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What is an egg incubator? In Short, an egg incubator artificially simulates the role that a broody hen does in nature. An incubator is a mechanical device which regulates the temperature and humidity at perfect levels therefore creating the ideal conditions which allows the chick to develop inside the fertilised ...
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One of the major advantages of an automatic egg incubator is that it turns the eggs for you, so you don’t have to. The eggs sit in compartments on a specially designed tray. The tray is turned automatically by a motor which causes the eggs to rotate. If you want ...
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The proper collection, handling and storage of eggs are key factors in the success of every hatch. The quality of your chicks is determined by how the eggs are handled from then time they are laid to when they are placed in the incubator. A fertile egg contains living cells, ...
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So you have decided to take up chicken keeping for the first time or perhaps you may have had hens before and just want to brush up on your chicken keeping skills! Like caring for other pets, it is mostly common sense. A little tender, love and care can go ...
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It may come as a surprise to you but not all hens primary purpose is to lay eggs. Some hens can lay less than 100 eggs per year whereas others can produce in excess of 300 eggs per year and it’s not pot luck. It’s all to do with the ...
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Chickens know who’s boss—they form complex social structures known as “pecking orders,” and every chicken knows his or her place on the social ladder. Chickens have full-color vision—no color-blindness here! Who likes to sunbathe? Apparently everyone—humans, cats, dogs, and chickens too! You can’t blame them, and they don’t even need ...
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One of our most common questions from parents and grandparents alike is which breed is best with young kids? All of our breeds have been carefully selected for their desirable traits. Although none of our breeds are aggressive, some are more placid than others. The White Leghorn is a lovely ...
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All of our Point Of Lay Pullets are at least 16 weeks old before they are sold to our customers. They generally start laying between 18 and 20 weeks and reach full production by 22 weeks of age. Hens in a flock do not all begin laying on the same ...
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Chickens come in all different shapes and sizes. Some lay brown eggs and others lay green eggs. How many eggs does a chicken lay? Is like asking how long is a piece of string. There are 100's of breeds of chickens ranging from less than 100 to 320 eggs a ...
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Where to buy chickens? We are proud to be Ireland's first online retailer of Live Poultry. We have our own fleet of vans that cover the country weekly delivering to over 100 collection points nationwide. List of Collection Points We cover the 26 Counties in the Republic of Ireland Every ...
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At Freeway Poultry we are renowned in the Irish Poultry Industry for our rigorous vaccination programs. We vaccinate our birds against all common backyard poultry diseases. We rear all of our own birds and can guarantee that every bird receives all of the necessary vaccinations. Our vaccination program starts in ...
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At Freeway Poultry we take pride in our ability to provide a Quality product at an Affordable price through a Friendly and efficient service. It is our obsessive customer focus that has allowed us to build our business to what it is today. Everything we do is in the best ...
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Although we are a family run business we take pride in our professionalism. We have experienced unprecedented demand through the pandemic and we know that our level of service wasn’t up to our usual high standards and was far from the experience we expect for our customers ...
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We intend to remain operational throughout the COVID-19 Crisis. As always the health and safety of our team and customers alike is paramount and will remain our top priority. Our customer service team and office staff are working from home and will be on hand throughout the COVID–19 Crisis to ...
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