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    First incubator hatch, with shipped and local eggs

    Gosh, I loved my Swedish flower hen. She was from a commercial hatchery but still gorgeous and fun to watch.
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    First incubator hatch, with shipped and local eggs

    I hope you have all the success and your expectations are blown out of the water! I will definitely still try shipped eggs again next year.
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    First incubator hatch, with shipped and local eggs

    Day 22! First pip was around 4pm on day 20, and that chick hatched early on day 21. Final counts 2/12 shipped eggs 5/8 local eggs 2/2 home eggs 1 shipped egg had a large saddle air cell, was malpositioned, and died in the egg. The other was my dark egg, which proved to not be developed at all...
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    First incubator hatch, with shipped and local eggs

    Day 18- It’s lockdown day! 12 eggs made it to this point, 11 with very happy movement and one far too dark to see into. I’m so excited for hatch day :wee 4/12 shipped eggs 6/8 local eggs 2/2 home eggs
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    First incubator hatch, with shipped and local eggs

    (Sad) Day 10 Update Another round of candling today- lots of veins and movement! I spent a lot of time looking at my questionable eggs tonight. Looked at lots of images to compare what I was looking at. I’m a little wary of exploders, so I pulled all the eggs where I was 100% certain I saw...
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    First incubator hatch, with shipped and local eggs

    Day 7 update! Most of the eggs seem to be looking good. There are two I think have definite blood rings And then 1 (plus two porous ones that are hard to tell) that I think might be infertile/early quitters? I may remove the blood rings now, and then wait until day 10 to recheck the...
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    First incubator hatch, with shipped and local eggs

    I know they can be so resilient! A lot of hatching threads can be doom and gloom so it’s hard to not just focus on what could go wrong. I definitely plan to update! That’s part of the reason I started this thread since I read several where you never learned the final hatch outcome.
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    First incubator hatch, with shipped and local eggs

    Hi All! Been several years since I posted (when I first got chicks) but I figured I’d add catalog my experience of trying to hatch incubator eggs. I have a roo, so I let my Cochin sit on a clutch of 12 in spring of 2020. We ended up with 6 chicks! I didn’t separate “mama” so I think most of...
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    First predator loss today...

    Hmmm, we have about an acre lot with lots of trees and bushes scatted everywhere so I think this could only really work over the open field parts that the girls are smart enough to stay away from. Something to consider though!
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    First predator loss today...

    Definitely planning on confining them for a bit! Hope to get the roof done soon.
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    First predator loss today...

    Today was a sad day. I came home on my lunch break to find my Sicilian buttercup beheaded in a cloud of feathers near our hedge :( head was bloody and looked like the crop was partially eaten, but no other injuries. She was still warm and I didn’t want her life to go to waste so I skinned her...
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    Run Construction w/ Deep Litter- Lumber Dimensions, etc?

    Sorry I didn’t see this earlier! We still haven’t got the roof on yet :oops: but I really like how it turned out overall! I used two layers of 4x4s for the base and 2x4s for the rest of the frame. The door still need some work (wonky construction lumber not fitting just right). I also...
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    Coop Renovation Progress [pic heavy]

    This is the Lavender now...he/she still has me stumped but I feel is looking less boy-ish. (Face is redder than normal due to heat I think) My buckeyes look way more masculine at this point and the lav’s comb hasn’t grown for some time.
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    Coop Renovation Progress [pic heavy]

    Yes! She’s a Swedish flower and her name is Flora. She along with the EE and OE in the pop door picture are my bravest and most personable chicks.
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    Coop Renovation Progress [pic heavy]

    Sunday was move-in day for the chicks! I still have some things to work on but I am happy with how things turned out. (Ta-dah! You can see the beginnings of the run to the left) (A decent ramp is on the to-do list. Not many chicks have ventured up to the roost yet) (Re-did the window...
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