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    Hoover Hatchery

    Thinking about ordering some chicks this spring and did a quick price comparison of the big hatcheries online. Looked up 25 Cornish X's to get prices and shipping costs. I found Hoover to be the cheapest per bird at $1.85 and they claim from their website that shipping is free! Is this...
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    Not quite new but have been gone for quite awhile

    I have been gone for about seven years and decided to get back into chickens. Bought seven year old RR hens. Some guy near me gets old breeding stock from a major hatchery. I guess they only use the same hens for six months then get rid of them. This guy buys them by the hundreds and resells...
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    Looking for a Barred Rock Rooster in MI

    Greetings all! I have one BR hen who is going on her second year with me and my family. She is a very lucky hen as she is the last one out of 25 I started with almost two years ago. I had a mink and raccoon problem that ended up wiping out my entire group except for ole Berta who has been...
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    A Breeding Question

    I am not quite sure if this question belongs here though it does deal with the fertilization of hatching eggs. If a rooster does his job with a hen on day 1, about how many days will her eggs be fertile? I think I've have read here somewhere that it is multiple days. Now, if you have a...
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    Townline Meatbirds

    Does anyone know what the difference is between their Vantress X Arbor (AA70) Cross and their The Hubbard White Mountain Broiler? Is one more active than the other? Has anyone had both? I'm looking for something a little more active than the normal Cornish X. Thanks for the info, Eric
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    Day 20

    Started off with 9 mutt eggs from a friend and today I've had 5 pips, 3 zips and two cute little strawberry blond chicks. It's my first hatch and it is pretty amazing. I'll probably be up all night checking on them.......
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    Chickens not roosting...

    My chickens are about 10 weeks old now and have been in their new coop for about 3 weeks. At dusk instead of getting on their roosts, they all cram in the corner of coop and fight and push for position. This pushing and shoving goes on for 20 or so minutes until they cease and settle down. I...
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    When removing the turner......

    is there any particular way you arrange the eggs on the wire mesh? This is my first hatch with nine "mutt" eggs I got from a friend. Do you bunch them up like in a nest, or do you spread them out? Thanks, Eric
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    Another Humidity Question

    Okay, I have a still-air hova-bator in which I installed a pc fan in it which is the smartest thing I have ever did. I can't believe in how much better it keeps the temperature constant. I have it in the garage, (I know it's not supposed to be out of the house) but even in extreme temp swings...
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    Almost Finished "Chick Inn"

    I wish I would have gotten the camera out during the beginning steps of building, but I was in such a rush since the chickens were getting too large for their brooder. The reason I waited so long to start this coop is that I was going to get a free coop from a friend but couldn't make...
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    Huge Egg!

    Check this out! It's 4 times the size of a regular egg. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/7389906.stm
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    Mounting PC fan in Hovabator

    I have 4" x 4" pc fan that I would like to mount in a still-air Hovabator from the 80's, I don't know if they have changed since then. Where is the best location for it? The only place on the lid where it would not interfere with the heating element was on one of the windows. Somebody out...
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    LG or Hovibator Questions

    Okay, I've been thinking about getting a bator, 1588 with turner, from Cutlers which I just found out is about ten miles from my house. Well, a co-worker let me know that he had a bator with turner that he would sell to me for 30 bucks. I had my heart set on the 1588 but 30 compared to 146...
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    How to tell the difference between baby Barred Rock and a Maran?

    As you may know, I am trying to find out what type of chickens I have. I went to MPC because they have pictures of day-olds and found two that look identical. The pictures of the BR and Marans look identical. I even cut and paste the two next to each other so I could see them together and...
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    Chick Pix from Meyers Brown Egger Assortment

    Well, I finally got them. They shipped Monday and they arrived Wednesday afternoon all 26 perfectly healthy. Meyers did a great job packing them up. Anyway, when I first opened them up I was a little disappointed as it looked like there was only 3 different breeds in the box (of course I was...
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    Meyer's Brown Layer Assortment

    Good evening everyone! I'll be getting my new chicks tomorrow morning from Meyer's and I'm a little excited. I haven't had chickens for a couple of years now and am ready to get back into it. I am curious to hear if any of you out there has ordered this assortment from them and what breeds...
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