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    Considering switching to Hiland naturals

    I've been using purina layer pellets. Hiland feed is a milled feed. Any feedback?
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    Who has purchased eggs from ebay ? and what was your hatch rate ?

    I just had two batches shipped to me from eBay purchases. I was skeptical about shipping fertile eggs because I've shipped for years and handlers are brutal. There's no way to keep a box oriented any certain way. You can mark it "this side up" and fragile but that doesn't mean much. I did hatch...
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    Who has purchased eggs from ebay ? and what was your hatch rate ?

    I keep mine at 50 percent and bump it up to 65 percent once the chicks are into air cell.
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    oh no. still alive or probably dead....nephew did a stupid thing...

    Well I'm certainly no expert and only recently began incubation chickens. I've raised psitticines for 35 years which required me to incubate once in a while. I honestly had never heard the term lockdown as most all the parrot breeders never followed that approach. I am using a pretty decent...
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    Can I move my eggs?

    Yes lots of folks move eggs into separate hatchers or in my case I'll move them to the bottom of the incubator for hatching.
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    oh no. still alive or probably dead....nephew did a stupid thing...

    Why can't you candle? I've always candle right through to hatch.
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    What to expect during "lockdown" period?

    I understand. I use a handheld candler and candle mine throughout drawdown into pipped but my incubator recovers temp and humidity quickly. I'm new to poultry but incubated various species of psitticines for many years. Good luck with your hatch.
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    Silkies hatching today

    Here are the first 4
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    What to expect during "lockdown" period?

    Can you candle the remaining eggs?
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    Silkies hatching today

    I purchased 10 silky eggs from fleabay and was shipped 12. I had 1 infertile and 2 died after 2 weeks in incubator. I have 7 out and the other 2 are pipped , this is day 21. My incubator has an adjustable timer for the turner rollers and it was set for larger Breda eggs that hatched last week...
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    My first chicken eggs in incubator

    They look good, congrats on your hatch.
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    My first chicken eggs in incubator

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    My first chicken eggs in incubator

    Here's a pic of mine
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    My first chicken eggs in incubator

    Monday was day 21 after placing in the incubator? Did they all get into the air cell between 18-20 days? Mine died on day 21 that had not pipped into the air cell. Not sure how long they can go once into the air space but if your sure about your dates I would say they are way overdue
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    My first chicken eggs in incubator

    Are they overdue? Good luck with them
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