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    Can you turn the eggs too much?

    The rcom 20 pro's default setting turns eggs every hour
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    Putting Food And Water In Hatcher?

    great set up you've got there.. My main reason for wanting to give them food/water is so that I dont have to open the incubator door and potentially spoil the possibility of the other eggs hatching. Just wanted to see if others have done this? or if they have any tips, tricks, advice...
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    Putting Food And Water In Hatcher?

    Hi All, I almost always have hatches that lastake over 2 or 3 days. I know that most little chicks can last up to 3 days without food or water, but I must admit that Im always dying to get them out of the bator as soon as possible and it's always an intense moment (worrying about the hatched...
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    Multiple batches in bator- Didnt turn eggs for first 2 days

    Hey all.. me again. I have another question. I am/ was running mulitple batches of eggs in my bator and ignorantly put in fresh eggs 5 days before a hatch was due. I turned them for the first two days however on days 3-6 only turned them once a day and had humidity at around 75% as I didnt...
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    Eggs In Rcom 20 For Lock Down- Upright Or Sideways?

    I really want to try it but am scared that it will disrupt the process (ie because chicks are rotated, the few minutes out of the bator may harm eggs, also because the egg cartons are cooler and may take longer to warm up, and because their is no air circulation around the carton) Has anyone...
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    Eggs In Rcom 20 For Lock Down- Upright Or Sideways?

    Hi All I have 20 eggs in my RCOM 20 Pro due to hatch on Sunday so lock down starts tonight. The eggs are currently sitting on their sides in the chicken egg trays that come with the bator. I was contemplating placing the eggs upright in card board egg cartons for the hatch . My rationale is...
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    Lab incubator to hatch eggs???

    It works a treat... I'm surprised there aren't more people on here using them...
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    EGGS SET ON 25th SEPT IN MY NEW RCOM 20.. ANY HATCHING BUDDIES?

    Sunday is d day for meee
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    EGGS SET ON 25th SEPT IN MY NEW RCOM 20.. ANY HATCHING BUDDIES?

    On the home stretch... Hatch due on SUnday. I candled all of mine yesterday... Only one light Sussex wasn't fertile so I had to bin that... I'm thinking of putting the eggs in cartons and lining the bottom of the r com with some baking paper before lockdown for two reasons... One so the chicks...
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    Lab incubator to hatch eggs???

    Hey I just hatched my first batch using the lab bator... 100% hatch rate ... Nobt bad for a first time using a bator lol... Only thing u need to take care of is humidity ... As mine was running a lil high... I ran it dry for first 18 days then used the water trays for lock down... And peeled...
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    LAB INCUBATOR IS SET UP BUT... HUMIDITY IS HIGH! Help me!

    All the eggs have hatched... I'll leave them dry in the batobr overn ight then straight in the brooder tomorrow morning!
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    setting today 9/15/11 - anyone else?

    All mine hatched using a lab incubator
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    LAB INCUBATOR IS SET UP BUT... HUMIDITY IS HIGH! Help me!

    Hey guys pipping started yesterday and this morning I woke up to find two fluff balls sleeping in the lab bator. This is my first time hatching. If it wernt for all the informative and reassuring posts on this forum im certain things wouldn't have turned out so good.... So the first thing I'd...
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    Best Incubator You've Ever Owned?

    I'm actually contemplating what I should do now.. either buy another one... or go the 50... or go a massive cabinet incubator .
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    Best Incubator You've Ever Owned?

    do yourself a favour... save a little more and go the 50... 20 eggs just isnt enough once you have a taste for it! lol
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