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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    Too much to do!! I haven't had hardly a moment to sit down!! I added the muffin fans to the Farm Innovator 4250s as suggested and that worked fabulously. It was really easy to do: Aligned 4 holes off to the side of the control panel, drilled a few holes, and placed some cut squares of insulated...
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    Thank you Vixie-Daisy!! I actually have 2 of those laying around right now! I am going to go get them now! Thank you!! :bow
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    I am having an issue with my Farm Innovator 4250 Incubator when it comes to heating evenly. I purchased both incubators separately (one from TSC and one from amazon prime), so it is interesting that the exact same problem is happing with both of them. I have both incubators set up in my home...
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    I feel so bad. I feel like a bona fide chicken-bump killer. Yesterday was day 10 on the chicks I am hatching, and when I evaluated all my eggs this afternoon (first timer here), amongst all the eggs, one that was laid by my beautiful jet-black Australorp looked like it had failed. The veins...
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    Super cute little babies!
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    Beautiful!
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    Thank you for this! I was wondering if I should just pull all the ones that didn't look like they were developing even though its only day 4. PATIENCE! haha
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    Thank you! I tend to go all-in on stuff, but even by my standards this has gotten quickly out of hand! I will keep the breeds that I purchased to grow them out and make my final selections when they are between 3-6 months old. I will likely keep a few of my "farmyard mutts" as well (I have quite...
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    DECEMBER Hatch-A-Long!😊

    Hello. I also just discovered this thread, and thought I would join in as a newbie guaranteed-to-be-hatchaholic because I might need some help here. Long story short, I purchased 2 dozen eggs from a well-known hatchery (that I will not name) and was very disappointed in the overall condition of...
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    Howdy from Whidbey Island, WA

    They are not doing anything around the chickens! ;) Both my kids are super high-drive and I just know what will happen (my 6 yo was so excited that he was vibrating in anticipation, and my girl has less impulse control so she was just trying all she could to get to them). No amount of "slow...
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    Adding 2 mo old chicks in with 5 mo old chickens?

    Thank you for the info! I will read it more thoroughly later today and definitely put my thinking cap on. I had already planned a LOT of "enrichment" in the pen on multiple levels (swings, bridges, fences, tee-pees, treat and feeding stations, covered "sandbox"...a massive jungle-gym play-park...
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    Adding 2 mo old chicks in with 5 mo old chickens?

    This is modified from my introduction post earlier today… My chicken math TOTALLY SUCKS!!! LOL We are still raising our "first batch" of chickens ranging in ages 2-3 months old (hatch ~April 15 through May 13)...and are expecting another batch next week from Meyers Hatchery (this time with a...
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    Howdy from Whidbey Island, WA

    Hello. My husband and I just moved over to a small 1 acre farm a few months ago located just south of Oak Harbor, WA...aka "rural". Not down-and-out boonies, but definitely not anything like where we moved from in north Seattle 1.5 hours south!! We have been scrambling to get up to speed with...
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