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    Is bantam Cochin an umbrella term?

    Well, then I guess I'll be posting pics when they get a little bigger. It was my first time incubating and I have no idea what variety they are 🤣
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    Is bantam Cochin an umbrella term?

    Sorry if that's a dumb question, but apparently there are more breeds that I don't know than ones I do know. Are there different kinds of cochins like there are different kinds of orpingtons? These are my first bantams, and I don't even know how big they get. I have two polish in there, and...
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    Revisiting my EE's

    Just about 5 weeks 😒 I'm hoping 1 or 2 are hens, and I'll be giving away the rest. Chicken math got me and now I'm out of space.
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    Revisiting my EE's

    Male or female?
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    I'm not supposed to intervene until the very last minute, right?

    Nope, the olive egger developed weird and didn't survive. One was apparently a late quitter, it was fine on day 14, but I just now candled it, and it was floaty and had a blood ring, and two were fully formed, but dead in the shell. One of those had started to pip, and today I decided to open...
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    I'm not supposed to intervene until the very last minute, right?

    I would have had a 100% hatch rate, but I don't follow instructions. Lesson learned. Lockdown means don't open the incubator until they all hatch. Period. 😒😞
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    I'm not supposed to intervene until the very last minute, right?

    They were probably late quitters then. I saw the olive egger moving after lockdown
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    I'm not supposed to intervene until the very last minute, right?

    Thanks. I'll have to look that one up. She keeps flopping over on her back.
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    I'm not supposed to intervene until the very last minute, right?

    So, it's the end of day 21, and only 3 eggs have no pips. I'm going to leave them in awhile longer. One of the chicks has spraddle leg. I tried to fix it with a bandaid, but only made it harder for the poor chick. Now I can't get the bandaid off because it's one of the super sticky ones...
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    I'm not supposed to intervene until the very last minute, right?

    Thank you. I didn't do anything. That one zipped out of nowhere, lol. Now waiting on a third to zip. And maybe a 4th
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    I'm not supposed to intervene until the very last minute, right?

    I've got a bunch of pips, but only one zipped this morning so far. It's been about 8 hrs since I noticed they pipped, so they probably did sometime before I woke up this morning. But none of the others has made any progress. I've been able to see the ones beak for the last 8 or so hours, but the...
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    June Hatch-A-Long

    I woke up this morning literally mins before the first zip. I hadn't even gotten coffee. There are at least 3 other pips in my line of sight, but so far, can only see the ones beak, but no other progress. My incubator is on a kitchen counter, and there is a warm spot in the floor from just...
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    Please tell me I didn't ruin my entire hatch

    Oh I didn't know that. The little book that came with it says to take them out at hatch.
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    Please tell me I didn't ruin my entire hatch

    She's not all the way dried out, but appears to be shivering. Temp is 100
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    Please tell me I didn't ruin my entire hatch

    When do I take them out? And when do I take the vent plugs off?
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