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You certainly don't sound dumb, we were all new at this whole hatching thing at some point :) And LGs can be tricky, hence the need for this thread! You should be measuring your temperature at the top of the eggs. But, 99-100 at the bottom is probably just about right, if not a touch high. I...

x2. Do yourself a favor and get a good thermometer and hygrometer. And then don't even pay attention to what the LG says. I have to set mine 3 degrees higher than my target temp of 101.5.

I'm also very sorry about your accident. I think we, as chicken keepers, can all relate to this type of thing. Once I was bringing a bag of feed to the coop to fill up my 30lb feeder. It was kind of hard to see where I was going, and when I stepped over the threshold into the coop, I stepped...

She's got 2 little Silkies out so far! She got up for a quick break when I filled the feeder and then VERY gingerly sat back on her eggs and chicks. I think she'll be just fine with them. I'll post pictures of her and "her" babies when they're all done hatching and moving about a bit more :)

I emptied out my LGs yesterday. I have a broody turkey who must've gotten every infertile egg I had, all 6 of her eggs were sloshy. So, I pitched them and gave her 19 'bator eggs. Then I have a Cochin that has gone broody (she makes #5 :ep ), I gave her the last 10. It kind of all worked out...

I had a Silkie chick hatch under 1 of my broodies yesterday :ep I heard a bunch of loud peeping and went to check thinking one of the older chicks was stuck or being picked on and there it was. Sitting in the middle of the coop floor peeping its head off. I checked my sitter with the oldest eggs...

I have eggs in the 'bator, they're on day something or another. Like a dummy, I didn't mark them or the calendar with the set or hatch date and now I have no idea when they're due to hatch! I also have 5 broodies sitting on eggs which, again, I didn't mark! I must be getting forgetful with all...

I would definitely go for the 10 for $170, much better deal! And Seramas are super cute, so you shouldn't have any trouble selling them and should ensure yourself more girls (if they're straight run). Good luck!

I tried to take some pictures of all of my LG chicks yesterday. All I got were a bunch of blurs. The pictures I did manage to get of them standing still, they're all pooping :P One of my Sizzles was feeling photogenic, but she's (I hope :fl ) was the only one I managed to snap decent pics of :/...

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Probably :P Its been a long day already!

I suppose I can't really complain. I've hatched a TON of chicks this year and I've only had to cull one. Everyone else has been perfectly healthy. I just thought it was so odd that the rest of the eggs have been okay, but that one was so weird. I'm feeling better about it today. It came from one...

I just had to cull one of my chicks :hit Against my better judgement, I helped it out of the shell. It had zipped about halfway around and got stuck. I could see the feathers dried to a bit of membrane where it had pipped. I wasn't really prepared for what was inside that egg. When I got the top...

That little early hatcher came out in somewhere around 32% humidity. I've had quite a few do that. My poults came out in low humidity too. I added water, and it went up, then by the end of the day it had settled to about 45%. Its been SUPER dry here. We haven't had any rain in the last 2 weeks...

I woke up to 2 adorable poults this morning :woot

Oh, and, I was supposed to lockdown my eggs that are due the 10th last night. I didn't, I had a looooong day at work and was just feeling lazy. I waffled on it before bed last night, and told myself "it'll be fine, I'll do it in the morning". Well, I got up a bit ago, went straight to the...

They'll be fine :) I split most of my last hatch into separate brooders when they were around 2-3 weeks old. My last hatch consisted of RIRs, WLs, Silkies and Sizzles. The RIRs and WLs quickly outgrew the Silkies and Sizzles, so I moved them to the intermediate brooder. It doesn't have heat...

I just moved about 10 chicks to the brooder, I think I have around 20 altogether now (I haven't counted them). Everyone's doing well. I have one Silkie/Sizzle who I think may need to be hobbled though. When I got home from work yesterday, I checked the 'bator and saw an egg with a large pip hole...

I had a chick pip on the wrong side of the egg yesterday, very close to the pointy end). When I finally got home from work, it had hatched all on its own. I wouldn't worry too much about a pip near the middle of the egg :) I have 12 little chickies out so far. 2 RIRs, 1 OEGB and 9...

I had 2 chicks out when I left for work this morning :) Of course, I have a super long day today, and its dragging by because I want to know what's going on in there!