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    Early Lockdown???

    We put 15 eggs in, one candled negative and 5 hatched July 4 and one July 5th. I did an eggtopsy tonight on the remaining 8 and one stopped developing probably day 5/6, one still had an egg sac attached, and the remaining looked like they should have hatched. The inner membrane on all but 1 was...
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    Feeling intimidated...

    All I had the last time was the mercury thermometer that came with the incubator. Those eggs had a rough start anyway since the hen quit sitting at 2 weeks and the eggs went cold twice, once overnight until we discovered she wasn't sitting anymore and once when we forgot the light in the hen...
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    Early Lockdown???

    13 out of 14 are moving now! Official lockdown is today though I did minimal turning yesterday. Will see what happens in these next few days! It's fun just watching them wiggle, kind of like dualing banjos when one gets going and another answers
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    Early Lockdown???

    As of last night we have 6 that are rocking and rolling. I the humidity is up to 54% and the temp is 100. Hopefully I'm doing this right! Thanks for the link!
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    Early Lockdown???

    I have eggs we put in the incubator 6/14 and have been hand turning daily. I was planning on lockdown on Wed but today 3 of the eggs are VERY active! Should I stop turning and keep the lid shut? I just put a thermometer with humidity on it a few days ago and my humidity was 64% so I pulled one...
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    Brit Red chickens?

    Are you up in Skagit County? I just bought 3 chicks from Cenex. If you ask at the counter they have a book they order from that has the description and a picture. They are a Rhode Island Red Hybrid but I didn't see what the cross was. They are listed as layers.
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