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Here's a picture from our first batch of hatches.  I have 13 chicks now, and 1 more should hatch in the next few days.  Most are black but I have 2 chicks that look like this yellow one, except the new one is a little more...
YAY!!!!  I just got home and my first chick from my eggs set on April 6th hatched!  The other 3 set on the 6th have all pipped...I might have them all in the morning!  Most of my eggs have hatched a day earlier then...
Oh goodness- sorry for the confusion.  I have a big group put in on the 6th, so that's why I joined in on this hatch-along.  This is my first incubation, so I put them in and started before I knew you really shouldn't start...
We have 2 little black chicks- yay!!!!!!  They were supposed to hatch tomorrow and we came home tonight to little chirps!!!  I hope they survive.  I have 14 more eggs in there and they all candled properly before...
Yes, I took them all out (covered) to get some fresh sunshine and grass (it's about 78 degrees today) while I completely cleaned out the brooder and feeders.  The turkeys are actually much smaller than the chicks right now....
Hi everyone. I have a brooder inside and in it I have (had) four 5 week old chicks and four 3-4 week old turkeys.  I came home today and one of the chicks was dead and stiff on the ground.  This is only a few hours after I...
I've set about 17 eggs and I candled eight and all of them looked good!  I even got to see A LOT of movement in one!!!  I'm pretty sure my little bantam isn't fertile.  My bantam eggs are usually fertile- meaning a...
I'm in! I have some started on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, &6th. Any advice on having eggs set on different days in the incubator? This is my first incubator hatch.
I'm so sorry! Such a bummer!!
I have a bad report.  We had a busy day yesterday and I thought things would be good with our hen and her 3 babies and remaining eggs.  This morning we went outside and her first one was happily following her along but the...
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