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    Anyone Hatching on the 4th?

    I NEED HELP!!! Ok, last week, we did really well and had a total of 10 new chicks. Then for some reason we haven't seen anymore. We took out overdue eggs, cracked them open and the fully formed chick was in them......no idea what happened there. Last night however, I heard a peep and went to...
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    Anyone Hatching on the 4th?

    Yeehaa, we have 3 chick out and about another 6 pipping! I tell you what....it's a sight to see them break free. My children and I have been huddled around the bator all day. We have 2 austrolorps and 1 buff so far. We had 6 hens (1 buff, 1 austrolorp, 1 white rock, 1 New Hampshire, 1 Isa...
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    Anyone Hatching on the 4th?

    I just saw your link, we have 41 eggs due between today (Feb3) and next week. We just got 2 that have started pipping and squeeking. So, this is our first hatch.....how long does it take for them to be completly out???? I am just worried that they are stuck. They've been at it now for 9...
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    Hatching for idiots 101

    What is that they say about hind sight????? As I said, I needed the Idiots guide to hatching chicks. I really think that some of the more experienced people on this sight should pool their knowledge and write such a book. Seriously, I would buy it. You could fill it with all sorts of cool...
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    Hatching for idiots 101

    I have no clue what I am doing! Yes, I am a real woman and can admit that I have no clue what I am doing! We thought it would be fun to hatch our own chickens and so we started out on an interesting journey that has now resulted in 41 eggs in a bator. We isolated 6 hens to 2 roosters in hopes...
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    Candling photos and stages of development- info compilation (pics!)

    Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain : With Spring around the corner all thoughts are turning to ......... hatching chicks! For the members that are old hands at this, please feel free to add your candling photos, or photos of chicks that quit before hatching that you decided to take photos of. For the...
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    anyone hatching around jan. 19th?

    Quote: Question...it sounds like we are doing the same thing. I seperated out 6 hens to 2 roosters and everyday we collect their eggs, write the date with a pencil on the eggs and put it in the bator. I was just wondering if it would be wise to buy a second bator to hatch them in seperatly...
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    Michigan

    Quote: I'll let you know how it's going. I am sure that I will have more questions when in comes to candleing them and figuring out if they are good or not. Anyway, Thanks for the advice, it's good to know I have somewhere to turn with all my strange questions!
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    Michigan

    I hate to break up the bare foot contessa by asking a question.....but hey, someone has to. I had to break down and buy an incubator this morning. The brooders desided they didn't want to be broody on some other hens eggs. Anyway, they were realy cold this morning and I wanted to know if you...
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    Michigan

    Quote: The bad thing about the waiting is the cost of feed! I hate spending the money feeding roosters. Last spring we hatched 25 straight run's and had to butcher 13 of them. The problem that no matter how you cook them, they was some darn tough birds! We wanted to avoid that this time...
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    Michigan

    I must have gotten confused looking at the pictures of "how to sex a chicken" It looked like you had to........well, you got the picture. How far away do you live? As you read, I make home made bread and would be willing to trade bread for sexing!
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    Michigan

    Quote: Well that struck me odd as well, just another big poultry building. Wonder what makes it so different than the ones just down the road a bit. I think it sells eggs to "Egglands Best" eggs and so it needs to use a better feed or something like that. All I know is there is nothing...
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    Michigan

    Quote: Do you have a grain mill?? I grind all my own grains and have created a great recipe. I usually use hard white berries, but I also like winter red. The white is great for toast and sandwitches, and the red is great with soups and stews. Here's the recipe 1 T yeast (preferably SAF)...
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    Michigan

    Quote: I go right through your neck of the woods to take my hogs to slaughter at Jones. Really pleased with the results I get back from them. Question? I know where Herbrucks is, but I noticed another "Organic" farm that had their name on it as well...same folks?...or a different family...
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    Michigan

    Hello from Saranac MI. It's off I-96 between Lansing and Grand Rapids. The irony is that I live less than 2 miles from Herbrooks egg farm who knew I would be raising chickens! We have a total (right now) of 17 hens and 2 roosters. The alpha rooster is a black austrolorp named Nugget. We...
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    hatching eggs the old fashioned way

    We are hatching eggs the old fashioned way as a home school project for our children. We wanted to do it the old fashioned way under the chicken's butt! I just had a few questions for someone with more experience. First of all, we seperated out 6 hens and 2 roosters in a seperate stall. We...
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