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    My Black Cochin roo is hurt!

    When I went out to feed this morning, I saw that my big black roo was just hunkered down outside the wire. When I got closer, I noticed that he was not right. His back had been pretty much skinned and most of his wing feathers were gone too. I picked him up and checked him out. There was no...
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    Set eggs from my own chickens tonight

    I am excited about this. I only set 6 from my Black Cochin and one from my Barred Rock girls. I have a Black Cochin Cockerel that has been getting busy, so I hope I will get a chick or two out of these. This is the first hatch from my own birds. I have been seeing bulls eyes in the yolks, so I...
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    I saw them move!

    Or I think that is what I saw. Do chicks move around in the shell at day 10? I just candled all 36 eggs at day 10 and am pleased at what I saw. This is my first hatch, so I don't know what I am seeing really. But there were no clear eggs and only one that had that black ring I have heard about...
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    From Famine To Feast

    I got an incubator several days ago and set it up to make sure everything was stable. During this time, I have been trying to make up my mind as to where I should get eggs. I hear so much about eggs being damaged in the mail. I wanted to pick up eggs in person if I could. Today I fell into 2...
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    Chicken Math Will Get You Every Time

    It's all kind of a blur....About a month ago, I was wanting to get some chickens, but didn't have a coop, a pen or anything more than a want to. All of a sudden, I found myself with 3 Black Cochins. I made a makeshift home for them while I scrounged materials for a coop. In the mean time I...
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    Light Bulb For DIY Incubators

    This bulb is made for traffic signals. They are designed to cycle on/off constantly. That is very hard on regular light bulbs, and they tend to burn out fast. I AM NOT recommending this site as I know nothing about them, it just happens to be where I found an example of the bulb. I bought mine...
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    Proud New Pappa!

    I just bought 3 Black Cochin chicks that are about 10- 12 weeks old. I didn't think I was going to get chickens this soon. As in, I was not ready for them. And I was planning on getting a breed that was a better egg producer. But when I saw them, and met their mom and dad, I couldn't resist They...
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    Hello from Texas

    I live in northeast Texas near Sulphur Springs in Hopkins County which used to be known as the "Land of Milk and Money" There were over 500 dairies operating here at one time. Only a hundred or so now. Nice sandy loam dirt that will grow just about anything. I Just found the forum a couple of...
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