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  1. spruce creek

    April Hatch Along

    Yay! BYC is back on! I finally realized that I had a spelling error in my e-mail, it kept saying I didn't have enough privileges to reply on here. Anyway, congrats everyone on all your hatches, haven't read through all the posts(I'm quite a few behind now). I had another hatch that was so so. I...
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    April Hatch Along

    Anyone using a LG find they don't have room below the fan for eggs? I couldn't figure out why the top all of a sudden wouldn't stay on snug on the incubator yesterday. I heard it make a noise like something was hitting the styrofoam and when I checked the lid was wonky and wouldn't stay on...
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    April Hatch Along

    I hadn't hear of BYH before, just signed up! Good luck with the rest of your hatch. I just put another batch in! Hoping the extra holes make a difference with this hatch
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    April Hatch Along

    They are so adorable!!
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    April Hatch Along

    The incubator is clean and ready and back on!! I drilled two small holes in the top to increase ventilation and lower humidity and so far the humidity is at 25%, but it hasn't been on for very long and takes awhile for the LG to stabilize it seems. Trying to be patient! 14 eggs waiting to go...
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    April Hatch Along

    I was also thinking of adding a couple of vent holes since I didn't plug the ones last hatch at all, if I add two then I can still put the plugs in the original holes if I have too. Not sure what kind of incubator your using but I think it would be pretty easy to add some to the styrofoam ones...
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    April Hatch Along

    I have a really hard time keeping humidity down too, and think I might try some packs of silica to absorb moisture for the first 18 days. I read on BYC that some people use rice and charcoal from the dollar store(the kind you use in rooms to help prevent mold). I actually had a dish of salt...
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    April Hatch Along

    I think my next hatch date will be the 29th or the 30th of May. I'm happy to stay on this thread for the rest of May! Congrats to everyone on your hatches, and Thank you to everyone for your help and support through the incubation and hatch!! All 6 chicks are looking happy! My can they ever run...
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    April Hatch Along

    I snipped it off once it was dried up, it started to peck at the blue egg chicks umbilical area that was already swollen and red so I took it out, snipped it off and put it in the brooder. The other chicks all attacked it eagerly pecking at any crusty bits left on its back. I took it out gently...
  10. spruce creek

    April Hatch Along

    Looks like we are done at 6!! I candled the ones left and was surprised how big the air cels are from lockdown. They are not small at all, so not sure what went wrong with the eggs from my big hen. :-( No movement in any and some look like the are just dark blobs of liquid now?! I have...
  11. spruce creek

    April Hatch Along

    6 CHICKS!!! YAY!! Not a great hatch rate so far, but a few were due today so there is still hope for the ones left. 5 out of 8 of my little hens eggs hatched, 1 out of 5 of the blue eggs we were given, and none of the 8 from my big hen? Not sure what went wrong there, but we are unsure of her...
  12. spruce creek

    April Hatch Along

    NEED SOME ADVICE! So my 5th chick hatched today, day 21 for that egg and mostly hatched unassisted. I was so hopeful this one would make it out alone like the last one did, but it got the top of the egg shell off then got stuck! It had its wing out and part of its back but couldn't get its head...
  13. spruce creek

    April Hatch Along

    I now have 4 baby chicks!! All from my little hen, the 2 blue are not due until tomorrow so maybe they will still hatch! My big hens eggs are showing no outward signs of life though :-( its a staggered hatch though so one is due today, one tomorrow so there is still hope for them too. The 2 I...
  14. spruce creek

    April Hatch Along

    the others have not pipped yet, today is day 21 so hopefully a few more will make it. I don't know what to do about our humidity at this point, I ran the incubator completely dry until lockdown. I had 35- 40% humidity without water :-( How many more do you have to go??
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    April Hatch Along

    YAY! Congrats on your hatch!! :-) I have one more out, I had to assist he was stuck! I assisted one other too but it hasn't pushed out of its shell the rest of the way yet, its sleeping. The one I helped pushed its way out as soon as I put it back in the incubator, it had absolutely no room...
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