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    Hatching meat birds from fertile eggs

    Are there any places that sell fertile eggs for meat bird breeds? cornish? or broiler? or any of the lines that are used for commercial meat bird production? I have seen that they sell chicks, but i am interesed in buying just the eggs.
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    Chicks turn or don’t turn into hatch position.

    Chicks turn or don’t turn into hatch position. I seem to get a lot of chicks that try to hatch out upside down. Most of them make a piercing in the shell and if I get to them in time, I help them out and things usually turn out well. Chicks grow upside down right? And then turn “head up” for...
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    Co2 in incubating

    Do commercial incubators use injected C02 in their process'? What levels do they run? I imagine that this increases growth / hatch rates, does anybody know about this?
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    Later stage incubation die out / dry out not sure?

    Later stage incubation die out / dry out not sure? I am running a 400 capacity large cabinet style fully automatic incubator and have been doing so for a couple of years now. I started with 100% chicken eggs and little by little learned their quirks and am now up to having a real good deal of...
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    How important is air circulation in a cabinet style incubator?

    I have one large cabinet style 360 egg capacity incubator as well as other styrofoams (hova-bator, little giant, and 1 other that is so old its unrecognizable anymore) and i'm wondering how important is the air circulation to my (3 ft. tall, 2.5 ft. deep, 2ft. wide) cabinet style incubator. I...
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    Thinking about getting some pheasants, quick questions

    I would like to breed some ringneck and golden pheasante but i have a few questions: Do they only lay eggs once a year? And when they lay, how many eggs do they usually have? Are there any other important things that i should know about Pheasants? I would like to get some but I want to...
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    Chcicken Indreeding

    Obviously it's not a good idea to breed sons and daughters with parents when crossing any animal, as degeneration and other weaknesses can arise. But what is the real deal there. Currently living outside of the US and I don't have the option to buy a batch of chicks online (or local for that...
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    How many eggs can a production hen lay daily?

    I have been reading that it takes 25 hours for a hen to produce an egg. In production lines, or what I have become to know as; genetically altered hens, are they able to more than one eggs per day? I have heard all kinds of stories about excessive vitamins, hormones and other un-natural ways to...
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    How hens store sperm - weird title but legit question

    I have read that female turkeys only need to be mated with once and they store the sperm and use it as a reserve for making all of the rest of the eggs fertile when they come out. (I have never participated in an artificial insemination project with Turkeys but have seen videos and it appear to...
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    Portland Oregon

    I have been fine tuning my incubation skills and now I would like to add some new breeds to my farm, I'm not a big fan of shipped eggs and much prefer buying eggs direct from breeder and getting to know new chicken friends in my area, I am in Portland OR, and was wondering if anybody breeds any...
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    Feather sexing transylvanian naked neck chickens

    Does anybody know if the TNN is a breed that carries the feather sexing gene?
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    Making organic chicken feed from scratch (not available to buy where I am)

    Im south of the border and I have a small animal farm with chicken for eggs and meat, turkeys for eggs and meat and peacocks. I also have rabbits. There's basically a narrow line of feed that one can buy for chick, growth, eggs and meat, which i'm sure are all just full of nasty chemicals and...
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    Working on 1st turkey hatch in incubator, is this normal? HELP!!!!!!!

    Got about 12 eggs in my LG. First 25 days, temps 99-100, humidity between 50-55%, all embryos grew and every time i candled them there was a lot of movement, even though sometimes they didnt react right away, after watching them for a few minutes they all moved. Now I have reached day 25 and I...
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    Hatching still in egg trays or is it necessary to be on their side?

    I have been hatching chickens for about a year and a half now. Have learned a lot from this site! Thanks! Im up to 95% to 100% every hatch now. And I always hatch the chicks still in the egg trays. I am using a little giant with circulated air and the hatch just fine whil still in the egg...
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    Getting post update notifications

    Is there a way to get an email on post updates. What i mean is that when i make a post, i would like to have a quicker way to get notified that someone is commenting on my post. The way i do it now is i go to "Profile" and the "Show all recent POsts" and then i have to scroll throught them and...
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    Mexico

    Anybody live/raise chickens in Mexico?
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    Posting profile pic, just can't seem to find out how to do this

    I want to post a pic where it says my name, like so many have, but i have checked all the "Profile" options and just cant seem to figure out how. I have uploaded some pics to this site but i want one to appear below my name. How is this done? Sorry for the noobness but I want to show off my...
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    A rabbit only feeder

    I have chickens, turkeys, peafowl and rabbits all living harmoniously in the confines of my half acre plot. I have never had any problems with the mixing of animals in regards to disease or anything like that, just wanna get that out there. But i give my rabbits a feed that costs more than the...
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    Killing chickens by slicing the jugular and not breaking the vertabrae

    I have read alot of the posts about this method, with the keeping intact of the vertabrae and have come to the following conlusions. I used to be a die hard head wacker, quick and easy for me, also thought to be the fastest way for the animal, I have slaughtered hundreds of my own backyard free...
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    Indoor lighting to aid a cessation but outdoors, help!

    Heres the deal, I have about 50 or so hens and normally I collect about 20 or so eggs on a daily average. They never have a shortage of food or water and are in and outdoor area that is fenced in (with an exception of the top) the space size is about 40' long by about 20' wide. Where I live it...
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