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I had the same issue with my hatch this time around.. 18/23 hatched but was staggered over nearly three days! It seemed like it took forever for the little ones to pip and zip but the ones that hatched were very active and healthy. The very last one piped and zipped then got stuck but it is...

Grrrr.... Just did a test candle.. Day 5 and some of the eggs I have in there are light blue and white so very easy to see into and usually by day 3 I can see what if anything is going on.. Like I said, day 5 and the front row shows signs of veining very faint, like day 2-3.. Moved the temp...

Yep, I have done the straw... If they look really dry and I cant get to the others I have in the past got my humidifier going , got the room nice and humid and opened the bator to rewet but that's only when I have had a few that had piped.

Although to date I haven't tracked my humidity within the bator I agree, 60-65 is a good target and once they start hatching the humidity will go up. I bought a new bator that is digital for hatching turkeys, it shows me the humidity within the bator, it has been ranging between 39-47 and I...

I have a pretty strict regiment.. ( I have never had Cocci either) The disease lives in your soil and can live there for up to I was told 7 years. Medicated feed is not a cure and once taken away if there is a problem the disease can infect your flock. I talked to a herbalist because I had a...

I don't even do layer feed lol... I give oyster shells on the side.... I am such a rebel

No chick starter at all.. I use All Purpose or All Flock... 20% protein and I am not buying different feeds for different ages or type of birds. I start them on the crumbles or I will put the pellets in my blender to break them down.. Never have had an issue :)

Love it!!! No better way to hatch then with a good broody!

Well, better I discovered it then one of my customers.. We fixed the problem and it was as simple as opening their run, they had 1/3 acre but our older roo spent much of his time chasing the younger roo and neither spent much time doing their thing with the ladies lol.. Now they have a lot...

1St hatch complete... 18/23 hatched that made it to lockdown... 1 Piped and went no further, two never piped but showed life on day 18 and 2 more looks to have died days 17-19 All in all I am happy but a bit disappointed, I realized with this hatch my fertility rates were low, solved the...

Lockdown today... 23 eggs look really good! Can hardly catch my breath, picking up atleast 2 dozen EE eggs tomorrow and resetting in my new incubator.. Depending on how this goes lady may provide me with eggs to incubate if I promise her three out of every batch... lol... Not sure I want to do...

lockdown for me on Monday

want to hear something funny.... Saw an ad on CL for green and blue eating eggs, ad said free range so I thought what the heck, emailed her and ask if they were fertile, she emailed back and said she didn't know, she refrigerated right away so I had nothing to worry about. Got back to her and...

I had a similar situation with my eggs 16/41 were clear.. Shocked me as I have two roosters servicing 30+ hens and have had excellent feedback from my buyers as to fertility... Finally figured out the problem, Although my flock free ranges 1/3 acre it wasn't enough room, the dominant roo spent...

Day 9.. decided to candle as tomorrow ill be busy...16/41 were not fertile... Frustrating! I changed up roosters last month and am paying the price, I just hope they get it all figured out before the spring rush is selling hatching eggs! 24 have action, one with a wonky air cell... all are...

ending day 5 here... I am being extremely good and not messing with anything, open the door to the spare room a few times a day to check on temp and all seems to be well, ranges between 101-102.. Room humidity is hovering at 39% (I don't track it in the incubator) Looking forward to candling...

End of the third full day here, I have a small space heater in the spare bedroom where the bator is and a sign on the door reminding my ever forgetful family to keep the dang door shut!... LOL.. I haven't touched that dial to adjust the heat at all (knocks on wood) Got a text from one of my...

I have a still air Hova Bator 1602N I set 40 eggs this morning and have presold 26 already lol.. Of course I don't expect 40 to hatch, 30 is about what I have gotten in the past but holy cow, those went fast ;)

PM sent... filling the Hova bator tomorrow morning with my backyard mix of chicken eggs. Incubator is up and running and hold a steady 101-102 temp... Don't track humidity, I do dry hatching