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    The color Lavender - attn FluffnStuff

    Does anyone have a pic of a Lavender Ameraucana. I ordered Blue Ameraucana eggs and hatched 10 chicks. Some are "Blue", some are Black, I have one splash and the others are a "light" gray. Is that considered lavender? Thanks, Molly
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    March Hatch A Long... anyone with me??

    I am waiting on my eggs as well, should be here anytime.
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    New to hatching, chick died

    I had about a week old chick die this morning. It was not well yesterday morning and I found it dead this morning so it was sick about 24 hrs. I noticed pasty white feces on its rear end and I gently washed off last night. Does anyone know what could have happened. The other 3 chicks are...
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    new to hatching

    Yes, the wiggling one is due to hatch today (day 21). The chick I do have is 4 days old so I was going to wait to add the new chicks in with him/her after they were stable on their feet and eating and drinking. My day 22 egg shows no sign and the other day 21 is quiet too.
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    new to hatching

    I am on day 21 with two eggs and day 22 with one. I have been trying to hatch my own americaunas before eggs that I have ordered arrive. In one of the day 21 eggs it has been wiggling for about 24 hours but hasn't pipped yet. The other day 21 eggs is quiet and so is the day 22 egg. I had an...
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    Possible to build a humidity pump for brinsea octagon econ

    I rigged up an IV bag and IV tubing to my styrofoam incubator. I have a hygrometer and digital thermometer also. I have set the IV to drip at about every 15 seconds and that is keeping the humidity at 71%. You can probably get the IV set at your vets office but make sure you drain out the...
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    Day 16 candle, is this normal?

    I am new to hatching and keeping chickens for that matter. I have been incubating my own americauna eggs "practicing" as i have ordered fertile blue americauna eggs. I have had one successful hatch but would have had two but the humidity dropped to 40% in the night and the chick died after...
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    Names for your chicks

    2 Delaware-Arwen and Galadriel (from Lord of the Rings) 2 Dark Rhode Island-Hershey and Nestle 2 Hamburg-Thelma and Louise (they are always on the run) 1 Welsummer-Primrose 1 buff Laced Wyondotte--Buffy (Jody went missing) 4 Americauna-Duchess, Calypso, Sarah and Blanche 1 Dominique-Jersey (my...
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