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    1st Hatch with Kebonnixs 12 egg incubator

    I know folks are always debating which incubator to use, so I thought it might be helpful to hear about my 1st hatch of the season with a new incubator. I always start my gardens on May 1 and try to hatch my 1st chicks the first week in May because the weather seems so favorable around now in...
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    Dellies

    I've been a RIR guy for close to 50 years (tho I did have some buff rocks for awhile). Maybe it's old age or something but I've had an itch for some Dellies for a good while now, so I did my research. The only thing I've found bothersome is the occasional comment about being prone to...
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    Solved How/where do I find the breed database?

    Title pretty much says it all. I've tried using the search feature but I'm obviously not phrasing it right. Any help gratefully appreciated. TY! Rusty
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    Broodiness

    I have a dozen heritage RIRs, one of whom goes broody each spring. LOL not the same one each time and only one each spring. I'm trying to figure out how to encourage more broodiness since I would really like this flock to become more self-sustaining instead of relying on the incubator...
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    WOW!

    My ladies are just getting into the swing of laying. Six out of nine so far. So I was blown away yesterday when 4 of the 6 eggs were HUGE. We had 'em for supper tonight and as I broke each egg into the skillet I was amazed. Each and every one was a double yoke! Never had that happen EVER...
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    Patience is NOT my strong suit!

    RIRs. Great egg layers. I had a flock for years. They were stolen and I kinda quit raising chickens for a bit. Got bit by the bug this year and started a new RIR flock (9 and 1). They are from Meyer and have done great! But the website says we should see our first eggs between 16-20 weeks...
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    Ho boy!

    I have a new flock of RIRs--a rooster and 9 pullets almost at the point of lay. Tonight as I was putting everyone up for the night, I took a quick peak into the nest box (even tho I haven't heard any egg songs yet.) I was expecting to see 3 pairs of plastic eggs marking the nests and instead...
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    Meyer Hatchery RIR's -- Do they really look like the px?

    I'm just getting back into chickens after an absence of a few years. RIRs have always been my favorite breed so I've been looking around for sources. Most that I've seen are rather washed-out looking compared to my old girls...until I looked at the Meyer site. Their px look like Reds are...
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    editing posts on this new platform

    Okay, new question: How do I delete messages from my trash folder? I did get them out of the inbox but I cannot seem to figure out how to empty the trash! Ignore this part--I figured it out. Honest, I tried to search for this info but all the posts are from before the update. With the new...
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    HELP with a vintage cape

    My dil's brother is a reenactor and belongs to a group in Colorado. He has recently acquired a vintage cloak/cape from a cavalry officer, circa 1860s. It's in good shape except for the gadget that fastens it closed at the neck. I'm betting we could find one online--or instructions on how to...
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    Happy Anniversary, Ginger!

    Late last summer Spring Chickens told us about a group of mares from TAMU who were available for adoption. Thanks to her help, I was able to adopt an Appaloosa mare named Ginger. It is one year today that Ginger arrived here at the farm and I just wanted to post a couple of pictures I took...
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    Pear preserves or ?!?

    This is the first year our Keefer pear tree produced much of anything and I decided to try my hand at pear preserves. Now, mind you, I have never even tasted pear preserves but they sounded so good that I gave them a try. First I looked over the various recipes that I found online and then...
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    The things you can learn online!

    My grandfather was born in the 1800s and I was researching him tonight on ancestry.com. His name was Clement C (my last name) and everyone called him CC. I remember as a small boy my grandmother saying something about his birth record being "messed up" and the second C in his name didn't...
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    Thinking of making the jump to Windows 7

    I really want a new computer. This one is about 8 years old and runs XP. My problem is compatibility with programs I HAVE to use for work. I work online and get to use my own equipment BUT the work I generate has to be compatible with their software without causing them glitches. The kicker...
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    Frustrated

    This is just a vent. And maybe a question or two. My partner and I are not exactly teenagers anymore and after maybe 50 years of smoking, he's got pretty bad COPD--bad enough that arena work is now out of the question because of the dust. Which basically means no more cutting and no more...
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    Computer geek-type question

    Hi, all! I have an XP that is about 6 years old and starting to run slow and give me error messages. I wanted to trade up to a Windows 7 until I discovered the upgraded software for my online job would run close to $1000 for a p/t job that only nets about $5000 a year. Decided that was not...
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    One for the books!

    I like to think I learn something new every day. Today was a biggie! Thursday night my old mare got kicked coming in from the pasture. It was a nasty blow that left her barely able to move. In fact she was not able to walk all the way to her stall. She finally made it in early Friday...
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    Bizzare raccoon "solution".....lolol

    I had a raccoon problem last spring, so I bought a trap from Tractor Supply. Solved it in a few nights and have not seen a raccoon since...until this morning. In my feed room I had a high stack of hay bales in one corner and that trap sitting precariously on top. I always intended to move it...
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    technical question

    I am getting error messages that read "Apache Tomcat 5.5.23 error" that says certain pages are not available. But often if I hit reload, I will then get the page. This is happening on BYC but it is also happening on washingtonpost.com and cnn.com, and others. Am I correct that this is...
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    Any Akita owners who can answer a question or two?

    I've been thinking about this breed for awhile and my brief research seems to say that Akitas are prone to cancer. How big a problem is this really? I've lost 2 Dobies to heart issues and may be about to lose a 3rd to the same thing. It's heartbreaking, so I don't want to set myself up for...
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