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    Hatching Time ! unsure when to take out of incubator..

    Hello! So we have seramas hatching right now, so also a small breed. Six have hatched so far, and I see two eggs with small beginning pips. At 11:30am it will be 24hrs from first hatch. The times you had hatches at day 18 and 23, were they the same clutch of eggs? And if so, when did the first...
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    Update! We have five hatched seramas! ❤️❤️❤️I’m so thankful to have this as a resource—I’ve been reading a bunch of past threads this week. It’s such a bounty of experience—thank you all!
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    So far five have hatched! 😭☺️❤️We are so excited!
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    Brooder Bedding

    They are serama chicks (five have hatched today!!). The brooder is 52”x30”x30” storage tub. I cut the majority of the middle of the lid off and attached chicken wire across the top. I prepped it this afternoon so the bedding can air out a bit just in case, while the chicks hang out in the...
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    Brooder Bedding

    Hello, all! I am getting our brooder setup. I went to our local Feed Store and they sold me dust-free fir for the chicks’ bedding. I seem to see little online that says fir should be okay for chicks, but he did say it should be fine. Any insight is appreciated! Thank you! I still have some time...
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    Safe Flowers for Chickens

    Wonderful ideas—continue along the alphabet if you don’t mind! I am planning on a variety of vegetation inside the run, but I have always liked the idea of some flowers around the outside that are not only safe (and pretty) but beneficial to them.
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    Safe Flowers for Chickens

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    Safe Flowers for Chickens

    Hello! I am looking ahead as we work on our chicken run area. I would like to plant some flowers along the edge outside the run that the chickens can peck at and enjoy through the hardware cloth as they grow. What plants have you enjoyed having for beauty and for health benefits for your...
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    I certainly will! 🫶🙏I’m so nervous!🤪
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    Incubator Floor Grid

    Hello! Thank you! Have you noticed if the floor addition messes with the humidity levels in the incubator? Again, I will have a nonslip floor in the brooder, so this flooring question is just for the hatch days in the incubator specifically.
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    Incubator Floor Grid

    Hello! We are about two days away from lockdown with our first batch of chicken eggs. I am removing the turning tray per the instructions, but I realized the bottom of the incubator is a grid work of sorts over the water vessels that help with the humidity. If all goes well and some hatch, will...
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    Hello! We have serama chicks currently incubating in our kitchen with about five days left! It has been so exciting for our kids to watch me candle the eggs and see the embryos moving and then see the growing form of the chicks. What a miracle to watch! I found this site simply while searching...
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