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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    Out of the 4 we had go into lockdown, we had 3 hatch. Unfortunately one passed away over night and one has splay leg. He is hobbled now and healing, pictures to come soon!
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    We candled yesterday and have 4 live chicks now in lock down (started with 6 from our hens, 2 never started/ weren't fertile). One is quite an active rocker, no outside movement from the others yet. Am I the only one who chicken talks to me incubator to get them moving? Or sometimes I pull up...
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    When to help hatch... A cautionary tale *WARNING- Graphic Imagery*

    I want to tell you guys about a hatch that I had yesterday that may help others out. I've had some issues with hatching in my homemade incubator, and at this point I'm fairly certain the bator is the problem. We have been also been overlapping hatches and I think that hasn't helped. All in all...
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    Talk Me Down!! I feel like I need to help this egg hatch!

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    Talk Me Down!! I feel like I need to help this egg hatch!

    Thanks you guys! We've been overlap setting which may be part of our problem, but 4 days after our first hatch 'J' is it's name, wehavd a sibling arrive! J was lonely and loves the newbie! We don't know for sure who J came from yet, but newbie (who my kids call Tigris) is definitely from our...
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    Talk Me Down!! I feel like I need to help this egg hatch!

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    Talk Me Down!! I feel like I need to help this egg hatch!

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    Talk Me Down!! I feel like I need to help this egg hatch!

    [/IMG] My first live hatch after all those failed ones! He/she's perfect!
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    Talk Me Down!! I feel like I need to help this egg hatch!

    It is a DIY styrofoam cooler and it has enough space I think. Our biggest fault is there is no fan and I think that may make the heat and humidity not even if that makes sense? My husband got a small computer fan to install, but we're going to wait until after the Easter batch is done, I...
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    Talk Me Down!! I feel like I need to help this egg hatch!

    We've eggtopsied all of them and can't find any clues. There is plenty of air pocket and plenty of fluid in the inner membrane. With the chick after the one I originally posted about, I aided in hatching. It was day 23 and it hadn't pipped internally or externally, so I opened a window in the...
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    Talk Me Down!! I feel like I need to help this egg hatch!

    Thank you for your words AmyLynn! That egg didn't make it and we had a few more losses after that egg. For some reason they kept being fully formed, made it to day 21 (or 22 in some cases), but they died during yolk absorption. We had set a total of 9 eggs before and two weren't fertile. Two...
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    Talk Me Down!! I feel like I need to help this egg hatch!

    They are all free, they come from our flock. Ours are free range chickens and we started with about 20 (two being roosters), but due to accidents and illness over time, we are down to only 6 hens and the two roosters. We are hoping to rejuvenate our flock, and they are mixed breeds. Like I said...
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    Talk Me Down!! I feel like I need to help this egg hatch!

    I am a first time hatcher. We built a homemade, cooler-style incubator. It really is less than ideal, we've had some temp spikes and drops, but our eggs seem to be making it to term (according to candling). We've already had one make it to term. Candled it the morning of day 22 and saw movement...
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    I will set a small batch! This will be our first year hatching with you guys! Our first egg set went in our homemade eggcubator 9 days ago, so we'll be ready for another set by then!
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    Mystery Chicken

    Thanks you guys!! She's one of our favorites... great personality! And she has this little tail wiggle when she gets excited that is just too adorable! I hope that she'll still do it when all of her adult feathering comes in. Her tail just rapidly shivers whenever we put out new feed or bring...
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