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[RedReiner]

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Let me read this a few times and I will hopefully get back with an answer.
You say there is 2.0 on the ground. What 2 points are you connecting the meter to? Disconnect the hot wire and check the ground for voltage. Has this changed with more / less rain? How old is the fenceer is there a chance it is old and may just be at the end of it's useable life?

here lets try again.

I have a fence tester, small ground rod on it and you touch the pointed end of the digital box to the wire. so I pushed the little rod into the wet ground, touch the other end to the ground wire. it says 2.0. when I touch the tester to the hotwire coming from the box it says 4.0. the charger is a power wizard 1000. it has a 1 joule output. I tested it after I cleared the stickers off the ground wire, was mad it had shocked me and I didnt test it before.
we did have some rewiring go on in the barn recently. trying to wire up the chicken coop electrical we found the previous stoner had installed the fuse box and all the power for my barn and coop with absolutely no ground anywhere. it was all direct and would blow the breakers when you turned on the lights in the coop. it was wired with tape and all sorts of silly things. so the box was redone and grounded and new outlets wired in with grounds.
anyway, I know the charger ground wire shocked me, not sure why, I dont understand the pw1000 manual and what it says there. it says no more than 200 should show on the tester... 200 what???

 

[Chickielady]

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OMG, you watch those suppose dto be survivor soap operas ???
IQ for that is lower than drag racing!!!

 

[Chickielady]

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You want to really be confused ???
I bred Blue Ameraucana Cock to Blue Ameraucana Hens, and have hatched over 50 of their eggs, and sold/shipped over 50 more, and one day, in a hatch 2 months ago, a weird "splash" chick hatched.
This baby, is not a splash, but mottled..
pips&peeps answered that there is no such thing as a mottled ameraucana....I agree there.
Just look at the standard.
Not only that, she has tufts.
Last time I said this, Ultasol corrected me & said the Ameraucana has "muffs", yes I agree, BUT this pullet has tufts like an araucana!!!!!!!!
I showed the bird to Ogress when she was here.
This is one beautiful pullet.
It proves if you breed long enough, who knows what will hatch out ?

She's beautiful, and definately tufts and not muff. I think you ought to breed her - maybe whe will make more beauties and then you can name a new breed!

Absolutely correst there

 

[Ogress]

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At least you tried!!!

At least all the cochin chicks get along, LF and bantam! the little guys are about the size of a quarter and sometimes I panic because I don't see one or two, then I lift up a LF chick, and there are all the bantams, snuggled between the big chicks! I think they are the same age. I think CGG said they were hatched on the 10th. Can't keep DD away from the coop now - they are toooo cute! I wonder how many of the little guys it would take to fill broodytood's teacup?

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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I agree with SadieSue....this is so amazing it makes my head hurt. How do you know this? Is there somewhere on the internet to tell us these things? How do I know if I cross X with Y and the color is Z, Z is a female....etc. http://bestsmileys.com/clueless/4.gif

There are web sites that can tell you, but yes, cuckoo marans have sex linked markings AFTER they fledge, the males barring is more distinct & allowing more of a white clear bar & clear black bar, same pink legs.
Golden fledging appears as he ages & starts growing his hackle feathers.
The pullets will be darker, and more "smudged" with what appears as "dots" rather than a clear barring.
This also applies to fledged birds, not fluff.
To sex, wing sex them, at 1 -2 weeks old. After that, watch their hock sizes & combs. And remember, standard comb marans pullets can have large combs, but will not redden until POL.

What does POL mean...I am assuming something like "maturity"? I will never be doing any breeding to this level....but still, it is so incredibly interesting.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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OMG, you watch those suppose dto be survivor soap operas ???
IQ for that is lower than drag racing!!!

But still above 50 and NASCAR.

 

[Kaneke]

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OMG, you watch those suppose dto be survivor soap operas ???
IQ for that is lower than drag racing!!!

I was quite disappointed --- yes, we watch it too, more to snicker at the oopsies than anything else

(have done considerable camping, used to compete in rendezvous)

I felt Rob had done, and won, MORE than enough, already ... playing Svengali again

while I didn't like the persona that Phillip showed during the game, I thought he did a brilliant job of acting

and I thought several of the players made some ill-considered decisions ... basically shooting themselves in the foot

 

[Chickielady]

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There are web sites that can tell you, but yes, cuckoo marans have sex linked markings AFTER they fledge, the males barring is more distinct & allowing more of a white clear bar & clear black bar, same pink legs.
Golden fledging appears as he ages & starts growing his hackle feathers.
The pullets will be darker, and more "smudged" with what appears as "dots" rather than a clear barring.
This also applies to fledged birds, not fluff.
To sex, wing sex them, at 1 -2 weeks old. After that, watch their hock sizes & combs. And remember, standard comb marans pullets can have large combs, but will not redden until POL.

What does POL mean...I am assuming something like "maturity"? I will never be doing any breeding to this level....but still, it is so incredibly interesting.

Point Of Lay.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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There are web sites that can tell you, but yes, cuckoo marans have sex linked markings AFTER they fledge, the males barring is more distinct & allowing more of a white clear bar & clear black bar, same pink legs.
Golden fledging appears as he ages & starts growing his hackle feathers.
The pullets will be darker, and more "smudged" with what appears as "dots" rather than a clear barring.
This also applies to fledged birds, not fluff.
To sex, wing sex them, at 1 -2 weeks old. After that, watch their hock sizes & combs. And remember, standard comb marans pullets can have large combs, but will not redden until POL.

What does POL mean...I am assuming something like "maturity"? I will never be doing any breeding to this level....but still, it is so incredibly interesting.

Point Of Lay. In other words about to start puttin out eggs.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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LOL.