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post #9621 of 11360
4/6/12 at 4:26pm

Second chick out and I really think this one is a lav AM.  It was in a rush.  It zipped in about 15 minutes after being only a pip all day. wee.gif

Turkey Hatchalong!

 

Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their glowing colours, He made their tiny wings.

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Turkey Hatchalong!

 

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post #9622 of 11360
4/6/12 at 4:26pm
EVERYONE EVERYONE EVERYONE!!!!!! I have a pip!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm soooosoooosoooosoooosoooosoooooo excited!!!! I have two actually. I'm so happy. big_smile.png:D:D I can't get over the fact that it actually worked. I'm so proud!! Oh my goodness. As you can tell this is my first time smile.png

~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 #9623 of 11360
4/6/12 at 4:28pm
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Originally Posted by Arielle View Post


How many chicks can fit under? I love it.

 



The ecoglow 50 supposedly will do for 50 chicks, although I haven't tried that many. :) the smaller 20 is for 20 chicks. :) I've had up to 18 using that one. I have both and love them.  No heat lamp needed and no it won't burn the chicks. You can put your hand right on it. 

 

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Is this the Eco 20??

 

 


 

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I HAVE A CHICK ! ! !   ya.gif

 

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Kathy, what is the lone pale green-white egg near the front of this pic???

 



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Love the pics, everyone! We've had really wonky temps (20s-88*) during this hatchalong, and it's apparently affected all of my incubators. I'll be adding a layer of wood to my FarmGirl NQB8R (I made it) to have a better heat ballast in its body for the next go-round. Fortunately I'll have enough space in other incubators for the turkeys and geese I'm setting Sunday.

 

I know the cool nights where I couldn't bear to turn the heat back on slowed these eggs down, because all 4 incubators have peeps but not a single pip. Oh, well!

 

I talked with Yashar today, and he's got an old Sears incubator from the 50s that is several inches thick in all of the walls. I'm totally going to mimic that! I'll put 2 layers of 1x6s on mine to finish it out, because I started w/ 7/8" plywood and insulated internally with foam board, foil and reflective tape. I'd like to be able to retain heat MUCH better, but I'll have to reset all of the heating elements after that, too...it'll slow me down a little bit, but NOTHING can stop me from hatching!!!! Muwhahahahahahaaa!!!!!!!....um, I mean, that's okay.

 

I've given in to starting the wood stove on a couple nights, just for the LG!! Of course, DH just starts it for himself!  lol.png  
 

 

 

NPIP Tested Clean

 

           Eggs available:   Bourbon Red and Sweetgrass Turkeys

             Black Copper Marans, Buff Orpingtons and Speckled Sussex    

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Grow where you are planted. --Unknown

 

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NPIP Tested Clean

 

           Eggs available:   Bourbon Red and Sweetgrass Turkeys

             Black Copper Marans, Buff Orpingtons and Speckled Sussex    

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Grow where you are planted. --Unknown

 

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post #9624 of 11360
4/6/12 at 4:29pm
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EVERYONE EVERYONE EVERYONE!!!!!! I have a pip!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm soooosoooosoooosoooosoooosoooooo excited!!!! I have two actually. I'm so happy. big_smile.png:D:D I can't get over the fact that it actually worked. I'm so proud!! Oh my goodness. As you can tell this is my first time smile.png


wee.gif Awesomenesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss! wee.gif

 

Turkey Hatchalong!

 

Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their glowing colours, He made their tiny wings.

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Turkey Hatchalong!

 

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post #9625 of 11360
4/6/12 at 4:31pm
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EVERYONE EVERYONE EVERYONE!!!!!! I have a pip!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm soooosoooosoooosoooosoooosoooooo excited!!!! I have two actually. I'm so happy. big_smile.png:D:D I can't get over the fact that it actually worked. I'm so proud!! Oh my goodness. As you can tell this is my first time smile.png


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A lonely blue girl guards the riverbed, she shakes her brown torch at the tide...

 

 

 

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A lonely blue girl guards the riverbed, she shakes her brown torch at the tide...

 

 

 

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post #9626 of 11360
4/6/12 at 4:33pm
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  • Mahonri
  • Platinum Poultry
  • Urban Desert Chicken Enthusiast

31 chicks out.  2 pipped.  I think the final 3 unpipped are quitters.

 

AMAZINGLY, with shipped eggs, if one of the pipped ones makes it, I will end up hatching 15 of 16 Icelandics from the other Mary/NotAFarm.  Isn't that TOTALLY unbelievable?  Best Icelandic Hatch I've ever had!!

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Finalists for "How many chicks will Mahonri Hatch?"

 

This could be a close one!!!

 

 

Egghead_Jr   33, Ice, bantam cochin, sumatra
featherz         32, ice, ice, bantam cochin
Chookchick    32, DL, Ice, Ice
KVMommy     32, sumatra, sulmtaler, sumatra
 
If I end up with only 32, we'll end up having to do a coin toss!... both featherz and Renee guessed 32 and had Icelandic as one of the first three out.
 
HOPEFULLY... 33 will make it... if none of the other unpipped ones pipped... then I have to look for who guessed 34!

Edited by Mahonri - 4/6/12 at 4:50pm

Keeper of 26 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 2 Mama Olive Eggers w/ 15 chicks each, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucana pullets, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and 41 juvies of various breeds. YIKES!  Time to SELL some chickens!

 

 

"With God, ALL things are possible."

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Keeper of 26 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 2 Mama Olive Eggers w/ 15 chicks each, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucana pullets, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and 41 juvies of various breeds. YIKES!  Time to SELL some chickens!

 

 

"With God, ALL things are possible."

                 ...

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post #9627 of 11360
4/6/12 at 4:35pm

My one and only chick is all over the place, dancing on the eggs....... (hatched on the right hand side)

 

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and then, took a nose dive over the side.  desismileys_0225.gif

 

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post #9628 of 11360
4/6/12 at 4:36pm
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EVERYONE EVERYONE EVERYONE!!!!!! I have a pip!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm soooosoooosoooosoooosoooosoooooo excited!!!! I have two actually. I'm so happy. big_smile.png:D:D I can't get over the fact that it actually worked. I'm so proud!! Oh my goodness. As you can tell this is my first time smile.png


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post #9629 of 11360
4/6/12 at 4:36pm

No, that's a 50. It's MUCH bigger than it looks. That cage is like four feet long. :) The 20 is pretty tiny but it does the job. :)
 

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Is this the Eco 20??

 

 


 

 

 

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post #9630 of 11360
4/6/12 at 4:38pm
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Well at least the NN OEs cooperated a bit. I don't know what happened with the brown turken eggs, I've eaten them a few times in the past 2 weeks to check and they've all been fertile. rant.gif

 


Yah all of those were clears for me. Bummer! =( Maybe they were just more sensitive to shipping?

 

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