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    HELP with MissPrissy incubator design...what have I done wrong????

    I built one similar to this and I had to make the light guard taller where I could mount my thermostat to the wire and let it pull heat off the wire to regulate the temp. It still varies from 99.5 to 100.2 not really bad though. I also use a 40 watt light instead of the 25 watt. I have one vent...
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    dirty egg question

    I have washed every egg that I have hatched. I just wiped them with a damp washcloth and dried them off. Last batch hatched 12 out of 15. Don't think it really makes a difference.
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    Hatching in Fall

    I built a chicken tractor with an enclosed section to lock them up in. I had a light in it at night and on warmer days I let them out to walk around a bit and then close them back up at night.
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    One of my chicks is deformed

    I hatched one of my own eggs and had the same thing happen. He lived for a few weeks and then gave up. Wish you luck.
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    Day Old Baby Chicks with retardation

    I'm no expert but that shouldn't make a difference unless it has some type of disease or mold in it. As long as you cleaned it I wouldn't think that would be a problem. Hope you the best of luck sorry I didn't know anymore to tell you.
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    Day Old Baby Chicks with retardation

    What is the temperature? I had some do that when I took them out bator and put in brooder because my temp was too high.
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    HELP, QUESTION: Water Heater Thermostate

    I also have a hot water heater thermo on my cooler bator. I had to mount it to a piece of wire to tie the thermostat to to get it to read properly. It is designed to get temp from metal around heater.
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    Egg turning. Please Help!!!!!!!!

    I have a small tupperware bowl that I sit under light to get the humidity up. If it gets too high I open the holes in top of my homemade bator. On the day of hatching I have a spray bottle that I mist through a hole in bator to raise humidity even more. Hope this helps it works for me.
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    Air cell in the middle-anyone have an egg hatch with this?

    I had an egg hatch with the air pocket on one side not on either end. Give it a chance. It was a guinnea egg and she is about 3 months old now
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    HELP baby chicks are dying

    Thank you I have it seperated but it is barely moving. It won't even stand on it's own. I'll hope for the best.
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    HELP baby chicks are dying

    There butts are clean and the food is 20% chick starter from tractor supply. The bedding is wheat straw. The brooder temp was 85 this morning.
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    HELP baby chicks are dying

    I hatched these babies out on 4-10-2009 and all seemed well until tosay. I found one this morning spitting up what appears to be blood. What can I do to save the rest of them?
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    chick with twisted beak

    Thanks for the info. I'll keep an eye on it a few more days. I can't stand the thought of having to cull it. My daughter has named it chicken little.
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    chick with twisted beak

    He is eating some or I think he is. He is always in the feeder. Today he was paste and I cleaned him up so he must be getting some food.
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    chick with twisted beak

    I had a chick born this past Friday with the top of his beak twisted to the side. Bottom part is normal. He isn't growing as the other 10 are that was born at same time. Any suggestions on special feeding or just let him try and learn to deal with it?
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