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Quote: Originally Posted by Arielle  Quote: Originally Posted by cmom  Quote: Originally Posted by Arielle  Cmom-- have a question for you.  I've...

You can ask a dozen people and get a dozen different answers. For the most part, I agree with Alan, I let my birds outside at 2 weeks of age. I don't give the chicks treats until they are around 3 months old then I make sure they have...

Quote: Originally Posted by smoke919  I just got my incubator up and tuning for a test but I don't know how much water to use for the Humidity I got a 48qt cooler with two 40w lightbulbs in...

Quote: Originally Posted by KarenFoster  To Hilltop Farm,      Yes , that was evident about day 5. The funny thing is that the grandkids named him 'Big Buddy' on the very first day! That's a...

Quote: Originally Posted by rlh1  Cmom- this is my first hatch. I'm hatching now, so the humidity is up to mid 70's to 80's and temp is between 101 and 102. Should I try to get the temp down some? That seems high to me. I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Arielle  Cmom-- have a question for you.  I've been using my LG as a hatcher. Did that all last summer and this year too. Here is what I noticed.    WHen my...

Quote: Originally Posted by rlh1  Very nice. It been holding steady for a while and then when I put the eggs in the temp dropped. I wrapped it in towels to help hold in the heat a little better and protect it from drafts....

Quote: Originally Posted by KarenFoster  Finally figured out picture posting I think. These are around 6 or 7 weeks.       Very bad pictures,...

Here is my homemade incubator/hatcher. I mostly use it for hatching. I just had a hatch. Maybe it will give you some ideas. It works great. I put 2 - 15 watt bulbs in and a thermostat from my cabinet incubator when we changed it from a...

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