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post #6421 of 11360
3/20/12 at 5:22pm
Hi all! Quick question about humidity. It's anywhere from 44 to 50 and I want it to be lower, my room temp is 70-73 and not by bath room. I'm using little giant still air. I did add water day 1, because I was going to do the 55% humidity hatch, but then read up on dry hatch and changed my mind. I would really like to do this Without opening it up. I'm kinda scarred. Because I'll know I'll candle them. Or mabye a few. Ahhhhhhh! Please help.

~2 Light Barhama, 5 Golden Comets, 1 Doberman, Dad, Mom, and 3 brothers!

MAHONRIS 3'd ANNUAL EASTER HATCH-A-LONG

 

 

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~2 Light Barhama, 5 Golden Comets, 1 Doberman, Dad, Mom, and 3 brothers!

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post #6422 of 11360
3/20/12 at 5:23pm
Oh, and I can run a dehumidifier if needed.

~2 Light Barhama, 5 Golden Comets, 1 Doberman, Dad, Mom, and 3 brothers!

MAHONRIS 3'd ANNUAL EASTER HATCH-A-LONG

 

 

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~2 Light Barhama, 5 Golden Comets, 1 Doberman, Dad, Mom, and 3 brothers!

MAHONRIS 3'd ANNUAL EASTER HATCH-A-LONG

 

 

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post #6423 of 11360
3/20/12 at 5:28pm
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  • Mahonri
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WOW... that took me some time to catch up.

Keeper of 27 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Mama Olive Egger, 1 Olive Egger broody, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucanas, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and exactly 63 chicks of various breeds. and 25 eggs in the bator. YIKES!

 

 

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Keeper of 27 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Mama Olive Egger, 1 Olive Egger broody, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucanas, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and exactly 63 chicks of various breeds. and 25 eggs in the bator. YIKES!

 

 

"Look for Miracles"

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post #6424 of 11360
3/20/12 at 5:40pm

Wow, if I had known that I would have such an awesome experience with hatching, I would have done it sooner. I have one white egg that I decided to monitor since they are easier to candle and this is my first time hatching. I took it out tonight, into the pitch darkness of my bathroom where I have been (attempting) to candle my eggs, and there under the paper thin shell I could see a tiny heart beating. I have NEVER felt so humbled as when I thought about how I was holding that small life in my hand. I actually got a little emotional! Geez, I'm probably going to be a wreck when I start a family! Lol Thank you to everyone on this thread for helping me (and everyone else) through this hatching experience, even though it has just begun!

Come join us for Mahonri's 3rd Annual Easter Hatch-a-Long!!

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/625456/mahonris-3rd-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long

 

A wise man once told me that duct tape can be used to fix anything. Well, it doesn't work on mufflers.

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Come join us for Mahonri's 3rd Annual Easter Hatch-a-Long!!

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/625456/mahonris-3rd-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long

 

A wise man once told me that duct tape can be used to fix anything. Well, it doesn't work on mufflers.

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post #6425 of 11360
3/20/12 at 5:45pm
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Wow, if I had known that I would have such an awesome experience with hatching, I would have done it sooner. I have one white egg that I decided to monitor since they are easier to candle and this is my first time hatching. I took it out tonight, into the pitch darkness of my bathroom where I have been (attempting) to candle my eggs, and there under the paper thin shell I could see a tiny heart beating. I have NEVER felt so humbled as when I thought about how I was holding that small life in my hand. I actually got a little emotional! Geez, I'm probably going to be a wreck when I start a family! Lol Thank you to everyone on this thread for helping me (and everyone else) through this hatching experience, even though it has just begun!


Beautifully said....I, too, look in wonder at the tiny lives inside the growing eggs and feel emotional to see the movements within.  Just wait until you see the little beak and feet moving!! 
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post #6426 of 11360
3/20/12 at 5:46pm
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  • Mahonri
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Kwote:
Originally Posted by mallory2013 View Post
 Thank you to everyone on this thread for helping me (and everyone else) through this hatching experience, even though it has just begun!


It's one of life's little miracles.!

 

So happy my 1588 has stabalized!

 

Keeper of 27 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Mama Olive Egger, 1 Olive Egger broody, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucanas, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and exactly 63 chicks of various breeds. and 25 eggs in the bator. YIKES!

 

 

"Look for Miracles"

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Keeper of 27 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Mama Olive Egger, 1 Olive Egger broody, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucanas, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and exactly 63 chicks of various breeds. and 25 eggs in the bator. YIKES!

 

 

"Look for Miracles"

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post #6427 of 11360
3/20/12 at 5:47pm

Congrats, 1muttsfan!!!

 

That's a real feather in your cap!  yippiechickie.gif
 

 

-Enjoying eggs of heterotic hens because I lack the ability & patience to succeed in a purebred world. (credit msucares.com/poultry/commercial/history.html)

-As Aunt Augusta says:  I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance.  Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.  The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound.  Fortunately...

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-Enjoying eggs of heterotic hens because I lack the ability & patience to succeed in a purebred world. (credit msucares.com/poultry/commercial/history.html)

-As Aunt Augusta says:  I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance.  Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.  The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound.  Fortunately...

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post #6428 of 11360
3/20/12 at 5:54pm
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Beautifully said....I, too, look in wonder at the tiny lives inside the growing eggs and feel emotional to see the movements within.  Just wait until you see the little beak and feet moving!! 
thumbsup.gif

 

 


Thank you! Yes I can't wait to see that, I think that I might not be able to stop looking up until then lol! It's truly amazing!

 



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It's one of life's little miracles.!

 

So happy my 1588 has stabalized!

 

It is a miracle! Yay for the bator stabilizing!! big_smile.png

 

Come join us for Mahonri's 3rd Annual Easter Hatch-a-Long!!

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/625456/mahonris-3rd-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long

 

A wise man once told me that duct tape can be used to fix anything. Well, it doesn't work on mufflers.

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Come join us for Mahonri's 3rd Annual Easter Hatch-a-Long!!

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/625456/mahonris-3rd-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long

 

A wise man once told me that duct tape can be used to fix anything. Well, it doesn't work on mufflers.

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post #6429 of 11360
3/20/12 at 6:01pm
Thank you, dsqard, for my cliff notes! They saved me a lot of time.

So sorry chick-among-us for your loss! I have to say that is an amazing photo.

Keep the candling photos coming, chestnutridge! After being totally discouraged by the horribly spread out air cell that I saw in my Ameraucana egg yesterday, I candled a different one today, and it looks pretty good (if I didn't wreck it by moving it about to candle!).

I need to sleep now. Goodnight.
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post #6430 of 11360
3/20/12 at 6:04pm
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  • Mahonri
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Many thanks to our Illinois folks who voted today. smile.png

Keeper of 27 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Mama Olive Egger, 1 Olive Egger broody, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucanas, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and exactly 63 chicks of various breeds. and 25 eggs in the bator. YIKES!

 

 

"Look for Miracles"

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Keeper of 27 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Mama Olive Egger, 1 Olive Egger broody, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucanas, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and exactly 63 chicks of various breeds. and 25 eggs in the bator. YIKES!

 

 

"Look for Miracles"

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