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SunnyCalifornia said:
I hear you, I am trying to do the same.

But there's nothing wrong with asking a reasonable amount of money for a pet bird. Heck, I would pay $20.00 for a nice layer hen. Or even a mutt rooster for $10 if I needed one. I'd buy a pretty Ameracauna for $30-$40, not to show it, just to have it. I think you see where I'm going with this. Just because its not show quality doesn't make it entirely worthless. Plus if somebody pays $20-$30 bucks for something, they have something invested in the animal, and may be more likely to take care of it, instead of BBQ it.
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your right chaili it's not how much you spend on getting your birds. It's who you know ...
 
Thanks I will give it a try.
SunnyCalifornia said:
I've been reasonably lucky with my chicks that hatch. I don't usually have very many at a time, so between me and my daughters, somebody is always keeping an eye on them. I might raise the heat a bit, around 95 for the first week, and 90-95 for the second week. That might also help with pasty. Supposedly sand helps, but then they get the sand in their eyes. I use the Sav A Chick for the first week, and then at intervals after that.

Try putting marbles in the water dish, that way they can't fall in and drown.
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Cornstarch? Interesting. Well I will try it all.
KIDDSBANTAMS said:
I lose a lot of seramas also if they are from pullet hens. I think when the eggs are so small then I chicks are just too small to make it. I think I will wait until their eggs are bigger and try again, it is too depressing losing all the tiny ones. On the poopy rears, I do use play sand in the brooders and I use save a chick in their water and also grind their started in a blender, I do mix grounded up scratch corn in with their starter, it helps a lot. The tiny ones gets poop rears some, but not as often.
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sorry for your lost ... I hate it when I hear people lose these little guy .. I dont hatch my chicks in incubator . I use pigeons or a broody .. They come out stronger ... dont know why but they just do .
 
SunnyCalifornia said:
I hear you, I am trying to do the same.

But there's nothing wrong with asking a reasonable amount of money for a pet bird. Heck, I would pay $20.00 for a nice layer hen. Or even a mutt rooster for $10 if I needed one. I'd buy a pretty Ameracauna for $30-$40, not to show it, just to have it. I think you see where I'm going with this. Just because its not show quality doesn't make it entirely worthless. Plus if somebody pays $20-$30 bucks for something, they have something invested in the animal, and may be more likely to take care of it, instead of BBQ it.
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x2. I never give away culls. I make everyone pay something because I want them to have ownership.
 

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