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8/8/12 at 2:56pm
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I am so nervous I almost want to back out of trying to incubate! I have cold feet for sure! Now who's the chicken lol. At night I am positive that I will mess this up so badly and kill all the babies by some stupid mistake. By morning I just can't stand waiting to see if they are here.

 

I have my new incubator set up and it is holding temp/humidity well, as far as I can make out. I disinfected it too. I am (I thought) prepared for no eggs to hatch because they were shipped, but I would so like for a couple to make it. They are salmon favorelles eggs (standard). Wish me luck...they might be here by Friday (from My Pet Chicken). jumpy.gif

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post #2 of 3
8/8/12 at 3:00pm

hey you live an learn

 

how you gonna be a better hatcher if you never try and fail

 

 

my first batch i ever did was shipped eggs and only 1 hatched

 

then again second 1 hatched

 

3rd 2 hatched 1 died

 

4th  none hatched

 

5th 1 hatched

 

6th and 7th none hatched

 

all shipped eggs

 

 

 

 

 

now i have 7 eggs of my own on day 9 all developing so well

 

and i pretty much got it down to a T now

 

 

 

just go with the flow do every thing right and dont fret

5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

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5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

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8/8/12 at 3:41pm
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Originally Posted by silverfox0786 View Post

hey you live an learn

 

how you gonna be a better hatcher if you never try and fail

 

 

my first batch i ever did was shipped eggs and only 1 hatched

 

then again second 1 hatched

 

3rd 2 hatched 1 died

 

4th  none hatched

 

5th 1 hatched

 

6th and 7th none hatched

 

all shipped eggs

 

 

 

 

 

now i have 7 eggs of my own on day 9 all developing so well

 

and i pretty much got it down to a T now

 

 

 

just go with the flow do every thing right and dont fret

Don't fret? lol Okay, I'll work on that. But you are 100% correct on all counts. All I can do is my very best and I don't expect perfect results  but boy 1 hatching would be fantastic. Thanks for the words of encouragement :)

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