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    Comment by '66stang' in article 'Cleaning and storing fresh eggs'

    My 2 cents. If warm water expands the contents of the egg, does it not also expand the shell making it more porous and also if using cold water shrinks the contents inside, doesn't it also shrink the shell making it less porous?
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    Shipped eggs..

    We bought 48 eggs first part of Dec. We had 4 hatch. We will never buy eggs in the winter again. We also bought 42 live chicks in Jan. Only 15 survived that cold ordeal. We only live 2 hours from a hatchery. So now on we pick up the live chicks ourselves.
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    Question about turning eggs.

    Your incubator isn't the " EGG INCUBATOR " from China is it? Fully automatic? Bright yellow top and cradle? If it is, I am having trouble with mine also, will not turn the eggs. Just kind of rocks side to side, if it moves at all.
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    who else has eggs cooking???

    We put 48 RIR eggs in the "egg incubator" on December 8. We are now into day 25 and we only have 5 hatched eggs with two more just starting to pip. The hatchery mailed our eggs to us on Friday, Dec. 5. We picked up eggs at the post office Monday, Dec. 8. We let them rest for about 14 hours...
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    Egg turning

    Yes the eggs are set upright with the small end down. I discovered today the problem why this incubator wasn't working properly. The arm which is used as a lever came off of the motor shaft. Once I reconnected it, egg cradle now swings either right or left and stays in that position until the...
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    Egg turning

    I am incubating RIR eggs right now in a recently purchased " EGG INCUBATOR". This machine will turn the eggs every two hours. What it actually does is swing the eggs either right or left momentarily and then back to the bottom position. Is this sufficient turning for the eggs? Thanks
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    Just joined

    Hello to everyone, I too just recently joined BYC. I am sorry for your loss also. I have never raised any chickens before. But when I was growing up on a farm in NW Ohio, we would raise 3500 turkeys at a time. I am just putting the finishing touches on my coup. I was hoping to have 48 RIR eggs...
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