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    Eggtopsy: What happened to my egg? {Graphic Pictures}

    This information is so appreciated - is there a way I can download it to my tablet (maybe as a pdf file) so I can have it offline and accessible?
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    humidity graphing discrepancies

    I always prefer to monitor humidity by graphing weight loss, and usually I try to put only one type of egg in each incubator. This time I had to put 3 kinds together in my Sportsman. The Muscovy and guinea eggs are spot-on, but the chicken eggs are losing humidity at a far-too rapid (yes...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    ****, just what I feared. Now I'm up the creek - this year's Wellie customers are eager for chicks. I guess I'm out of the Wellie biz, and I had some of Pink's great stock.
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    He covered several, all of whom have produced obviously-Welsummer chicks before from the roo that the bobcat got. So the eggs in the incubator now are from a variety of those hens, and so far ALL of them are hatching out looking like something completely different. That creamish-color is pretty...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    Help...... is this not a Wellie? I bought him as such after a bobcat got my breeder this winter, and now that I see chicks from him, I have serious doubts. (Will post pix of chicks when they're out of the incubator.)
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    Sportsman turner

    I have an old Sportsman cabinet incubator with the automatic turner. It turns all the time - and it does it much faster than my tabletop incubators (which can't even be noticed). Back and forth, back and forth. Is this normal? Is there a way to adjust the turner so that it moves more gradually...
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    GQF cabinet incubators 1266 and 1270

    I was recently given one each of the above incubators; the 1270 is set up as a hatcher. They have been barn-stored for years. I'm planning a thorough Clorox wash, but I also would like to know if there is a way to fumigate them so that the areas I can't reach are also sterilized. Any ideas?
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    Squatters and Freeloaders

    How much feed do they hold? They look kind of small, and while I like the idea, I'm afraid they wouldn't last my flock long enough.
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    Squatters and Freeloaders

    I have the same problem and have been netting them by hand inside the coop, but that still leaves hundreds left to go. I keep a small length of 2x4 and a wooden bench in the coop so I can whack them as they're caught. I used to drown them but realized that a good head whack is far more humane...
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    Crochet Pattern wanted - Chicken Purse

    Sorry for the duplicate post......
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    Crochet Pattern wanted - Chicken Purse

    Anyone know where I can find a crochet guinea pattern? The only one I can find online is knitted. I keep looking, but so far no luck. I wish I had the ability to design one myself. --Kate
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    Crochet Pattern wanted - Chicken Purse

    Any chance anyone knows where to find a guinea crochet pattern? I've found a knitted one and continue to look, but no luck. I wish I had the ability to design one myself.
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    Graphing egg humidity/weight loss

    Hmm. What I read said to weigh a selection and average them, but of course you're correct that weighing them individually would be more accurate. I like it that the clears lose at the same rate and therefore don't mess up the average of the developing ones -- thanks!
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    Graphing egg humidity/weight loss

    I've been using the system of weighing and charting a 13% weight loss over the incubation period, and I like its accuracy. I have had a problem that seems to throw everything off, though. When one of the 6 or 7 eggs I'm using as the control weights turns out to be a clear, do you remove it from...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    I have some Wellies who tend to go broody. Last year I grafted 6 guinea keets onto one of them, and she raised them up perfectly. This year I've tucked some incubator hatchlings (Wellies) under a different one, and she took them on after a bit of screaming shock and peep-pecking. A few of my...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    Great job, EweSheep. I'm still in! Kate Brackett/California
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    It will be interesting to see how this chick develops. It's going home with my friend from Vashon with several of the Wellie chicks so we can keep an eye on it. (Said friend isn't interested in breeding, so it will be a good spot for said chick.)
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    Too funny! What a sneaky little flyer she is........... She certainly pulled one off on all of us for a while. I'm relieved that she is the cause.
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    I've never seen a Wellie/Barnie cross, so I can't say. This is the EE hen who I think is the likely culprit.
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