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    Hatching 60 hours early

    Well my last egg has a hole in it now. If this hatches I will have 100% hatch rate!
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    Hatching 60 hours early

    Thank you
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    Hatching 60 hours early

    I done the 4th because it was a week prior to the 11th for the new years hatch along and I was told you can save them for a week. When I first posted one was out walking around. Now there are 5 out. One is kind of upside down with a cord stuck to the shell. I can leave the chicks in there for...
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    Hatching 60 hours early

    Should I be worried. I saved up for 7 days to put these in the incubator on the 4th at midnight
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    6th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2015 Hatch-A-Long

    ? About candling, I have my first batch in from the 4th. So tonight we looked at them and 4 were light, 9 were dark and either moving and or had veins. One was bouncing around like crazy! What does that mean? Also should I toss those 4 plain eggs?
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    6th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2015 Hatch-A-Long

    I will be joining for fun, not I interested in the contest part but will testing out the new incubator. :D
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    Well I been thinking about this water thing. I know it might be hard to see the level in the Reservoir inside the incubator. So maybe put in a mirror or ping pong ball for a visual. Then run a hose to it from my 5 gal water cooler and fill it when needed. Or another idea, drill a hole in the...
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    1502 on the way! So I pulled the trigger and bought it from Cutler today. Have that, 6 trays, and a box of pads. I am going to make my own 5 gallon bucket reserve and save about 30-35 bucks. Next thing is, do I hatch inside the new incubator or buy a $40 incubator from rural king?
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    One more thing, how much time do you have from the time it is laid to the time you put it in the incubator? Can I stock pile them for a few days?
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    I am definitely feeling the wealth of information from this thread. I really appreciate all of your help. I feel spoiled, now just a lazy researcher on this side of the keyboard.
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    As for the roosts I had an idea of a poop guard I could screw underneath the 2x4 and slant it down and back at a angle. Don't know if it will work but all my chickens now face the same way when roosting. This chicken stuff is all trial and error I'm starting to find out. Now I am locked onto...
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    Run is 324sqft plus 48sqft under the coop. Perch space now is only one 2x4 since I only have 7 birds. I will take that one out when I add more perches. I have enough space for 10-6' perches if height isn't and issue and 10 more nest boxes under the 6 I already have. Now I plan on eating 20-30...
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    OK, I'm interested in the octagon 40 advance ex. Anything I should know about with this unit? As for chicken care I have a 6' long horse trough I used for my last batch that I bought from rural king. I have 4 heat lamp bulbs with one lamp. The coop is a 6x8 with 6 nesting boxes and only one of...
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    I been looking off and on for one and choosing one isn't as easy for me. Plus I never done this before. My ideal needs: 25-40 chicks afterwards. automatic Turner and humidity control. Average to easy clean up afterwards. Reliable and accurate. I would say there is no budget but definitely no...
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    Rooster stays in coop and pecks me

    They are all 18-19 weeks old. Its him and 6 hens. They have a 6x8 coop and a 18x18 run plus the underside of the coop. I raised them from a few days old. They are my profile pic. I would love to let them roam but we have alot of hawks, buzzards, owls, foxes, coyotes, possums, raccoons, and...
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