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#1 2009-11-07 00:58:43
- Prairie Chick
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My Preservation Hatch
Well so far i have about 10 black Marans and more on the way, 1 penny (which i had to take out of the bator cause it jumped out of the rack 
) and i have 3 Black Copper Marans almost out 
CHICKENS: Ameraucanas, Australorps, Barnevelder, Barred Rocks, Black Copper Marans, Buff Brahmas, Cochins (Standards) , Faverolle, Guinea, Japanese bantams, Langshans, leghorns, Orpington, Penedesenca, Polish, Rhode Island Reds, Wyandotte, Welsummer.
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#2 2009-11-07 01:51:02
- Journey's End
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Re: My Preservation Hatch
How many did you start with?
White crested black polish, Black jersey giants, black copper and black marans available this spring. Maybe a few penedesencas as well.
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#3 2009-11-07 02:59:52
- Arcticsun
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Re: My Preservation Hatch
woohoo!
Life is too short to not raise chickens.
And turkeys too!
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#4 2009-11-07 03:09:13
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Re: My Preservation Hatch
I started with 42 but 6 were dudes so 36 good ones.
CHICKENS: Ameraucanas, Australorps, Barnevelder, Barred Rocks, Black Copper Marans, Buff Brahmas, Cochins (Standards) , Faverolle, Guinea, Japanese bantams, Langshans, leghorns, Orpington, Penedesenca, Polish, Rhode Island Reds, Wyandotte, Welsummer.
DUCKS: Chocolate runners, Khaki Campbells, Rouens and Muskovies.
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#5 2009-11-07 03:21:11
- Hidden River
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Re: My Preservation Hatch
Wow congratts! 
We definately need pictures of these little guys once everyone is out...Is this in your new bator?
Breeding for 2009
Silver Laced, Blue Laced Red, and Gold Laced Wyandottes, Black Australorps, Ameraucana (Easter eggers), Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Rhode Island Reds, Blue Cochin, Black and Exchequer Leghorn, Buff Orpington, Salmon Faverolle. Pilgrim Geese, White and Brown Chinese Geese, Saxony, Rouen, Chocolate and Blue Muscovy Ducks, Call and Australian Spotted Ducks.
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#6 2009-11-07 15:16:33
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Re: My Preservation Hatch
Yep this hatch is in the Sportsman and so far i have 22 chicks out of 36 and more peepin I am happy with the numbers so far considering i had 2 power outages that lasted at least 3 hrs and ran out of water and humidity dropped to 18
CHICKENS: Ameraucanas, Australorps, Barnevelder, Barred Rocks, Black Copper Marans, Buff Brahmas, Cochins (Standards) , Faverolle, Guinea, Japanese bantams, Langshans, leghorns, Orpington, Penedesenca, Polish, Rhode Island Reds, Wyandotte, Welsummer.
DUCKS: Chocolate runners, Khaki Campbells, Rouens and Muskovies.
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#7 2009-11-07 16:07:54
- Dom
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Re: My Preservation Hatch
Wow thats great!
I guess the sportsman is working well! I wonder if it holds heat better than a bator. My bator went to 85 in 10 minutes!
Nice work!
Breeding for 2010
Golden Laced polish, Silkies, OEGB, Buff orpingtons, Barred Rocks, RIRs, ameruacanas, Salmon Faverolles and Cuckoo Marans. Mutts and crosses too.
Muscovies, Rouens, maybe snowy calls.
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#8 2009-11-08 12:58:08
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Re: My Preservation Hatch
Well the hatch is all done and i have 29 new babies out of 36 eggs i put in there. 2 i think were dudes or died early on, i must of missed them. One was rotten 
and 3 weren't strong enough to make it out.
So i say a wonderful first hatch with the new Sportsman
So does this mean i have to retire the Sportsman for the winter 
CHICKENS: Ameraucanas, Australorps, Barnevelder, Barred Rocks, Black Copper Marans, Buff Brahmas, Cochins (Standards) , Faverolle, Guinea, Japanese bantams, Langshans, leghorns, Orpington, Penedesenca, Polish, Rhode Island Reds, Wyandotte, Welsummer.
DUCKS: Chocolate runners, Khaki Campbells, Rouens and Muskovies.
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#9 2009-11-08 13:08:10
- Skeffling Lavender Farm
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Re: My Preservation Hatch
on such a good hatch rate and all those lovely 
" /> What kind of pennies did you get? Our black penny chicks had flesh coloured toes, and black legs!
