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    Some Fencing Questions

    Some posts have a 'U' shape. The only way to predator proof (mostly) is to cover the top and bury or apron the sides. Entirely. Chicken wire is the minimum, so long as all supports are close together. Chain link, buried in the ground, when you live in bear country, is what I use. Possums...
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    Secondary Sex Characteristics

    Very good information. I'd like to see it as a sticky, and perhaps with pictures (simple) to support the anatomical references. Yes, I have been scrutinizing my three month old BO's for a while now. Gender is becoming clearer every day, but I would like to know more about what I am looking at...
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    New to BYC forum, and new "Proud Parent" of my first pip!

    One of five I set in the hatcher yesterday hatched while I was at work. Very clean pip! One other is pipping and squeaking! I brought the new one into the brooder to meet the others, I think they are all right with it! -peace
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    First hatch!: wiggling and scratching!!

    Great story and pictures and everything! I have my first three fluffy butts from my diy bator running around in the brooder in the bathroom! I had to help two of them out of their shells because over 24 hours had gone by, one had mostly unzipped and the other just a small hole. When that...
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    New to BYC forum, and new "Proud Parent" of my first pip!

    Three day old Buff Orpington chicks! My first hatch!!
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    New to BYC forum, and new "Proud Parent" of my first pip!

    I have three little orps in the brooder now! The first one hatched so fast, while I ran an errand it unzipped and was fully running around the incubator when we got home. The other two, after 24+ hours of pipping, I helped out of the shells and cleaned them up a bit. Each of those had a large...
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    New to BYC forum, and new "Proud Parent" of my first pip!

    The little chick just expired, from the heavy breathing for so many hours I suspect it was respiratory failure, perhaps due to the low humidity the lungs did not expand fully. Anyhow, I will give it an honorable send off and clean out the hatcher for the first "real" run of a dozen eggs. I have...
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    New to BYC forum, and new "Proud Parent" of my first pip!

    This little one is still laying on its side, breathing heavily, and does not appear to have any deformities. I have given it some drops of water, but it has not tried to get up all morning. Is this normal? Also, when should I move it from the incubator to the brooder? Oh and Babymakes6, I am...
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    New to BYC forum, and new "Proud Parent" of my first pip!

    It has fully hatched now after 30 or so hours of pipping. I very carefully and gradually assisted with bits of the shell, pausing for 30 minutes or so each time to add mist and to minimize disruption. The chick actually came out quite clean and fully detached from the membrane. Now to work out...
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    New to BYC forum, and new "Proud Parent" of my first pip!

    Thanks for the welcomes and advice! I just got home from work, and the pip is still pipping away after 24 hours, and has achieved a small hole for its beak. I am afraid the humidity dropped while I was at work and unable to add any water. . I am really feeling for this little pip, must be...
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    New to BYC forum, and new "Proud Parent" of my first pip!

    This is one of only three eggs in my hatcher made from an old vanity. I made the other day when I realized my diy incubator could not serve as hatcher simultaneously. I really did not think these three would make it, almost discarded them today! The remainder in my incubator, about 2 dozen, will...
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    First Chick Hatched UPDATE CHICK 2 Pics

    My very first chick is pipping just now in my diy incubator! It is going to be a long night indeed, I just cant keep from staring down through the window at this chirping, wiggling egg. How amazing. The pip is on the bottom side of the egg, and there are only three other's with it at this time...
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    New to BYC forum, and new "Proud Parent" of my first pip!

    Hello! I got home from work this evening, turned the large amount of eggs in the small Styrofoam incubator I made, and looked over the other hatcher/incubator where three days ago I placed the first three eggs that had a chance. I began incubating in the beginning of Feb, but with wonky temps...
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