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    For all the home made incubators, how control temperature.

    hey i have the same thermostat but if i set mine to turn off at 101* it doesnt turn back on until the temp goes all the way back down to 93* how does yours stay so constant?
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    Starting all over again, help with incubator upgrade

    Well, i've decided that my incubator is not efficent enough for me so its going to be "pimped." Just a few questions though - in a forced air is the it a exhaust fan with vents for intake, or is it a intake fan withe vents for exhaust? - also i want to go with a heating element instead of a...
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    Help, new but concerned

    Well i opened up the eggs today out of 12 eggs 1 hatch 6 unfertile/no development 3 develop till 2-2.5 weeks 1 developed to 20 days but too weak to break through the sack 1 developed to the air pocket but didnt crack the shell sad day but at least i still have 1 hatch
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    Help, new but concerned

    Quote: my wife got bored staring at the bator. Well its now day 23 and only one hatched i really hope the others hatch but its like the other one, no peep,wobble or pip.
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    Help, new but concerned

    I have 2 Kelso roosters, 1 Roundhead hen, and now these eggs. I ordered 3 more 1 1/2 month old birds that should be here next week sometime
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    Help, new but concerned

    Well you see the button that says date/temp push it until you see 2 different temps. The top temp is the temp the meter is reading, this is also where the humidity is being read. The temp reading in the middle is the probe reading. I stopped using the probe because in my water weasel it...
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    Help, new but concerned

    ooo i just found the camera
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    Help, new but concerned

    thats a picture of a hatch/blue hennie i couldn't find a picture of the black/blue hennie but just imagine that the body of that bird is black. Also keep in mind that the picture is of a rooster not a hen. these are pictures of the dark blue line and just for another view this is of the...
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    Help, new but concerned

    Well i know everyone will have their sides to it but they are "fighting chicken" breeds, 3 are called black/blue hennies and the other 3 are pure dark blue. And no i do not fight these birds i just love the way they look.
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    Help, new but concerned

    ya day 22.5 my first hatch 1 down 5 to go
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    Help, new but concerned

    well day 21.5 and still no peep, wobble, or pips.
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    Help, new but concerned

    well today is day 21 but on the first day i didnt put them in the bator till about 10pm so offically day 21 is in 11 hrs for me. No pips yet still just lazy eggs
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    Help, new but concerned

    thank you for the relief
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    Help, new but concerned

    Hello i have a few eggs in a homemade bator, i started them 20 days ago. I started off with 12 but now I am down to 6. I candled them at day 18 and i seen one side of the egg just dark and the fatter part of the egg had an air pocket but the chicks werent moving. It is now day 20 and I see or...
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