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    Is This Normal?

    Thank you. It sure seems to me that nature isn’t perfect either and it works out just fine. I will take your advice and move eggs around in the auto turner when we candle them around day 10.
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    Is This Normal?

    This is the temperature read out from my Govee (best purchase ever btw, thank you). I have a Farm Innovators forced air unit. I felt it was running a little low temp wise so around midnight last night I bumped it up a half degree. These large temp swings worry me. Should I even be concerned?
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    Just purchase some hatching eggs

    @Debbie292d can you walk me through calibrating a Govee? I bought one on Amazon and I’m pretty impressed but would like to ensure it’s accurate occasionally. Thanks for any advice. This is the one I bought….
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    First Timer Observations and Questions

    My unit is set on 103.0. The highest temp was achieved set at 104.5 but I got spooked that if it somehow started working I would have baked chicken nuggets so I backed it off.
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    First Timer Observations and Questions

    We are on day 23 of our very first chicken egg incubation so it’s officially going to be a wrap, although we did have one hatch today. We incubated 30 eggs in a Farm Innovators forced air incubator with an egg turner purchased at Rural King. We candled at day 7, had 4 that were suspicious so we...
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    Multiple Hens Limping

    @Eggcessive a couple pics from today if they help…
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    First silkie

    I should add as well….I’m pretty sure ours were all crowing by 12 weeks so there’s still hope if you prefer a hen.
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    First silkie

    This is a crap video but the 3 silkies on the far left were the 3 Roos we had. Colonel (the one we kept) comes up to the camera and you can see his coloring well.
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    First silkie

    He/she looks very upright to me. Our rooster is the same color as yours. He will get more of that bronze on his neck.
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    First silkie

    This is Penelope, one of our hens.
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    First silkie

    We originally had 5 but 3 were Roos so we got rid of two and kept our favorite. It was tough to tell until they got older for sure. Now it’s super easy to see. Our hens are tiny and low to the ground. Our rooster is bigger, thicker and upright.
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    First silkie

    Looks like a rooster to me. Both of our silkie hens are like low rider cars. 😂 If I am right he will fill out well. Ours did.
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    Farm Innovators Incubator Alert

    @Debbie292d are you putting the Govee in with the egg turner? Can you please send me a link to what you use? I need to upgrade I think.
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    Farm Innovators Incubator Alert

    Thanks, I’ll look into those. This is our first attempt at hatching our own, and I expected the temp to not match the digital display. I didn’t expect the unit to fluctuate a couple degrees though, but maybe that normal operation? I know there are a lot of people out there buying chicks and...
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    Farm Innovators Incubator Alert

    Just a heads up…bought a farm innovators brand incubator and egg turner recently. The thermometer that came with it is mismarked. Last time I checked, 99.5 degrees was less than 100 not more than 100. Be careful and pay attention….so far our unit is pretty erratic with temperature stabilization...
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