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    Ridiculously high humidity

    Good news! The incubator held steady at 60% overnight. We had a bunch of eggs externally pip! Around 4 o’clock a batch started hatching, we’ve got 6 chicks in there now with 5 more eggs I can see that pipped. I don’t have really great views of the others since the chicks kicked/rolled a bunch of...
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    Ridiculously high humidity

    I’m using Brinsea Ovation28ex btw. I emptied out the reservoir since it turns out it was overflowing. I’m hoping it won’t go higher at this point. I had to lift an egg to empty the reservoir and it started chirping at me (I almost died!), so I assume that means they’ve internally pipped. I’m...
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    Ridiculously high humidity

    Hi! I’m incubating for the first time and just locked down my eggs yesterday on day 18. I was incubating at 50% humidity for the first 18 days. Now that we are locked down I raised the humidity to 70%. One day later the cardboard in the bottom of the incubator is soaked and the humidity is...
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    Processing The Runt - Should I Eat Him?

    Holy cow! Very helpful, thank you! Yes, you should definitely make an article out of these pics. I’ve watched a few videos but the ones I’ve seen haven’t really showed such close-up anatomy after the cuts are made. Mine didn’t look like this so maybe I cut through too many membranes (outside of...
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    Processing The Runt - Should I Eat Him?

    Thank you all for the responses! I attempted to process and it didn’t go so well. It was my first time and thankfully had some good takeaways for next time but dang. I’ve never plucked before but some of his feathers broke or emitted clear or blood tinged liquid from the skin after they were...
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    Processing The Runt - Should I Eat Him?

    Hola! Looking for opinions on whether it’s safe to eat our runt rooster. We have a flock of 6 that we picked up at tractor supply back in April. Turns out two are roosters. One of them has grown great and is quite magnificent. The other, not so much. He didn’t grow very big and his feathers...
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    Troubleshoot My Coop

    We just bought a house in the country. We have a small shed on our property that I think would make some chickens very happy. What do we need to do to prep this for chickens? I’m thinking: nesting boxes roosts do something with the insulation?? adapt/update the door What do you think?
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    Newbie Question - Coop Size

    Hi everyone! I’m new to chickens and this forum, I’m in big need of your expertise! I have to submit an application to my zoning board including a picture of the coop! I’ve read that 4 sq ft/ bird is a good estimate. I’m not sure which birds I will want over time so I’m going on the bigger end...
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