Was it a brand new model Sportsman or was a "new to you" one? The reason I ask is I have two "new to me" wafer one and am still trying to decide whether to replace the wafer with digital or not. If it was an older one was it easy to keep the temp constant and where did you have it located?
I adore my Blue Laced Red & Silver Penciled Wyandottes, Euskal Oiloas, Welsummers, Barnevelders, Sumatras, Silver Dorkings, Partridge Chanteclers, EE Americaunas, Penedesencas, Blue Andalusians & Silkies, Lavender & Millie D'Uccles, Cuckoo Marans & Spangled Orloffs, Belted Galloways, Tetley the Border terrier, Henry my black cat, and still waiting for my three humane society barn cats.
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#10 2009-11-08 13:27:42
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Re: My Preservation Hatch
How many pennys did you get, and what was their condition? I got 4 but 2 died by two days old and the other two both had leg issues (which I fixed). It was such a difference from the marans that were all healthy.
White crested black polish, Black jersey giants, black copper and black marans available this spring. Maybe a few penedesencas as well.
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#11 2009-11-08 13:27:58
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Re: My Preservation Hatch
So your black penny's where they born brown with strips or pretty much all brown or were they black?
CHICKENS: Ameraucanas, Australorps, Barnevelder, Barred Rocks, Black Copper Marans, Buff Brahmas, Cochins (Standards) , Faverolle, Guinea, Japanese bantams, Langshans, leghorns, Orpington, Penedesenca, Polish, Rhode Island Reds, Wyandotte, Welsummer.
DUCKS: Chocolate runners, Khaki Campbells, Rouens and Muskovies.
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#12 2009-11-08 13:50:27
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Mine were supposed to be partridge. Two had the partridge markings, but two were dark brown. I can faintly see the lines so they may just be dark partridge. I lost one of each color. I'm curious to see what the dark one turns into.
White crested black polish, Black jersey giants, black copper and black marans available this spring. Maybe a few penedesencas as well.
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#13 2009-11-08 18:59:11
- Skeffling Lavender Farm
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Re: My Preservation Hatch
JE we got the black pennies this year shipped as day olds. I am so glad we have them though I ordered 25 BCMs, not pennies. We were sent 30 birds and 2 died in transit (one very stinky), and we lost one roo at about 14 weeks with a distended watery filled crop. We have 8 pullets, about 6 or so black penny-like roos, but we have about 13 obvious marans, or marans crosses lots of copper with penny clavell combs etc and every one of them male. We were told they "mixed up the chicks' and could have had black marans, black copper or black penny in there, so I totally scrutinized them and took great close ups of all the different types. I took tons of pics and lost three weeks worth of the files including pics in the summer and realized recently those were in there. The pennies they were penguiny looking, paler under belly, black back, legs and foot, but toes were flesh coloured. Some of the black pennies had white tips to the first wing feathers when they came in, but not one has white now.
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I adore my Blue Laced Red & Silver Penciled Wyandottes, Euskal Oiloas, Welsummers, Barnevelders, Sumatras, Silver Dorkings, Partridge Chanteclers, EE Americaunas, Penedesencas, Blue Andalusians & Silkies, Lavender & Millie D'Uccles, Cuckoo Marans & Spangled Orloffs, Belted Galloways, Tetley the Border terrier, Henry my black cat, and still waiting for my three humane society barn cats.
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#14 2009-11-08 21:29:27
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Re: My Preservation Hatch
Could you post a pic of the wheatons? I would love to see them.
White crested black polish, Black jersey giants, black copper and black marans available this spring. Maybe a few penedesencas as well.
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#15 2009-11-08 22:44:48
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Re: My Preservation Hatch
I was wondering if there were any mix ups. I had some marked as MN but i just thought it was the french for Marans Noir . I have lots of black babies with white tips on their wings.
I will post pics in a bit
CHICKENS: Ameraucanas, Australorps, Barnevelder, Barred Rocks, Black Copper Marans, Buff Brahmas, Cochins (Standards) , Faverolle, Guinea, Japanese bantams, Langshans, leghorns, Orpington, Penedesenca, Polish, Rhode Island Reds, Wyandotte, Welsummer.
DUCKS: Chocolate runners, Khaki Campbells, Rouens and Muskovies.
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