera so I could keep an eye on them while at work tomorrow. Feel free to have a peek...
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    Breeding details

    Just curious how you all do your breeding. If you have a certain roo that you want to breed with several hens do you have a cage or small coop/run that you put them together in for a week or so? I'd love to see some pictures of a breeding setup if you have them. I've only got one roo so this...
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    weird egg with "skin"

    My pullets just started laying about a week ago and last night I had a weird looking egg. It was very light in color due to a weird "skin" over the egg (see pic below compared to normal egg). Any ideas on what this is? I've started mixing egg shells in their layer pellets, do I need osyster...
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    How long will chicken keep in fridge?

    Long time reader, first time poster. I slaughtered some young roosters a week and 1/2 ago because there was too much testosterone in my little flock. I sectioned, bagged and froze all the good parts after a 3 day rest in the fridge. I then took the backs, necks and feet and put them in some...
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