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I think you need to add an electric griddle - I love mine!

I could just as easily be known as "Dreamer"! I have a dream! I dream that my little chickens will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their feathers, but by the strength of their chalazae. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the owners...

I have two of those, one purple (like yours) and one orange (all flock?) that I love! I use them for everything! I spent alot of time in and out of doctor's offices last summer and I carried one of these with my Nook, SOP, wallet, socks, snacks, etc. just about every day. It even started a...

Glad to help.....

Ponzees, they were precious! For those of you discussing "lock down" remember - "lock down" is an artificial incubation phenomenon. It is mostly a product of the Internet and if you try to talk to some of the "Old Heads" (serious breeders that have been doing it for decades) they won't have a...

I know where you can get some small colored cable ties..... I use the cable ties on the chicks until they're old enough to stay in one band (stopped growing.) https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/748804/cable-ties-for-chick-id

I assisted three and all are doing great! In the past, I have had none survive the help, though...... OH! and I have my next batch popping out of the shells like popcorn! Man, I love my Sportsman!

X2 Please keep us posted! I think a new thread would be in order for this topic....... One question, I have more issues with pasty vent when the temps are colder or if there is a heat failure while brooding. Are the brooding conditions identical in all three groups? Just curious....

Helping is a personal call. I can't stand it if I know it needs help. Most of the ones I help end up doing well. Like you said, the problem was with my incubation, not the chick itself. But then there are the ones that I help that weren't really supposed to hatch. When that happens, I swear...

Yay!! Chickencanoe! Well deserved!

Wow! Thanks everyone for the "congratulations" and my best to Draye! Pennyhen, condolences to you but hang in there! On my very first hatch (and very first hatchalong) I won Worst hatch and still have the precious crocheted chicken that was the prize. I wish (there I go again) that I could...

WOW! That's fantastic!

I'm done. I had 17 of 18 hatch (tossed one clear at lock down,) I helped the last two, they are weak but may catch up with the others. Time will tell. I have tried and tried to get a pic were you can see each chick but haven't gotten a good one so far. I will try again tonight. Did I...

Well, I have 11 chicks in the brooder, one half out of the shell in the hatcher, three with pips, and two that haven't started yet. Have I mentioned that I LOVE my Sportsman?

It's not too bad now that it has been bumped over to the smaller thumbnails.......

Cyn, Honey, please take that "he he" graphic off your post. The large version on the right of the screen under 'recent pictures' is going to make me have a seizure! It's driving me nuts.........

Hey, Kalalyn, you might want to throw some paper towels down over that newspaper. The newspaper is too slick for the chicks to stand on and some think it can lead to splayed legs and/or slipped tendons. I always keep it layered - 6 layers of newspaper, two layers of paper towels - for the...

There's usually nothing you can do. They break veins and then into the air cell and it fills with blood. It's really hard to time it just right to be able to intervene. Luckily, it doesn't happen much and the more you hatch, the easier it gets to accept that some don't make it, because they...

Mine? Mine? Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! MINE! (vague movie reference)