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    Who is setting eggs today - 4/14?

    Well, looks like you guys are doing awesome! Just put 43 chicks on lo kdown here and am looking forward to my best hatch ever! (8 is my best so far...). Cant wait for Sunday! Also have 5 duck eggs and 2 goose eggs as well, but they are a little behind the chickens so I hope the humidity...
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    Who is setting eggs today - 4/14?

    Awesome work there with the candeling video. I think I need to use a brighter flashlight since I have mostly brown shelled eggs, and only a little LED light... Mine are looking good too though in spite of my inadequacies. Have 48 chicken eggs that are coming along nicely as well as 4 duck and...
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    Who is setting eggs today - 4/14?

    Well, the candeling looks good... only sampled about 1/2 of them but there was only one obvious one that I had to get rid of. Could see some really good movement on one of them as well, which I hadn't seen before. Was very cool! How is everybody else's eggs doing?
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    I AM SOOOOOO MAD

    I'd see if they will give you either a refund or, another batch of eggs to hatch!
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    I AM SOOOOOO MAD

    So sorry to hear that! How far along were they?
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    setting eggs tomorrow.... 3-21-12 who wants to join?

    Glad to see everybody did so well... Sorry for those of you that lost some.... I lost some too, and haven't figured out what I am doing wrong there either... I ended up hatching 3 New Hampshires, and 5 Black stars, but ended up losing one of the NH and 2 of the black stars. The last one was...
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    Who is setting eggs today - 4/14?

    Well, haven't posted in a while because I was pretty sure I had killed all of mine. Had made some modifications to my home-made incubator, doubling the capacity from 30 to 60, thought I had the temperature almost stabilized and went to bed. The next morning the temp was 107.8, so I was afraid...
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    Duck Egg Duck Egg Duck Egg Yay!!!!!!

    My wife loves to use duck and/or goose eggs for baking bread. Lightest, best bread ever!
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    Who is setting eggs today - 4/14?

    Just put a batch in tonight. This is my 4th attempt... (Hatched 8 out of 24 on my last attempt, but sadly lost three of them last night/this morning). Made several modifications to my home-made incubator though... Added two more trays which increases my capacity from 30 to 60. Also, moved...
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    setting eggs tomorrow.... 3-21-12 who wants to join?

    Be patient, mine were overdue as well, but have 5 out, and 2 more actively pipping... Good luck!!
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    setting eggs tomorrow.... 3-21-12 who wants to join?

    Now I am just waiting and hoping the other 9 eggs will hatch, and trying to decide whether to build a cabinet incubator, or try to squeze in two more racks into my current Igloo Cooler incubator... wouldn't mind having a second one so I can have two going at once, or at least have then...
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    setting eggs tomorrow.... 3-21-12 who wants to join?

    Well, better late than never... woke up to 1 NH chick this morning and as of now we are up 5 total, 3 NH and @ black star roos... best part though, is my 5 year old twin boys being glued to the bator... priceless!
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    setting eggs tomorrow.... 3-21-12 who wants to join?

    Little trick I just tried... I put paper towel down on my wire rack, and sprayed it down a little. As the condensation from the top of the incubator drips down it re-moistens the paper towel and has my humidity running at 82%, up from 72%. For whatever thats worth... Good Luck!
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    setting eggs tomorrow.... 3-21-12 who wants to join?

    Well, final candeling is complete, temperature at 99.8 degrees and 82% humidity. We are now on lockdown! Heard one chirping faintly as we spread the eggs out on the hatching shelf of the incubator. Hoping they will fare better this time! 14 eggs left, but they all look good. Could see a...
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    setting eggs tomorrow.... 3-21-12 who wants to join?

    Hmm... sounds very interesting, I am all about the easy button. Let me know how it works! My current one is in an old coleman cooler as well, think I just about have the kinks worked out, but I guess we will see how it goes. Let me know how yours works, will look for your pics on here! =
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