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40 rir IN HOMEMADE INCubator Wednesday Jan 23rd 2013 anyone else?? .....Good Luck ..

8 RIR EGGS DUE ON MEMORIAL DAY ----CANDLED DAY 14 AND 4 HAVE MOVEMENT ...

I have a 5 week old rir roo that is double crown.I was wondering how common/rare is this?

My 3rd try hatching...I was wondering could i just leave humidity at 60 and temp 99.5 with no lockdown and keep humidity at 60 for last 3 days of hatch...thanks BYC Hatch due 4/7 and 4/13..I dont have to open the bator for anything....water is added thru a plastic tube

Hi all 5 of my rir chicks have purp;ish black tail feathers coming out...Does this mean that all 5 are roos? im a newbie and cant post a pic..thankas

i am new to this ,but today one of my rir hens laid a white egg.Has anyone had this happen before and what would happen if i hatched it?????? Just being curios ?

I'm on my 2nd hatch and still new to this,but i have a question . I weighted some eggs in my 2nd batch and several was 60 grams after 3 days of a dry hatch .Does anyone know if this about the right weight or not?humidity is 35/40.and temp is 101/102.. Thanks BYc for everything i know...

This is my 2nd hatch-- 1st hatch was Great with 6 nice healthy rir chicks that are all (roos) --- 6weeks old.My homemade bator was powered by a 25 watt bulb,with a dimmer switch and fan .Well thanks to the local feed store, the owner gave me a broken LG that was returned---FREE---"Unbelievable...

I am hoping to incubate 30 to 40 eggs on my 2nd hatching.the only thing i'm worried about is how to store the eggs and still be viable for hatching. My 3 hens only lay 2/3 eggs daily.So it would take me 10 or more days to store eggs..Is that ok???

We have 5 -5weeks old today rir chicks.The weather at night is low 40s and 50s at night .Will they be ok to go outside now ,they are getting really messy these days... thanks

ok here is the results so far 18 eggs into incubator 7 tossed after day 12 candling 11 went in to lockdown with no candling 1 died while pippin 2 have not hatched yet 1 died this mornin with internals on outside as of now we have 7 that are ok,,,2 of them have toes that turned...

I woke up to the sound of tap,tap,tap in bator this am.I thought just maybe a pip on day 20....and ,,,, yes,,,, a pip... . Now i'm just wondering how long before it will hatch.Right now it has its beak in the hole it has made and thats all i have seen for 7 hours now ? The chicky also looks...

Well, my 2nd time trying to hatch-First batch 0/4.So We tried 18 rir eggs this time.Candled on day 10 and tossed 7 that were duds.Candled on day 12 and we could see chicks in 11 . Our 8 year old is excited and hopes all 11 hatch by Saturday.Thanks BYC and The Great Members for their...

Well BYC,Its been 23 days for my first 4 egg experiment .THe temp has been 98 to 102 the whole time and no pips or eggs moving.The Question is should i try the water test today or wait ? My humidity for the first 18 days was 45 to 55.the last 4 days has been in the 70s. Thanks for everyones...

Hi -- we are on day 15 of the first trial eggs.Can we float test them now and if someone can advise me on how? Thanks to all that have answered on BYC!100% .AUgh I have another question .My eggs are brown rir ,and very hard to candle,but at this time i can only see about half the egg is dark...

I was looking at some peoples incubators on here .And was wanting to know why some use jars of water with the lid on them for? This is probably a dumb questions ,but i wanna know...thanks BYC and today is Day 14 on my first test/trial on 4 eggs ...HAtch day @ Feb 3rd

It's day 10 and I only see about half the egg is dark(shadow} and the other half looks like nothing is forming.Should i be able to see more by now or is this normal on the 10th day? candling is difficult with brown eggs and i have no idea what im looking for...Thanks for everyones advise,at...

My lil one was so excited after seeing his homemade bator work that we set 4 eggs on 1/13/.Now I dont know how long the eggs on the counter will last for the 2nd hatch.Can anyone give mw advice on how long they will last on the counter in the carton?

Hi .I just took a look at the 4 eggs in the bator with a light and I cant tell if any veins are growing.Can anyone tell me more to look for? 3 eggs do have a dark shadow about halfway the egg. And another questions:2--Should i be able to see a air sac or something by this time,it is day 8 ...

I am a newbie to this.My son has 3 rir hens and 2 roos for now.We live in scarolina. My lil one has built a homemade incubator last week and has 4 eggs as a trial for now.Today is DAY 8.THanks for the help we have read on BYC...