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    Best Turkey Breed

    Our Bourbon Red hen is like having a small, friendly police dog out in the yard. She gets lots of attention daily though, so I'm not sure if hand-raising and cuddling had anything to do with it :) Turkeys eat game bird feed which is higher protein. I house our turkey with a peahen, and...
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    Prince William Co VA. Rehoming ASAP. 10 asst hens and silkie rooster

    I'm in Ashland and would be willing to adopt the birds.
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    Poultry Memes!

    Some memes I made. What does the fox say? (he had just killed a hen and was circling the flock for another) "Nothing to see here, folks. Move along."
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    Where are your storing your supplies?

    Galvanized metal garbage cans are great.
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    Pressure treated 4x4s for run?

    Great advice. I did this to protect from termites which will still eat at the newer types of "treated" wood.
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    Building our Chicken Structure

    We moved into a new house in Feb of last year (2013) I got drunk at a St. Paddy's day festival weeks later, and they had a petting zoo... Hours later I had 12 chicks in a kiddie pool in my kitchen :) Guess it's time to build a bigger coop than the small A-Frame we have. Note- I am a chemist...
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    tips on hatching in an egg carton.

    @Parklandchicks, I made a homemade incubator out of a light bulb (with dimmer), file cabinet, jars of water and tin foil. We use a hygrometer and thermometer to monitor the environment. I have no problems with the humidity, and we record temperatures which hold constant but I think the...
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    tips on hatching in an egg carton.

    I hope parklandchicks had a better hatch than me. All 13 eggs developed till around day 18. None hatched. Not quite sure why, but I'm new at it and have identified some refinements I need to make to my process. My rooster is already making sure I have plenty of fertile eggs to try again with...
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    Tractor Supply Chicks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Special Order form pdf for TSC. Gotta print it and bring it to the store with you.
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    State a fact about yourself!

    i like jeeps
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    Tractor Supply Chicks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Our brand new local TSC got chicks in yesterday so naturally we went to check it out. I was disappointed. They had 5 bins labeled "Assorted Red" Pullets, "Assorted Bantams", "Assorted Yellow Chicks", "Assorted Ducklings" and "Cornish Rock". After each "assorted color" they listed about 8...
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    Float Testing, Checking Egg Viability For Late Or Overdue Hatching

    This pic was taken at the beginning of day 23 after not seeing any pips or wiggling of the eggs. (I adjusted the photo's color and contrast so that the waterline was more easily visible.) Should they wiggle when put in water if still viable? I suspect something went wrong in the incubator...
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    Hawks :(

    Genious! I'll take 3
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    Myth: Bad eggs will float / good eggs will sink

    It's called "Balut". Google image search it if you dare. (My western taste palate makes me want to vomit uncontrollably when I watch people eating it.)
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    Myth: Bad eggs will float / good eggs will sink

    I googled "Cell phones" and they apparently are not made of cells either :(
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    ARE CHICKEN EGGS FERTILE AFTER 14DAYS!!!

    There could be a small chance the eggs were viable for 14 days before incubating for 21 days which would equal 35 days total. Its a small chance, but mother nature doesn't follow rule books and so it could be possible but unlikely. 3 weeks, however, seems more appropriate of a time frame for...
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    tips on hatching in an egg carton.

    I have seen YouTube videos of eggs moving and they were noticeably wiggling without having to look hard to see it, which is why I doubt our eggs were moving. I'm sure the wife and kids are just excited.
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    Hawks :(

    I had a hawk attacking my largest hen a few days ago, but the hen was twice the size of the hawk. I was only a few feet away too. It was the strangest thing. I've found that if you let them free range every day the predators quickly learn where to go every day for a meal. The coyotes and...
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    tips on hatching in an egg carton.

    My wife and 5 year old claim to have seen them moving yesterday afternoon, but I did not observe any movement last night when I got home from work. And my 5 year old isn't terribly credible either...
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    Comment by 'Andrstein' in item 'Jersey Giant'

    Their breed description includes the following characteristics: large, long time to maturity and not heavy layers. Not sure how you can list their defining characteristics as cons.
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