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    Still air hatcher?

    I have 3 silkie hens and they are laying like crazy right now. I know, crazy with the cold but either way they are. It's killing me putting these eggs in the fridge so I'm saving about 5 days worth at a time and sticking them in my Hovabator. I want to keep adding eggs each week, but eventually...
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    Coop Rebuild

    We built the walls individually and then stood them up. We had the struggle that we had to make sure there were studs for each piece of tin so had to build the walls a little differently. I'd say it took us 3 or 4 evenings but if we had thought about the tin placement on the studs we could have...
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    Coop Rebuild

    It's never big enough for the number of birds :lau The big birds have a 2,500 Sq ft run attached plus a shaded 10 x 12 area underneath. They really don't spend much time in the coop lol. Going to build a run for the smaller coop soon too. It's way better than the set up I had.
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    Coop Rebuild

    So I am up to close to 60 birds including the babies we have right now. The little Play to Learn houses aren't working for housing this many birds anymore. We had this old 10 x 12 shed that was falling apart, but it wasn't in a good spot for the chicken coop so we decided to remove the tin and...
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    I think one egg is dead.

    I'd leave that one in there. Just in case. You will know at 14 days for sure.
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    I think one egg is dead.

    Those last 2 look like they have blood rings but I usually wait until 14 days to pitch any I'm not certain on.
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    What Are Some Things to Add in a Coop So it Stays Clean?

    I'm thinking about making one of these. I have the PVC feeders but they still seem to scrape the feed out. I also have the chicken nipples waterer and I love those.
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    March 13th 2016 Hatch-A-long

    Once they start they pop like popcorn. I have 5 silkies hatched and 1 maran. Have 4 more maran eggs pipped and 3 silkies. I have another maran that has been like this for a day now. It's beak is sticking up through the hole so it can't drown but it hasn't made any progress. I guess I'll...
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    March 13th 2016 Hatch-A-long

    We have 3 pips right now! It is so exciting.
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    March 13th 2016 Hatch-A-long

    Good luck! I let a broody hatch eggs last fall but was new to it and didn't know I should put her and the eggs somewhere else and the other hens ended up killing 3 of 4 babies before I found it. We now have a huge brooder in the coop so if that happens again I'll put them in there before they...
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    March 13th 2016 Hatch-A-long

    It was shrink wrapped but it was too late by this morning. No one else has pipped and the humidity was close to 90%. I know it will go up once they start hatching. We're pretty sad that we lost this little one. This is only our second hatch from the incubator. Although I've done lots of...
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    March 13th 2016 Hatch-A-long

    So the little one that pipped last night stopped. I don't see movement anymore and it hasn't made anymore progress. Anyone know why it would just die midhatch?
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    March 13th 2016 Hatch-A-long

    Your temp should still be the same after lockdown as it has been the whole time. You will want to increase the humidity though.
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    March 13th 2016 Hatch-A-long

    So we went to candle our eggs before lockdown and this is what we saw: We took the turner out, added water and locked that puppy down. We have been gone for a few hours and this is what we have now: She's working her way out. It is a silkie egg. So far it looks dark. We're interested to see...
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    March 13th 2016 Hatch-A-long

    Well she isn't sitting on them now. I will probably put them in there then.
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