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    ROOM TEMPERATURE

    What is the ideal temperature of the room you have your chick brooders in? The individual brooders each have their own heater for the chicks.
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    COVER?

    A Kebonnixs and a NR 360
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    COVER?

    Has anyone ever covered their incubator (not the vent of course) to help eggs incubate better? Long story short, we incubated eggs in 2 completely different incubators in a room completely different from what we normally use. Bad batches in both. We know our eggs are great because other people...
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    OVERDUE BCM EGG

    Any tricks or tips? Tools?I'm scared I'll break it.
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    OVERDUE BCM EGG

    We have one very dark BCM egg left to hatch that is 38 hours past due. Dry incubation in Texas. Lockdown 65%.The others have hatched. We heard it peeping yesterday, so it internally pipped. Then heard nothing since. We were fixing to shut the incubator down when we heard it peeping again, but...
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    Humidty on last 3 days

    Is that for BCM? That's what we are hatching. A friend used a Hova-Bator dry the entire 21 days on some of our dark Marans eggs and had a really good hatch. We have a Kebonnixs that i due for lockdown and I'm tempted to try it, but also a little afraid.
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    Problems Hatching Black Copper Marans

    With BCM, It's best to dry incubate and then go for 65% humidity at lockdown.
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    Black Copper Marans: Dry or Humid incubation?

    Did you add water and increase humidity at lockdown, or leave it dry the whole 21 days?
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    HUMIDITY 5 HRS AFTER FIRST CHICK HATCHED

    We dry incubate with the BCM and have a much better outcome. But we have never had the humidity bottom out that low while hatching. We were concerned about shrink wrap, etc.
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    HUMIDITY 5 HRS AFTER FIRST CHICK HATCHED

    Hi! Have BCM hatching in a Nurture Right 360. One hatched at 8:30 this morning, and a second hatched at 9. I had to leave for work for almost 3 hours and went I got back the incubator humidity was at 58%. Never had that happen before. Do you think the remaining eggs are ok. A few others are...
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    Nuture Right 360 humidity question

    More hours, sometimes an extra day to hatch. The darker shells are a little tougher to peck through.
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    Nuture Right 360 humidity question

    We've experienced the BCM eggs take longer to hatch if they're good and dark. The dry hatch incubation works much better than regular incubation.
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    Nuture Right 360 humidity question

    And this is for BCM?
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    HATCHING WITH ZERO WATER IN TEXAS

    The indoor humidity for the house ranged from 44% to 47% today. Will that work? These are due to hatch tomorrow, Wednesday at 9:30 pm. Even though I have been adding water, should I stop now with another 26 hours left? The room is 81 degrees, with humidity at 44%. The incubator is at 99.5...
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    HATCHING WITH ZERO WATER IN TEXAS

    Has anyone ever dry-incubated AND hatched Black Copper Marans eggs successfully? No water the entire 21 days? I know someone who swears by it, but would like to hear from others. We are south of Dallas, Tx.
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