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fisherlady said:
Ok, so what's everyone hatching?
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Just the usual:
Legbars, Blue Egg Sexlinks, Welsummers, Welbars, Bielefelders, BBS Ameraucanas, BBS Copper Marans, Rhodefelders, and some olive eggers.

Turkeys hatching next weekend, and guineas the weekend after that.
Anxiously waiting for fertile eggs from the Silkied Ameraucanas. So far, the few eggs have been infertile, but I have 3 that get candled tonight, really hoping some are fertile
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dheltzel said:
Just the usual:
Legbars, Blue Egg Sexlinks, Welsummers, Welbars, Bielefelders, BBS Ameraucanas, BBS Copper Marans, Rhodefelders, and some olive eggers.

Turkeys hatching next weekend, and guineas the weekend after that.
Anxiously waiting for fertile eggs from the Silkied Ameraucanas. So far, the few eggs have been infertile, but I have 3 that get candled tonight, really hoping some are fertile :fl
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Hoping they candle good for you!
 
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Here's some pics of my crazies this morning. I've had them now for a week, so I suspect they're just a day or so over that. My Ranger and Cornish maybe another two for good measure.

My Amberlinks have a tendency to get muddy butts, I think this is evident in pic #2. I don't hold them often and am trying to come by an easy way to fix this without having to manhandle them. They don't seem to be blocked from going in any way.
 
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Here's some pics of my crazies this morning. I've had them now for a week, so I suspect they're just a day or so over that. My Ranger and Cornish maybe another two for good measure.

My Amberlinks have a tendency to get muddy butts, I think this is evident in pic #2. I don't hold them often and am trying to come by an easy way to fix this without having to manhandle them. They don't seem to be blocked from going in any way.
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Be careful of overly warm brooders, make sure they have a sleeping area at the recommended temp for their age but try to have it cooler on the other end and put their food and water in the cool area. They will be fine at the cooler temperature for short periods of time and will go back for warm ups as needed. You may notice them spending more time on the cooler side than you would expect.

Edit to add... the CX have incredibly high metabolisms and ours did better with lower than normal temps for chicks. Make sure the heat lamp is set so that there are cooler areas available around the outer edges of the sleeping area.
 
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The chicks are getting brave! They were outside as soon as I opened the run for free range. The adults didn't seem to pay attention to the chicks almost right next to them. :)
Sturgis (dog) got goosed by the drake. :lau He kept going after Jojo because Jojo was following me. Jojo went after Sturgis a few times, but the goosing was hysterical!
 
Some people in the Pekin club allow their ducks to bite and terrorize their dogs. I am only saying that a fowl friendly dog was not hurting the drake, and the drake said "leave me alone." They won't be enemies over this.
 
I'm beginning to doubt I will be able to hatch any turkeys... these girls are not cooperating. Every time I put a pile of straw in their shed for nesting they just kick it all around and dust bathe in it and then lay their eggs in the mud.

I appreciate their need to dust themselves since it has been wet here lately, but last time I made a straw pile in the shed and a second in the run and they still kicked them both up until it was all mud again. It's hard to keep bedding in the runs here because everything just washes down the slope.

I blocked off this corner in the shed to keep the bedding from washing down slope and within 5 minutes the hens had it kicked everywhere. I can't incubate muddy eggs (right?), how the heck can I keep these eggs clean if they won't keep the bedding in the nesting area? *I have been putting the straw piles where I find eggs, so I'm not trying to force a nesting area where they don't want one.

Also, how long can I store eggs on the counter before incubating? With all the muddy eggs, I'm having a hard time building up enough for the incubator.

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I took a video of her dust bathing too, but I have to upload it to YouTube first I think. She was having so much fun in the straw it was hard to be annoyed with her... but I'm still at a loss for what to do. I wish she would just sit and brood, or at least lay some eggs in the clean straw for me to incubate!
 
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