Hi I am new to chicken egg incubation. I have always just went and bought chickens from people that already had some hens that were laying. Never started from baby chicks or anything like that though, So I decided to give egg incubation a try. I have been playing around with my egg incubator and making sure the temp and humidity was right, I finally this morning after collecting eggs over the past few days put a dozen eggs in the incubator. Does anyone have any secrets when doing this. If so, I am more than open to hear them. An not sure if it matters, but mine are all brown eggs. Thank you
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! Great to have you aboard. Sounds like you've already received some great hatching advice so I'll just say welcome and happy hatching!! 
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