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    Watching one "grow" out of the egg!

    One last egg to hatch in the incubator.... and it isn't normal! It pipped just fine, has been chirpping and rocking all day... but not fighting it's way out like normal.... for the last 24 hours or so it just seems content to grow until the shell cracks more and more... I know k=not to "help...
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    Removing Roooster Spurs - how did YOU do it?

    Over the last few years I've had to de-spur a rooster or two, and I've been happy with the "Hot Potato" method. It seems to be easy, mostly painless for the rooster and rarely is there any bleeding that last longer than an hour or so. Essentially, I wait until the rooster has gone to roost for...
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    I'd like some Tips, Hints, and Tricks from those "In the Know"!

    Hi Everyone! I'm not new to raising a backyard flock.... but I am new to making a web site! I know that some of you have some pretty great web-sites of your own (That's what has inspired me) but I think I may need some good advice, or perhaps even some constructive criticism. Please keep in...
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    There's gonna be more Reds in Indiana this Sat!!

    Day 16 and fixin' to candle the 18 left from the original 23 tonight... (I candled out 5 as infertile at day8! ...might hafta fire that rooster!) My third year of hatching with a cheap (but effective) "Little Giant" still air incubator, and can't complain! I turn the eggs manually 3-5 times...
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