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    Pickle time

    It looks like I'm in a bit of a pickle. Hatch day is friday. My kids graduation is saturday about 3 hours away, I'll be gone from 8am saturday until about 8pm. This is my first time hatching chicks, so I'm not entirely sure what to expect. Sure I've watched so many youtubes on it, but until...
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    What are folks doing for marek's?

    I can get the vaccine, but from what i'm reading, once rehydrated it's only viable for an hour. And it's 1000 doses. I have 30 egg incubator which I plan on loading up with as many as i can. The vaccine is around $80, so every hatching I get, if it's 30 chicks that's $2.66 per dose.
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    Building a coop from scratch

    4 years ago I built my first coop. It's pretty much perfect in every way for my purposes. Now, I'm building a second that will double as my spring brooder, so that I don't have it in my shop getting dust everywhere. The first coop... I drew up some blueprints to work from, I just built it in...
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    Just here to pick up chicks

    I have 50 chickens living comfortably and happily. My birds are food providers and food, and while I don't have much of an emotional connection with them, they are properly taken care of, as I want my food to be healthy. At the end of year 4, they are culled and prepped for freezing and...
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    Filling the incubator

    I have 50 hens and 1 rooster. I'm seperating 10 girls with the rooster. I have a 30 egg incubator, I'm planning on attempting to hatch all 30. But at most I'll be getting 8-10 a day from the 10 birds, should I just leave them in the egg flats until I have 30 and put them in then load them up in...
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