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    new batch..join me!

    here are my results... 40 eggs, 30 viable hatches, 2 passed away, one rescue! Very hard to take a picture of 28 chicks!
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    new batch..join me!

    Here are 13 of my lil featherbabes in their new home. Still four more in the incubator and ten more pipping! Ohhhh life is good!!!
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    new batch..join me!

    and our second, Sam...
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    new batch..join me!

    My first little peep didn't hatch until 1:30 this afternoon! It was a long night and day. I am up to THREE hatched now, with 19 more pipped!! Here is Pippie, our first ...
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    new batch..join me!

    Tomorrow is my due date, and I just heard chirping in my incubator!!! I am sooooo excited! I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight...
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    new batch..join me!

    I'm in lockdown! Soooo excited for my first hatch!! Really enjoying hearing everyone's progress and especially the pics! Thank you everyone.
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    new batch..join me!

    If they don't all hatch on the same day, how long do you wait to remove the rest?
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    new batch..join me!

    I'm so excited watching all of these posts! I am a couple of days behind everyone, and the anticipation is killing me! I've tried candling a few times, and other than the obvious wiggling in a few, i'm not sure how many out of my 40 will actually hatch. But if I get one I'll be happy!
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    new batch..join me!

    It is sooo hard to NOT candle EVERY DAY!!! I'm not too sure yet, as this is my first attempt, but I see movement in a lot of my eggs, but I am thinking this will be a very low hatch rate. It seems that more than half of the eggs are not showing veins or movement. But, like I said, being my first...
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    new batch..join me!

    One of the dearly departed is in my profile photo...Elvis...my lil Banty Roo
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    new batch..join me!

    so sorry for your loss. i lost four last week to coyotes, too. it's heartbreaking! i feel like such a bad mother. Sometimes there isn't much more you can do, it's the circle of life.
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    new batch..join me!

    I had to wait a couple more days for a few more eggs, but I finally set them tonight! 21 day countdown begins! I'm wondering about adding water? I have the little giant incubator. I also bought the automatic turner. thanks for your help!
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    new batch..join me!

    Most mothers receive flowers and plants on Mother's Day...I received an incubator!! My family knows what I like! This will be my first time using an incubator. (I used a broody hen with 6 hatching eggs and had a 100% hatch rate!) If I'm not too late to join, I have set it up, regulated the...
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    Comment by 'featherbabes' in article 'Barn Style Coop W Storage'

    Fabulous! I want one just like it! It's great that you included the plans, and the step by step photos. Would you happen to have a supply list?? Again, great job and thanks for sharing!
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