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    Collected chicken eggs hatching (hopfully) 5-10, 5/11, and duck eggs due 5/19!

    We got 17 chicks. :)
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    Chick with umbilical cord wrapped around?

    It went from the belly button up around the neck and down the other side and attached to the belly button. It looked like a thin yellowish cord. The chick is separated from the rest of the hatch. It's feisty little scrawny but eating & pooping. A couple days later there's still a hard spot...
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    Collected chicken eggs hatching (hopfully) 5-10, 5/11, and duck eggs due 5/19!

    They're just mutt chicken eggs from my coop. :) I put 24 in the Farm Innovator pro-series 4200 last night. The temp was 100.2 this morning and humidity 30% In the Hova-Bator I set 18 chicken eggs and 6 Swedish duck eggs. Temp is still coming back up to the 101 degrees that it was...
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    Day 22, eggs rocking, no pips or peeping. . . . what would you do?

    I so did not know I could fix spay legs. I'm off to do this before I head to bed. :) Thank you Backyard chicken forum!
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    Leave the turner in or take it out on day 18?

    I have a Hova Bator and a Farm Innovator. Both are the styrofoam box type.
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    Leave the turner in or take it out on day 18?

    I've been reading up on what to do differently next hatch and I can't find opinions. I've been taking it out. I have huge temperature fluctuations at that point. :( I think that was part of my problem with this hatch. Other than using using a second box (styrofoam) incubator just as the...
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    Day 22, eggs rocking, no pips or peeping. . . . what would you do?

    7 eggs hatched. 3 died by day 2. . 4 chicks total, 2 are normal and 2 have splayed legs. The last chick hatched last night and its normal. None of the ducks hatched successfully. 2 pipped, but died in their shells. :( Not a good hatch. I'm just happy the kids got to see something hatch. My...
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    Day 22, eggs rocking, no pips or peeping. . . . what would you do?

    I set them 4/1. Two hatched, another with a pip and peeping. :)) Question, the first one hatched is dry but it occasionally ends up on it's back. Is that normal?
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    Day 22, eggs rocking, no pips or peeping. . . . what would you do?

    We have pips and peeps! 4 egg so far and they're not the ones we saw rocking!!! Gasp, this may happen after all! :))) thank you for your help
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    Day 22, eggs rocking, no pips or peeping. . . . what would you do?

    Start over Check one formerly moving egg to see what you can see for trouble shooting for next time? Give up entirely because this is for the birds! How long past their due date, if they're rocking, do you wait to see if anything will hatch? There are several rocking, not a ton, but...
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    Store bought feed or Homemade feed?

    We've been using store bought feed, Nutrena Layer pellets (green bags). Our egg production is, "Meh." Reading over the holidays and I started giving them some whole oats and corn--a cup a day. I have 22 hens and 2 ducks. 13 eggs a day, WHOA!!!! I'd love to hear your thoughts and...
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