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    Removing chicks from bator halfway through hatch

    thank you so much! I've been so busy with them I forgot to post an update. Of the six we got, four are still around and doing well at almost 3 weeks now... one of them appears to have drowned in the water dish, so I learned a hard lesson that way.....:(
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    Removing chicks from bator halfway through hatch

    Thank you so much to everyone for your great responses. We had 6 of th 10 hatch successfully. The others looked great and fully formed but never internally pipped (just did eggtopsies). Don't think this was because of opening the bator though....just a fluke.
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    Incubating and hatching eggs chat thread!!

    This is great to hear. Some folks had me scared off of quail because of lack of chick robustness (?). But I think I'm getting braver now that I have a couple of chicken hatches under my belt!
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    Removing chicks from bator halfway through hatch

    Wow! I honestly cannot even imagine doing 160! kudos!
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    Removing chicks from bator halfway through hatch

    Awesome! I totally was able to do this with no prob today and even opened it up again to give a little help to one that had zipped and just needed her top poked off a little bit. Put back in damp paper towel and the humidity was actually over 70 when I left tonight. Hopefully our last four will...
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    Removing chicks from bator halfway through hatch

    Thank you so much Keith!
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    Removing chicks from bator halfway through hatch

    Hi everyone! I'd really appreciate a little bit of input on this! I'm hatching ten bantams at an assisted living facility where I volunteer. Our first two (the residents named them Faith and Hope!) hatched yesterday and it sounds like three more today from the reports that I'm getting. I'm...
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    Waiting for the last three

    So yeah! Thank you so much to all of those who have given me advice - its definitely and part thanks to you that eight of our 11 eggs are now the adorable chicks you can kind of see this picture. They all cannot between yesterday and today. There's three still in there and I plan to give him a...
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    Waiting for the last three

    So yeah! Thank you so much to all of those who have given me advice - its definitely and part thanks to you that eight of our 11 eggs are now the adorable chicks you can kind of see this picture. They all cannot between yesterday and today. There's three still in there and I plan to give him a...
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    So, yeah. Should have probably thought of this earlier.

    RIght?!?!? We are actually spending tomorrow night in a hotel (belated v-day), which will at least physically restrain me from checking them for like 12 hours. ;)
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    So, yeah. Should have probably thought of this earlier.

    lol! Yes, me too. Already moved though - it is a tiny "12" (read: 9) egger from Magicfly. Of course now cats have decided they just happen to need to explore the basement, which they never do....:)
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    So, yeah. Should have probably thought of this earlier.

    Fabulous. Thanks so much. They're headed down now! Added bonus of basement: I can't obsessively check them as often!
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    So, yeah. Should have probably thought of this earlier.

    So, it;s the night of Day 20. Chirping started around noon today and has been getting more frequent and more plentiful. (I love that they respond to my voice!) I've been keeping the bator in the kitchen for easy observation, but before they hatch I need to move it to the basement where it is...
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    Crap! High humidity

    Thank you SO much, bronco! Of course I saw this after I was already out for the day, but I came home tonight, took the sponge out, and dumped all the water. I'll run dry (or close to it - I may chicken out from going totally dry for so longI) for the next week, unless someone suggests...
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    Crap! High humidity

    Hi again everyone. So, eggies are day 10 now. The ones I can candle look great (4 olives I can't see sqat through, but 7 others that look fine). When i checked humidity a few days ago, it was at 65. I then lost humidity gauge (don't ask) and when I procured another today, it says humidity is at...
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