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    Fertility

    I keep bantam faverolles, my cockerel is 3years old and free ranges with 6 hens. I usually have very good hatch rates.....until this year, I tried an early batch set end of Feb...only 1/18 fertile . Next lot candled yesterday at 10days ...only 4/26 !! . The only thing to have changed from...
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    So happy, broody duck

    I keep miniature appleyard ducks, they're great mothers ....the trick is getting them to nest where it's safe. Mine free range so that's not easy, however I have a small spare chicken/duck house. I keep it shut most of the time, a few years ago I left it open with bedding in expecting one of my...
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    Dry hatching

    I have eggs due in a couple of days in the incubator, I've relied on broody hens for last few years, and can't remember when dry hatching if you add water towards the end.....my feeling was that the weather is so muggy at the moment that I wouldn't need to......just having a wobble now :? I...
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    Pcgb leg rings

    Does anyone bother transferring ownership when they sell a legrung bird ?
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    How do they hang on to eggs ?

    I have 4 mini appleyard ducks & a drake that free range . I was contacted by someone desperate for fertile eggs, as they tend to lay all over the garden I penned them.....after 5 days I had 3 eggs ! I let them out and lo and behold I had 4 eggs on consecutive days . How do they do that ? I know...
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    Eglu query

    People rave about eglus so when I saw one for sale locally I snapped it up, thinking useful for broody or bantam growers. So I now have an eglu classic with 3 metre run......the house is fine, old but serviceable. The run however had the skirts dug into the ground and where the it has been...
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    Product testing

    I've just been looking at an advert for in home useage testers..... We design and conduct In-Home Usage Testing (IHUT) locally and nationally to provide actual user feedback to companies and market research firms to evaluate products, packaging, related product instructions and more. We leverage...
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