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    Heckin' Peckin' Hens (and Rooster)

    Alrighty, so a lot has happened since I posted last. It took me a bit of time to recover from the shock of Luna's death, but we're back! We found out a turkey hatched a whole batch of turkey chicks(?) in our front yard, somehow without us discovering her. In fact, the only reason I discovered...
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    6 Week Old Chicks for Sale, UT

    Hello! I have a few of my chicks already for sale here in Utah with meet-up in the SLC and Tooele Valleys. These chicks are about 5-6 weeks old and coop ready. They've all been spending the nights outside and have done great! I'm not giving a gender guarantee on these chicks. Please be aware...
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    Heckin' Peckin' Hens (and Rooster)

    We had a loss today. I found Luna deceased in the nest box tonight next to our broody speckled sussex. She was perfectly fine this morning around 10am. I remember looking at her ruffled back feathers as she ate their daily morning scratch treats thinking I needed to get on finishing the hen...
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    Heckin' Peckin' Hens (and Rooster)

    Day 6! We decided to candle today because my patience scale is next to 0% so to make sure I'm not a liar I'll also be candling again on day 10. Most of the eggs are developing! Woohoo! Unfortunately, Wilbur was a dud 😔 He didn't even try: We lost 5 eggs. RIP #5, #6, #8, #9 (AKA Wilbur)...
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    Heckin' Peckin' Hens (and Rooster)

    Day 4! The Govee showed up today. I didn't have time to get it set up until I got home, but the temp is steady at 100F. It seems that the humidity is a bit off by up to 10% so I'll have to try and balance it between what the Govee says and what the incubator says. I added more water so the...
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    Heckin' Peckin' Hens (and Rooster)

    Day 3 of my first incubation! For days 1-2, please refer to here: First Incubation! Yay! Not much to report. The humidity dropped again to 28% humidity overnight, but is back up to 30%. My Govee will be here tomorrow so hopefully the temp isn't too far off. I think egg #9 is my favorite and...
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    Heckin' Peckin' Hens (and Rooster)

    I had begun tracking my hatching journey on the hatching and incubating (don't quote me on the exact name) forum and it was kindly suggested that I could share my flock here instead. So I believe I'll save my initial thread for questions and use this thread as a sort of flock journal, at least...
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    First Incubation! Yay!

    Day 2 of incubation! I woke up early This morning to find that the humidity was at 28% so I half closed the little valve and now it's reading 30%. Of course, I don't know how accurate it's readings are and I won't until the Govee shows up on Saturday. Not much else to report so here's my...
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    First Incubation! Yay!

    Thank ypu so much! Hopefully, the temp isn't too off otherwise I'm worried that hatch rate will be decreased. Lesson learned! Thank you for the forum suggestion. I spent a good chunk of last night reading about people's flocks, so fun!
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    First Incubation! Yay!

    Hello! This is my first time incubating eggs! Chicken ownership isn't new to me, but egg hatching is so this will (hopefully) be a fun and educational experience 😁 I thought I'd keep a little "journal" here to track my journey and ask questions as needed. Today is day one. I have 16...
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    Question About Resting Eggs

    Okay, that makes sense. So let them rest for about 24 hours, then? The cooler would just be one of those plastic camping ones for insulation to keep them from getting too cold or hot and attempt to limit temperature fluctuations.
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    Question About Resting Eggs

    Hello! I've decided to start a breeding group of Silverudds blue with birds from different sources to improve diversity. I'm about to start my first incubation (yay!). I've been studying up and am set to pick up a dozen silverudds blue (first import lines) hatching eggs in a couple of days from...
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    Sexlink

    My brother-in-laws chicks from Cal-Ranch in Utah also look like all of these. Utah Cal-Ranch is having a good laugh at all of us wondering what these mystery chicks are 🤣
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    Sexlink

    I didn't think that red stars had crests? Either way, it's good that you're getting refunded.
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    Sexlink

    Yes, that's why he was confused when they feathered out white and got crests like your chicks. So weird!
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