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    Thermometer questions

    I'm thinking about trying again after two failed hatches and decided to get another thermometer just to cover all of my bases. I was also looking for a water wiggler, but couldn't find one. Anyway, I have the two thermometers side by side and they are reading 2 degrees apart...now how do I...
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    Uh oh--eggmergency question

    Well, the one definitely wasn't moving so I took the rest of the shell off and it was a perfectly formed little chick, yolk sac still attached. :-( I'm leaving the rest for another day because I'm in no hurry but I'm so bummed! I got nothing from my first try so I got 24 eggs from two...
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    Uh oh--eggmergency question

    So I'm coming up on day 23 with no sign of anything and decided to poke a small hole in the top to see what was going on here, as this was my second failed hatch. 16 were yolk or very early embryos. I poked a hole in the top of one and I do see blood vessels, membrane and feathers, but no sign...
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    What should be happening at this point?

    That's how I was counting. Now I'm really nervous.
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    What should be happening at this point?

    It is so hard to be patient! Especially when you'd already miscalculated the days, I thought I'd be a mother hen by now. Glad to hear everyone doesn't get rocking, peeping eggs, it just seems rampant around here and I've got nothing. I was just reading old posts and coming back here to ask...
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    What should be happening at this point?

    Okay, it's Saturday! Should they be rocking or peeping yet? Does that always happen before they pip? How can you check for pips if you aren't supposed to open the bator? I really, really want some babies! I'm eager to see something here.
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    Son Changed Thermostat!! Eggs getting cold!!

    I have one like that and it is counter clockwise to increase and clockwise to decrease (which isn't at all how the little picture on it looks like it's describing) but I learned the hard way and did what your son did. Try to get him to admit to you if he turned it one full time, two, etc. and...
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    What should be happening at this point?

    So do you think they are due on Saturday? I definitely got confused on my math somewhere along the line, I think the midnight thing screwed me up. If it's day 19 then I feel much better
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    What should be happening at this point?

    Hello! I'm incubating eggs that were set right around midnight on Thursday, July 17th (or Friday, once midnight struck). Should something be happening by now? I had 24 eggs, 12 each from two different breeders that were shipped to me. I thought I was broadening my chances, because I had bad...
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