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    Last min questions before setting eggs :)

    Oh that's really interesting! Good to know thanks so mcuh
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    Last min questions before setting eggs :)

    I have 2 acurite humidity monitors I calibrated them (hopefully correctly) I also have a basic thermometer which I calibrated (again hopefully correctly) can you message up calibration or is it pretty accurate. Anyways the humidity monitors sat at 65 and 67 after calibrations. I have it sitting...
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    Help for a beginner

    Okay thanks so much for everything this is do helpful! How do I add water last time we used a waterknw can and put it in the little groves at the bottom. shlsho I put something in there to sit the thermometer on? And opening to turn will that be bad for the temperature and what about canceling...
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    Help for a beginner

    Ok I will not do a float test. These are chicken eggs we have 5 hens and 1 rooster 3 lay brown eggs one lays blue and one lays a olive green! Im so new to this I don't know everything yet but want to learn. I will attach a picture of my incubator. I don't have a humidity meter yet but in going...
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    Help for a beginner

    Last October I had an unsuccessful batch of eggs. I believe it was due to a power outage. I am getting ready to try again. I would appreciate a step by step guide and checklist of what I need to do this right. I have an incubator with thermometer and just ordered a humidity meter. I do not have...
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    Help! Chirping inside egg then nothing

    Thank you! We have one hen right now she's still young and isn't broody at all we are hoping for some late Hatcher's over the weekend if nothing we will try again and buy a egg Turner and humidity reader. My goal eventually is to have a nice little farm to sustain our family I wanna get this right
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    Help! Chirping inside egg then nothing

    That's a good idea im gonna try that there's still no change in not sure it made it
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    Help! Chirping inside egg then nothing

    Relaxing is so hard I feel like I'm waiting at the hospital for someone to give birth lol! Going to be going out for dinner hoping to take my mind off it! I don't have a way to measure the humidity just a plain styrofoam incubator the water is full
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    Help! Chirping inside egg then nothing

    Took a pic closer up been like this since this morning.
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    Help! Chirping inside egg then nothing

    I see something but no movement or breathing
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    Help! Chirping inside egg then nothing

    It looks the same no chirping or moving there is something that seems to be sticking out I hope it's a beak and it's resting not sure how long it should rest for
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    Help! Chirping inside egg then nothing

    Ok so I have a pip pip but there's stuff coming out and it's not moving or chirping does this look ok no chirping or moventmo from any other eggs I'm trying to distract myself and let them be but it's sooooo hard
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    Help! Chirping inside egg then nothing

    Thank you I'm just Reading so much I'm unsure what to do. I don't plan to intervene just wondering if it'd normal. I've read the can suffocate after 24 hours I've also read they can rest for a while. I haven't heard anymore chirping either but I'm not always with them so I don't know
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    Help! Chirping inside egg then nothing

    Good morning, This is my first batch of hatching incubated eggs. I've done research and think i have a good idea what to expect. We had a power outage for seven hours the first day of lockdown but it's been a couple days now and they started chirping inside the egg yesterday, wime up this...
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    New chick mama

    Good morning I'm so excited to be a part of this! I got my mom a chicken coop on mother's Day and we have become obsessed!! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes we are new to chickens we got some on mother's Day 2018 (2) How many chickens do you have right now...
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