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    how can you tell if a chick has piped on day 20

    Its day 20 now and I've heard that the chicks are suppose to pip on day 20. How can you tell if they have piped the air cell yet?
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    need info.... about to go into lockdown

    When can I take the chick out of the incubator after ithatches
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    need info.... about to go into lockdown

    im going into lockdown tonight and i need some info... when the chicken hatches what do i need to do? i have a small incubator and most of the other eggs didnt make it. do i need to take them out when the chick hatches so that it will have room to move around and when do i need to feed and...
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    can low temps delay hatching

    They should be ok as long as they didn't get too low. I have some in the incubator now and over night the temp gets to 95 and everything is still going good.hope they hatch out good for you.
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    what happened to my hen

    It got down to ten degrees last night and when I went out to feed this morning I found my hen laying on the ground. I picked her up and brought her inside and wrapped her up then she died. I didn't notice any difference in her behavior the last few days and she didn't act sick. Could the Cold...
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    Hen pecking question

    They will also peck to get the feathers off when they are molting
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    Hen pecking question

    Do you have a peck block for them. Mine did that until I put one out and they don't peck at each other as bad now.
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    how often do I turn the eggs

    Not sure I've been hand turning mine 3 times a day about 8 hours in between
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    how often do I turn the eggs

    I've heard some say 2 times a day and others say 3 times a day. What do y'all say?
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    can low temps delay hatching

    Well I did the float test and it sunk so I opened it up and it looks like it failed at day 10. Thank you for all the info maybe next batch will be better.
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    can low temps delay hatching

    Well I just candled it again you can see the air pocket and you can see some light going through the egg and I tapped on it and no movement. I think I will do the float test and if it fails then I'll open it up to see what went wrong
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    can low temps delay hatching

    Ya I would say its dead :( I can still see about a quarter of it still liquid
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    can low temps delay hatching

    Should I still be able to see liquid in the eggs at day 20
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    can low temps delay hatching

    Ok I think I'll leave it for a few more days then go from there. This is the first time I've ever tried to hatch eggs but I guess its just trial and error.
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    can low temps delay hatching

    It is day 20 now and when I candle it it looks like day 16 or 17. One day the temp got up to 120 for about 15 min. Would that kill it?
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