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[mjgigax]

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ohio.........

 

[mjgigax]

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Classic!

 

[poultryand bees]

old*cowboy :

Hey Teach, got my incubator today. Spent about 2 hours getting temp right.
http://i51.tinypic.com/1zcmu1l.jpg

Good looking incubator. I will be curious to know how you like it. I am looking for another sportsman style for my incubator habit, but sure don't want to pay a fortune for it.​

 

[poultryand bees]

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The humidity is too much for me too. I Hate that we jump right into summer with very little spring. I don't like the really cold weather at all but 90+ temps and 70% humidity is about to get me down. Especailly since we are still in May.
I guess I have ranted enough about the things I can't change.
As for hens laying, mine have slacked off too. I am gonna put them on a higher protein feed for awhile and see it they pick back up.
Its not good to try and have breeding programs and the hens won't lay. It puts a kink in the whole process.
If I wanted bird that don't lay, I'll just get more roosters.

Admit it. You will probably get more roosters just because you like cool ones.

 

[poultryand bees]

Speaking of incubators, it was mentioned at the last Fletcher auction that there would be an incubator (and a hatcher also?) at the Cement auction this coming Saturday. Does anyone know what kind it is? I would like to do my homework better before bidding very much for one.

I bid on a sportsman style incubator at Blanchard last week, but it was PO'd because he wanted $375 for it

 

[Buckguy20]

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The humidity is too much for me too. I Hate that we jump right into summer with very little spring. I don't like the really cold weather at all but 90+ temps and 70% humidity is about to get me down. Especailly since we are still in May.
I guess I have ranted enough about the things I can't change.
As for hens laying, mine have slacked off too. I am gonna put them on a higher protein feed for awhile and see it they pick back up.
Its not good to try and have breeding programs and the hens won't lay. It puts a kink in the whole process.
If I wanted bird that don't lay, I'll just get more roosters.

Admit it. You will probably get more roosters just because you like cool ones.

So true Maribeth! So true!

 

[poultryand bees]

I just replied to a Craigslist ad for someone in Blanchard who has 2 GFQ incubators and is willing to hatch eggs in exchange for 1/2 of the chicks. That might be a better deal than buying another incubator since I don't pay enough attention to the incubators to have a high hatch rate.

 

[Poco Pollo]

Hope everyone had a good day. I moved about twenty ducklings to an outside pen today. They've been making such a mess, and I just can't keep up. Now they have plenty of space to make mud pies, but at night I have to lock them up. I think I actually got scowled at by a few of my waddlers. Can a duckling frown?

 

[upcdayz]

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Too funny!

Let us know if he finds the snake he was looking for. I'm interested to know how big it turns out to be.

 

[old*cowboy]

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That might be a good deal at that.