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    EMERGENCY! Pipp or scaled tounge?

    My father in law visited for a few days and while he was here, one of the chooks died. She was not very old (under 1 year) and seemed to be ok but we found her dead in the morning. He had a look at her and said 'I don't think its what killed her but you might wana check your chooks as this one...
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    HELP! Hatching NOW! 24 hrs early.

    My incubator is made from a 120 litre fridge. I use 2x40 watt bulbs because it gets the heat back up in a very short time. I'm sure 2x25 watts would do the job but slightly slower. I have built the 2 bulbs in to the freezer compartment and there is a rangehood fan mounted in there as well...
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    HELP! Hatching NOW! 24 hrs early.

    WOW! After a loooooong night with many worries... got 7 little fluffys jazzing around, all happy as Larry! I set 10 eggs, 2 of them I was not sure if they where fertile and when I candled them, my suspision was right. Last night, 24 hrs too early it all started but it took far too long in my...
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    HELP! Hatching NOW! 24 hrs early.

    Wow! I'm eks...ecsi...excited! sorry ppl...got my first eggs hatching tonight (Aussie time i.e. RIGHT NOW) and I didnt expect them to hatch until tomorrow arvo/evening. I haven't even prepared the brooder for them. Got a home made incubator and only set 10 eggs hoping for the best. I thought 2...
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    Isa X RIR

    Hi everyone! Got a question about x-ing some really nice looking Isa B hens with my gorgeous RIR rooster. I was told yesterday (By someone that reckon he knows EVERYTHING about chooks and x-ing and eggs and have been working with chocks for ages and.... ) that by breeding these it will add...
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    STUPID question on egglaying?

    We got 50 chooks...about 30-35 are laying between every day to every second day...we get different eggs from most of them. anything from brown, no bigger than sparrows egg, white arounf 35-40 gr (thats our grey bantam girl) and up to 90 gram brown. aside from weight, there are speckels, dots...
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    What not to feed?

    uhhmmm...hi! (Yes! I made it...my first post! ) Ok...Im confused. Our chooks eat both cooked and raw potatoes and love it. Obviously no green skin as I know its poisonous but all other peel and off-cuts. Also, they love beans...raw GREEN beans and Peas in the pod...they dont eat the pods...
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