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    Feedback on Learning Center "Treats Chart"

    This is a fantastic list and I LOVE the photos!
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    Need Advice / Help - Lockdown in progress

    Thanks for the recommendation - will look it up. The more I think about everything that transpired the more I believe we had an incubator that was not properly cleaned before we put our eggs into it. Being a first-timer, the bator had a smell when we received it from the group. I just thought...
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    Need Advice / Help - Lockdown in progress

    Thanks for the advice. We actually candled all of our eggs to sadly realize they were not going to hatch. Super sad. Confused about what went wrong. Will educate myself more before trying again. I think the biggest challenge for a newbie is the overwhelming amount of different information...
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    Need Advice / Help - Lockdown in progress

    OK - it's now day 24 and this egg has a crack like this on the other side too. But today I see something oozing from this crack. Is this bad or good? Should I candle all eggs to see what is going on at this point? I APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL HELP! This is so stressful .... : (
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    Need Advice / Help - Lockdown in progress

    Thanks. We are in 4H. They give you a still-air incubator with the program & than you return it. So I think if we ever decide to do this again, I would get my own incubator. We candled through the process about 3 times. We marked air cells before lock down. That is when we removed the...
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    Need Advice / Help - Lockdown in progress

    Your article is very informative and I appreciate you sharing it. I raised my temp to 101.4 to see if that will help. Assuming that on Friday (Day 25) if there's nothing "new" going on, we have lost our eggs? Again .. thank you!
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    Need Advice / Help - Lockdown in progress

    It's been hard to get the humidity level up. Highest I was able to get last night was 68%. I have the water troughs filled and I have three paper towels in the corners soaked in water. I believe day 21 was Monday - so i"m 2 days behind
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    Need Advice / Help - Lockdown in progress

    Hi In an egg to chick program with my daughter and it's our first time attempting to hatch chicks. 12 Australorp eggs provided to us - no idea on when the were hatch or how handled prior to us receiving them. They went into a still air incubator at 5pm on April 15th. Today is May 8th and still...
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