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    October Hatch-A-Long

    About 1/2 way done with the hatch! The early arriving BCMs and a OEs in the new kid friendly brooder....
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    October Hatch-A-Long

    Day 20. Started with 31 (mostly BCM and few OEs), culled 7 as clear/quitters @ 14 days. 6 hatched already, 5 more with external pips. Hoping the rest are on schedule and don't mind the early emerging hooligans stomping about.
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    homemade incubators

    9 pipped as of right now from the above hatch...
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    October Hatch-A-Long

    Set 31 on the 17th 28 BCMs and 3 OEs...
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    March Hatch-A-Long.( How is it gettting here so quick ? LOL )

    I had two in my current hatch pip the wrong end and ended up assisting both - happy to say both are happily stomping around in the brooder today! Have 13 hatched so far and waiting out a dozen others ( I was bad and added some eggs over the first few days of incubation). Best hatch I've had...
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    My First Lock Down

    How comes the hatch?!?
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    March Hatch-A-Long.( How is it gettting here so quick ? LOL )

    Truly tests my patience! And I've got a 4 and 2 year old who just woke up and want to see their long awaited chicks! Other than the fogging, the bator did great. Will definitely be upgrading the view window to double pane for next time though - and making it big enough for two kid's faces...
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    March Hatch-A-Long.( How is it gettting here so quick ? LOL )

    3 hatched overnight ( 2 bcm's and 1 oe) with at least another 9 pipped! Hard to see much through the fog... grrr!!!
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    Coop Size

    That does help! I had thought about putting a two or four foot high kneewall foundation on the hoop house to gain roosting height. Sounds like that might be in order along with making it 4 panels long rather than three, giving roughly 16'x9' and a 10' peak.
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    Coop Size

    Thanks for the calc and the link, both were just what I needed!
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    March Hatch-A-Long.( How is it gettting here so quick ? LOL )

    None through yet, but up to 6 pips and a few have made good progress! And I don't know how I blew my dates, but today is actually day 20, not 21 - so I feel even better now about the progress.
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    Coop Size

    Would like to get a flock of Guineas shortly but am unsure as to what they need from a coop/roost perspective. I would like to start off with about 18-24 birds, free roaming on our 25 acres. Given the local predator pressure, I would try to get them into a shelter at dusk and know that they...
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    March Hatch-A-Long.( How is it gettting here so quick ? LOL )

    3 pips so far - 2 BCMs and 1 Olive Egger... out of ~ 30. And I've discovered my 1st real flaw with my "cooler-bator" - I went with a single pane of thick glass for the viewing window rather than the double plexi I used on my smaller cooler and when humidity gets north of 50% it fogs up...
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    My First Lock Down

    This is my third hatch and day 21 as well... and I'm watching probably just as anxiously as you! All I had were wobblers this morning, a few started last night - but now have 3 pips in the last few hours and occasional chirps! Good luck!
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    March Hatch-A-Long.( How is it gettting here so quick ? LOL )

    Was in the 20s pre-lockdown, bumped it into the 60's for lockdown and it's now in the 70s with some pips.
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