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Hi! Dry incubating BCM for the umpteenth time.10 days in. The humidity usually stays between 20-40%. It is going up to 45-47%. Springtime in Texas, so humidity is always a factor. We have a dehumidifier by it now and it has helped a little. Wondering if anyone else has some tricks? It has never...

Dry Incubating dark BCM eggs. On day 9. Would it be harmful to add just enough water to bump the humidity up to 35%? They're at 26-28% humidity.

MAY 17-We set eggs under very broody hens. MAY 20-Same thing with 2 more! MAY 23-A bobcat killed our favorite cream Legbar roo and 3 of his ladies. We collected eggs from his remaining ladies and set in incubator. MAY 24-One of the broody's quit and we put her CL eggs in same large incubator...

A bobcat killed our Cream Legbar rooster and 2 hens 2 nights ago. He was our favorite . We have put 2 dozen eggs from his hens into incubators hoping to hatch his offspring. We know that supposedly eggs can stay fertilized and "viable" for 2 weeks. IYO, would you keep collecting his remaining...

We had 3 hens trying to go broody at the same time in different pens. The first hen we gave eggs to is content. The second one we gave eggs to last night is off of them, but "hunkered down next to the eggs. We don't know how long she's been off and it's in the 80's today. Can we try to set the...

Hi! We have a mama (who was brooding) and 2 of her 3plus week old chix she hatched in a small coop inside a pen outside. This coop is closed and has some room for them to run around. We now have 2 more hens who have gone broody! Would it be ok to give 1 of the other broody hens a nest with...

Hi! We hatched some chicks from RIR x SLW for Red Sex Links. They hatched, and they all have stripes or bars on them. Some are whitish (male?) and some are reddish (female). For the life of us we cannot get the pics to load. Would the reddish and whitish color still be the gender determining...

We incubated 40 eggs with a large 42 incubator for the first time. Usually use a 12 egg Kebonnixs. Last night about 6 pm (day20) the eggs started hatching. Long story short, we have one dead chick in an open shell in there with I think about 27 live hatched chicks. We were advised in the...

Have a Hova-Bator 2360 now. The lady we got it from has been dry-incubating/hatching with these for years. She always makes sure the temperature is accurate, but doesn't check the humidity. She adds the water at lockdown and doesn't worry about humidity or anything else for the 3 plus days until...

We're on day 21 of a small incubation of BCM using our Kebonnixs incubator. When last candled they were fine, Temp and humidity have been good, etc. We have never had an entire batch of eggs not hatch. Should we wait a couple of days before we candle/float test/ toss?

We have 2 Kebbonixs incubators going. One went on lockdown today. The other is a week behind. Dry hatch method with both. Raised the lockdown bator to 65%. The other is trying to climb to 40%. What should we do? We are in humid Tx.

How long does the dot on the top of a Cream Legbar cockerel stay, please?

Hi! We are on day 5 of a dry incubation of BCM. The humidity has increased to 42. Best way to lower humidity? Have opened the vent...

What is the most effective and safest way to clean dried poop off the inside walls of wooden brooder, please?

Mornin'! We are trying to hatch BCM using dry hatch method. Have used this method before. Today (in 3 hours specifically) they are due to hatch. 5 hours ago I woke up and checked them and the humidity was in the 50's!! I got it raised back up. Will having a dip in humidity that close to hatch...

Out of a hatch of 20 dark BCM eggs, we got 3 yellow/white chicks. Since they came from a dark brown shell, does that mean the rooster is the source of impurity?

We are incubating using the dry hatch method. We are in Texas, where there's almost always humidity. It is 75 degrees and 44 percent humidity in the room with the incubator. We try to keep the incubators between 15% and 30% humidity. But they have been high at 34 and 35%. Nothing we have tried...

How long do y'all like to wait after a pullet starts laying to use her eggs for hatching?

We have 11 BCM hens, that were supposed to be pure. Turns out 2 must not be because we got 2 yellow chicks. We sell hatching eggs, so we need to figure out which of these hens needs to be pulled out of the BCM pen. All I can think of at the moment is to separate 1 hen at a time, take her egg...

We have TWO BCM hens that have gone broody! Right at this moment they are in the coop side-by-side setting on some fake eggs LOL. We only have one small separate coop to use as a "maternity ward" so my question is this- Can we set them both on hatching eggs in separate corners of the same coop...