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    Setting eggs 1-18-12. I need some buddies to keep me company.

    Let me also mention we are on day 21, and have had the last couple of days have 4 chicks hatched.
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    Setting eggs 1-18-12. I need some buddies to keep me company.

    We have 8 eggs that are not doing anything atm. Can I pick them up to inspect them or candle quickly if I am careful to return to original position?
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    Setting eggs 1-18-12. I need some buddies to keep me company.

    Love the pics.. this last one is a nice picture. Love the rest period after that initial break through.
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    Setting eggs 1-18-12. I need some buddies to keep me company.

    So our second egg hatched about 2:30 in morning.. we woke to loud peeps. By seven this morning we had our third. There is another one picking through as we sit here. Very exciting. When we candled we thought there might be 4 that do not hatch. All had something in them but seemed to be at...
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    Setting eggs 1-18-12. I need some buddies to keep me company.

    We have our first chick. I checked at noon, didn't see anything started. Came home at 4:30 there was a healthy opening in an egg and an hour later. We have our first chick. Another chick is on the way, a small hole is opening :) Very exciting :)
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    Help !! Homemade incubator

    Thank you for checking up on us.. very kind. She will be doing a speech presentation on how she made her incubator and explaining her end results for 4H Public Speaking. It is a good experience for her and I am looking forward to the end results as well. We will keep in touch :) Sincerely...
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    Help !! Homemade incubator

    Ok.. so I went and found a 100 watt brooding lamp :) We are in business now. 12 little Buff Orpingtons are setting in there growing cell by cell as of 8pm mst. Annette is very excited and keeps going in to look at them. She has documented every change that was made and has started her...
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    Setting eggs 1-18-12. I need some buddies to keep me company.

    well we are late on getting those eggs in the homemade incubator. We had too much fluctuating in the degrees. Hopefully this new lamp will settle in at 100 degrees would make us happy. So by 3pm our time they should be under the lamp... "heres crossing my wings,...erm fingers"
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    Help !! Homemade incubator

    Ok... went and purchased a 175 W red heating lamp.. lets see what degrees this one goes to. :) "crossing my wings"... lol
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    Help !! Homemade incubator

    My daughter has made a homemade incubator for a 4H project. She has used a 72 gallon fish tank. Puppy training pads line the bottom, fresh straw on top of that. Covered with cardboard on the top with a hole cut for the 250 watt brooder lamp. The temp went to 104 degrees directly under the...
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    Setting eggs 1-18-12. I need some buddies to keep me company.

    We are excited to be starting our hatch tomorrow. The eggs should get here sometimes tomorrow afternoon, there are 12 Buff Orpingtons. Doing for a 4H Presentation for Public Speaking. Will be telling how to make an incubator and documenting everything that is done for them prior to their...
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