The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

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One thing is for sure, once you've seen and held the "real McCoys", hatchery birds under the same name pale in comparison.

 

[cmom]

Quote: The bed frame has a buckle in it and because of that they would have to straighten it out before they can replace the bed but I think they have been having a hard time finding one. There is a little damage to the cab. The back window is one that the whole window in on a track and goes up and down. Hubby was the only one in the truck not hurt but he feels bad.
You were correct. The insurance company wants to total the truck because the repairs total more than 75% of the value of the truck. Hubby recently put new Michelin tires on it. I wonder if they will take that into consideration.

 

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You were correct. The insurance company wants to total the truck because the repairs total more than 75% of the value of the truck. Hubby recently put new Michelin tires on it. I wonder if they will take that into consideration.

They normally give compensation for new tires and any upgrades you've made to the vehicle, but you'll need to make them aware of it.

 

[cmom]

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I just faxed them receipts. Hubby is really bummed. I checked out some trucks the same year and model and they all had well over 100,000 miles and most were closer to 200,000. We still have the window sticker from when we bought it new, maybe I should fax that over too.

 

[cmom]

I had finally decided to go up north as a observer at the northern shows such as the Ohio National and was planning on driving the truck as I could take some birds and cages up but I guess maybe next year. Maybe I can still go to the Newnan, GA show. That is in February.

 

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I had finally decided to go up north as a observer at the northern shows such as the Ohio National and was planning on driving the truck as I could take some birds and cages up but I guess maybe next year. Maybe I can still go to the Newnan, GA show. That is in February.

There's also the Dixie Classic in Knoxville, TN on Dec. 3...

 

[cmom]

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Don't know if we'll have a truck by then. We aren't too speedy. Will be going to the Florida Sunshine Classic in Lake City, FL on January 14th.

 

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Don't know if we'll have a truck by then. We aren't too speedy. Will be going to the Florida Sunshine Classic in Lake City, FL on January 14th.

Well, like I always say... do what you can and let the rest go.

 

[ejcrist]

Now that I have my first breeding birds I'm trying to get my ducks in a row, or rather chickens in a row, so I'll have everything in place come spring. I have a Sportsman 1502 incubator and I'm working on a group of breeding pens now since spring comes early here in central AZ. My plan is to breed the hens individually since they each excel in some areas and could use improvement in others. At first I didn't know how to breed individually. I read about trap nests but that's not practical in my climate since it gets toasty during the day, and unless you'll be home all day to release the hens you could lose a few. My mentor told me a much better way to do it and that is to put the hens in their own individual pens and rotate the cock to each pen daily - I never even thought of that. So anyway I'm thinking to do that and mark the eggs as to which mother they came from when they go in the incubator. All sounds good so far. But then I got to thinking, when all the eggs are in the hatching tray and begin hatching, I probably won't be present at the time, so how will I know which hatched chick came from which marked shell? I'm thinking I could probably get a hatching tray with partitions which I saw online for the Sportsman 1502. There's a large egg tray, for like ostrich and emu eggs that is divided into three sections. I think that would work. If you don't separate them I don't see how you would know which chick came out of which egg which would be a disaster - all the work to ID the mom would be for naught. So anyway, if anyone could help me out with this part I'd appreciate it. How do you do it?

 

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Now that I have my first breeding birds I'm trying to get my ducks in a row, or rather chickens in a row, so I'll have everything in place come spring. I have a Sportsman 1502 incubator and I'm working on a group of breeding pens now since spring comes early here in central AZ. My plan is to breed the hens individually since they each excel in some areas and could use improvement in others. At first I didn't know how to breed individually. I read about trap nests but that's not practical in my climate since it gets toasty during the day, and unless you'll be home all day to release the hens you could lose a few. My mentor told me a much better way to do it and that is to put the hens in their own individual pens and rotate the cock to each pen daily - I never even thought of that. So anyway I'm thinking to do that and mark the eggs as to which mother they came from when they go in the incubator. All sounds good so far. But then I got to thinking, when all the eggs are in the hatching tray and begin hatching, I probably won't be present at the time, so how will I know which hatched chick came from which marked shell? I'm thinking I could probably get a hatching tray with partitions which I saw online for the Sportsman 1502. There's a large egg tray, for like ostrich and emu eggs that is divided into three sections. I think that would work. If you don't separate them I don't see how you would know which chick came out of which egg which would be a disaster - all the work to ID the mom would be for naught. So anyway, if anyone could help me out with this part I'd appreciate it. How do you do it?

It depends on how many females you'll be using this coming breeding season. If it's a pair, it's very easy. Collect eggs from #1 pen for a week, then mark them as #1 and set those eggs. Once those eggs are set, collect eggs from pen #2 for a week then set those eggs. Do this every week, setting eggs from alternating pens. After 18 days, move the first eggs set (pen #1) to the hatcher. It will be best to use a separate hatcher since the humidity requirements are different. When those eggs hatch, move the chicks to a brooder, clean out the hatcher, toe punch or band the chicks, and wait a few days until the next batch of eggs is ready to go in. Doing it this way, there's no chance for the chicks to get mixed up. Every following week will result in newly hatched chicks. This can be applied to more than two sets of eggs, but will require a divider in the hatcher, and accurate record keeping such as dates eggs were laid, which pens they came from, dates eggs were set, and hatch dates. As long as you mark each egg with set date and pen #, it shouldn't get too complicated.