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    My homemade incubator!

    Thank you so much. I really appreciate the advice and support! I'll definitely post updates.
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    My homemade incubator!

    I learned the hard way too. :( I had two silkie eggs that died right before hatching because my first makeshift incubator was so unstable. That's why I really did my research to get it right this time!
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    My homemade incubator!

    Adding screen is a great idea! Thanks so much for that suggestion!
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    My homemade incubator!

    I wanted to share the homemade still-air incubator I made recently. I used a $5 styrofoam cooler from Walmart, a $6 temp/humidity probe, a $1.50 light socket adapter, and the glass from a $1.00 garage sale picture frame. I also used an extension cord and a roll of duct tape that I already had...
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    Can anyone tell me breed and/or sex of these babies?

    Thanks! It is always fun to see what "mystery bantam" chicks will turn out to look like.
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    Can anyone tell me breed and/or sex of these babies?

    Thank you for your expertise! Do you know what color the two pullets are? The markings are interesting. Maybe "splash"?
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    Can anyone tell me breed and/or sex of these babies?

    Thanks for the feedback! I have wondered if the buff one was a cockerel, so thanks for verification. He's very bold and a bit aggressive, while the other two are quite shy and submissive. Here are side views of each bird: A shame the buff one is male, I think he's beautiful, but I...
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    Can anyone tell me breed and/or sex of these babies?

    have three one-month-old babies. I bought them as tiny little fuzzy butts advertised as "mixed bantams". Any ideas of the breeds/sex they might be? The beige one has big long feathers on its hocks and feet, and the others are clean-legged and white with splotchy black feathers mixed in. They are...
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    Need hatching advice please!

    I checked very early this morning and no movement in either egg. I made tiny holes and found both chicks fully formed but already dead. They looked fine peeking in, nobody was shrink wrapped or anything obvious. :( I took the chicks out and one had a deformed foot and the other had an...
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    Need hatching advice please!

    I am quite a novice at hatching eggs. A friend gave me two fertile bantam silkie eggs that I have kept sitting in an open top Tupperware container with a heat lamp on them. As I am not using an incubator, there is nothing regulating temp or humidity, but being in TX it is very humid both...
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    Great chick development animation!

    Just wanted to share this fascinating video. My kids loved it and it really helped them to understand what goes on inside a fertile egg:
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    Wow, that would be really cool! Wonder what they call that color pattern. "Splash", maybe?
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    I think this cute little guy has some pretty markings. Bought him from a group of chicks labeled, "mixed bantams." Can't wait to see what he/she looks like when older!
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    Hungry babies

    Good idea, ShockValue! Thanks.
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    Hungry babies

    Great idea to use a blender. Thanks, Mister B.!
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