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    Easter Egged

    In case no one else has posted it yet, here is a cute Easter chicken related cartoon: http://home.att.net/~solos_holiday/2008/_011/egg.htm
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    Chicks from TSC

    I couldn't resist some mixed pullets from TSC yesterday. However, now I'm wondering what I got. They supposedly had mixed pullets and RIRs. However, they were all dumped into the same metal bin brooder. I picked some light yellow chicks in hopes they might be Buff Orps. I also selected some...
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    Mille Fleurs are hatching!

    I started with six Mille Fleur eggs and yesterday (Monday) was Day 21. The first chick hatched near the end of Day 21 once I got home from work at about 6 p.m. A second one was out by this morning (Day 22) and a third was out by this afternoon, almost 24 hours after the first to hatch. I am...
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    Confessions of a Hatching Addict

    No, I'm not looking for help or sympathy as it appears I'm too far gone now. All I can do at this point is share my indiscretions and sins with other like-minded individuals. Just less than a month ago I had grudgingly agreed, with the wife, to no more hatching eggs for the moment...
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    It's Day 21... AGAIN!!!!!

    Well, it's Day 21 for those Welsummer eggs I was gifted. There was a pip last night and cheeping from the little pipper. So, this morning I awoke to a cute little Welsummer chick resting its head between two of the other eggs. I am hopeful that some more will start doing their thing today...
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    OEGBs and Bantam Salmon Faverolles - NEW PICS

    Well, an OEGB egg was the first to hatch tonight (end of day 20) from my second incubation. It looks like my red pyle OEGB may actually be the Daddy of this first chick rather than either of my other roosters (the buff cochin bantam or the black frizzled cochin bantam). This first OEGB to...
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    OEGB?

    I'm pretty sure this little darling in an Old English Game bantam. However, what color form is she? She is a silvery light grey on the back with a light brown on the breasts. Her legs are grey. If you think she is something entirely different than an OEGB, then I would like to know, too...
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    I miss my eggs

    I'm away from home for the next couple of days, but today was Day 18 for my Salmon Favorelles (SF) eggs. I transferred the SF eggs from the Hovabator (still has Welsummer and OEGB eggs) to my Little Giant incubator for hatching. I will return on Day 20 (Sunday) and I just hope none start...
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    Where to buy Chicken Saddles?

    I have 9 hens in molt and they are all picking at each other's tails where the feathers are missing. I can't isolate them all from each other and they do not free range because of abundant predators (hawks, foxes, etc.). Normally, they are all well behaved toward each other, but now it's...
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    Hatching Plot continues

    My diabolical plot to hatch more chickens is afoot. In today's mail I received the Welsummer eggs that I had gotten through an auction. The auction was for six eggs, and I received ten. After the auction had ended, I had e-mailed the seller and asked for the PayPal payment information. The...
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    Hard Lesson Learned

    When I checked on my Silkie chicks tonight out in the brooder-coop with my broody hen, I counted and discovered that one chick was missing. In a panic I started digging through the hay suspecting the worse. I was worried that perhaps a rat or a snake had somehow gotten into the bottom of the...
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    Day 11 for Salmon Favorelles and more eggs in the mail

    It's Day 11 now for the bantam Salmon Favorelles eggs that I got from eBay. I candled two of the 14 eggs yesterday and definitely saw lots of movement in one of them. I had thrown in 5 eggs from my OEGB hen with the SFs eggs just to see if my little hen was laying fertile eggs. I candled...
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    Silkie Serama

    I'm fairly new to keeping chickens and after hatching some Silkies recently I find that I want to try every breed I see. I was looking at the U.S. Serama Club's Virtual Expo and saw this interesting Silkie Serama: http://www.serama.us/shows/page7.html There are pics of several more of these...
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    Anymore hatches for TSA?

    Tsa, what's going on? Have anymore hatched out for you yet? I know it's suspenseful to wait by the 'bator.
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    A Plan Coming Together

    Well, my diabolical hatching plan is finally coming together. The Silkie eggs are still going strong in the first incubator with this coming Saturday being day 21. Broody Betty is still sitting on her six matching Silkie eggs with this Friday being her due date. My second incubator arrived...
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    Hatching Updates for this weekend, MORE PICS!!!

    <<I've updated the title of this post for this weekend's hatchers. 12/12/07, d_rooster>> Well, it's Day 14 here and I candled again this morning. I saw at least some movement in all five eggs. The egg contents are much darker than just a few days ago and it's really hard to see much in the...
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    New Hova-Bator Genesis, Opinions?

    Does anyone have experience with the new Hova-Bator Genesis Model 1588 incubator? Does it hold temps as advertised? The least expensive price I find is on eBay at $106.99 (U.S.) plus shipping. Anyone know anywhere less expensive? I just want to make sure that before I spend the bucks that...
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    Counting Days and Turning?

    Yes, I've searched the past messages for "stop turning" and I found a ton of answers with tons of opinions and interpretations. There has got to be a correct, by-the-book, rote answer to the question of when to stop turning most chicken eggs in the incubator. I set my incubator eggs on...
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    Sneaking hatched chicks under hen

    I've got a cochin bantam hen brooding six Silkie eggs. I also set six matching eggs in an incubator 1 day after giving the first six to the bantam. I wondered if it were possible to give the incubator chicks, assuming any of them hatch, to the bantam hen to raise along with the ones she is...
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    Advice on manual egg turning support?

    Since my auto egg turner broke, I've been trying to think of ways to make the manual turning process simpler and quicker for the eggs in my incubator. I was wondering if I could safely use the back of a styrofoam egg carton as a means of support for the eggs inside the incubator. Here's a...
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