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    What is your chickens' favorite treat?

    pancake syrup, and the center icing of cream-filled cookies.
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    on day 23... no chicks from 18 eggs, are they dead?

    Hey! I just heard some peeps, and THREE egss have a very small hole!
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    on day 23... no chicks from 18 eggs, are they dead?

    What thermometer should I use? The walmart thermometer/hygrometer that I put in the corner of the bator, I would estimate, read about 97-ish thru the last 3 weeks...if this doesnt work, i want to try again...what thermometer do I need, and where in the bator do I place it...(geez, if all of...
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    on day 23... no chicks from 18 eggs, are they dead?

    At what point do you just throw them out? How hot can the temp be without killing them? I was so worried about the temp going over 102. I only candled them the one time, 1/2 way thru.
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    on day 23... no chicks from 18 eggs, are they dead?

    I have the thermometer that came with the bator, it is on a small plastic sheet that I placed on top of the eggs...I also have a Walmart humidity monitor, and it has a digital thermometer, and it sits in the corner of the bator,,,it always reads about 4 degrees lower, but I figured that I should...
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    on day 23... no chicks from 18 eggs, are they dead?

    This is my first batch. I did candle them at the half way point, and I think they were developing. So, I am at day 23, and nothing... Thru the process, I have been trying to keep the temp (hovabator) at 98-101. Humidity at about 40%, and now up to 65%-80%...have an auto egg turner, which I...
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