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    Need help - terrible experience incubating

    They say you can do up to 9 days, but key is to keep them comfortably cool, store them round end up, and rotate them atleast twice a day to keep them from settling. I put them in egg cartons stacked in a box and just pivot the box left and right (morning and night) with a book under one end.
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    Need help - terrible experience incubating

    Eggs need to be 7 days or less. Anything older has a poor hatch rate. I'd be leary of buying eggs from the one you did just due to poor fertilization and possibly cracked eggs if they were oozing. Let me know if I left anything out or if you have any questions! Best of luck!
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    Need help - terrible experience incubating

    Temp... 99-100° Humidity... 45% till lockdown, then 60-65% during lockdown. Some do a dry hatch if you live in a humid location. Which means don't add any water, let your environment keep it where it needs to be. When they start to hatch the humidity will rise about 5-10% naturally. So add a...
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    Need help - terrible experience incubating

    Incubation... Eggs start on the Day after you put in incubator. So Day 1 is Day 0. Count 10-12 days out: Candle this day. I use a led flashlight, place pointy end in flashlight opening. I cup my hand around flashlight and egg to create a good seal to direct light. Twist egg as needed to get a...
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    Need help - terrible experience incubating

    Incubator prep and test... I use a meat thermometer or a simple outdoor small mercury one to check the temp is accurate on the incubator. Hygrometer to see how accurate the Incubator is as well. I have one incubator that is 4° off, so I set it lower so it's the right temp. You can have all...
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    Incubating guinea eggs and chicken eggs together?

    Thank you for the details! I read it as though they did a lockdown in the incubator, I was thinking all the ways that is possible, if that shelf turner turned off and you cover it to have higher humidity. I was getting a creative notion off what I read. Thanks!
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    Incubating guinea eggs and chicken eggs together?

    What does your cabinet incubator look like? How do you lock down the top tray only?
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    Roosters...how many is too many?

    I have a 5 year old rooster and he services 8 girls. I incubate his eggs, and out of 40 eggs, I may have 3 or 4 eggs not fertilized. He is a leasurely breeder too, so he doesn't over breed and is a gentlemen.
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    Really EXCESSIVE CROWING

    If the girls are laying a month ago, and he is the same age, then he is not a couple months old. He's more like 6-8 months old, so it's him being overly proud of himself. I would crate him by himself, teach him to be more humble. Probably atleast a week by himself and he should settle down. I...
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    What bird tried to kill my chicken - video

    I'm sure more familiar people will be less stressful. I agree with the suggestion on using triple antibiotic ointment (aka Neosporin), squeeze some of the tube in the wound till it gets filled. This will help it heal from inside out. Vet told me this to treat dog teeth puncture wounds. I've...
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    31 week old australorp - no eggs

    Oh good deal! That's the longest I've heard a breed like that take to lay eggs. I had no idea it was that old. I just received it recently in an email, so I figured it was a recent post needing some advice.
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    When will my girls start laying?

    I feed all my chickens, chick starter! I used to feed my hens a layer pellets, but they got to wasting it and would lay less during winter and lower body condition. So I feed chick starter year round to everything. This is not the first Australops that haven been not laying at a decent age...
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    They won't eat their food

    I feed ALL my chickens (chicks, hens, and roosters) Chick Starter. I noticed the girls laying during winter will keep better body condition. I do add BSF dried larvae during winter for a little extra warmth and body supplement. You have to consider, if you were fed nothing but sweets and then...
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    31 week old australorp - no eggs

    Ameraucana take awhile to start, so I'm shocked your Australop haven't been laying already. They should anytime after 20 weeks old (5 months). I have my pullets start laying at 16 weeks old (4 months). Do you have pictures of them? Do you know if maybe they have a clever hiding place or a...
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    Calico Orpington

    Does it have to be jubilee or can speckled Sussex work as well?
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