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  1. Stephanie Mitchell

    Borotto Real 24 Automatica + Sirio

    2nd chick out and another working on zipping. Haven't seen any other pips yet but it's only day 20
  2. Stephanie Mitchell

    Borotto Real 24 Automatica + Sirio

  3. Stephanie Mitchell

    Borotto Real 24 Automatica + Sirio

    First chick hatched !
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    Borotto Real 24 Automatica + Sirio

    Did my last candling on Sunday, out of 24 eggs set only 9 were fertile and every single one is developing nicely! My rooster is half the size of most of my hens so I'm not surprised he isn't breeding them all. Thursday is lock down! Will keep posting
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    Borotto Real 24 Automatica + Sirio

    I live in Canada and it was not at all expensive. I wasn't even charged tax. I paid for shipping but otherwise, just the conversion from cad to Eur. I paid about 515 Canadian dollars.
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    Borotto Real 24 Automatica + Sirio

    Day 7 candles the eggs and got a few for sures, and lots I can't see through because of thick shell/green colour. Candling again Sunday for day 14
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    Purebred Ameraucana Roosters

    No sorry sold them!
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    Borotto Real 24 Automatica + Sirio

    So this is day 3 (not including Sunday which is the day I set the eggs in the afternoon) and I can't even imagine going back to a lesser incubator. I haven't had to touch the thing at all. Every time I check it the temp is spot on, humidity is perfect. I set up Sirio (the humidity meter) with a...
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    Borotto Real 24 Automatica + Sirio

  10. Stephanie Mitchell

    Borotto Real 24 Automatica + Sirio

    The Sirio manual states 45% humidity while incubating and 60% humidity for hatching. For the first run I'm planning on following the Borotto instructions to the letter so that's what I will setting to
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    Borotto Real 24 Automatica + Sirio

    The incubator incubates chicken eggs automatically at the suggested temperature of 37.7 C. At the last 3 days of hatching you are to reduce the temperature to 37.2 C and to of course stop turning the eggs. Now without Sirio the instructions are to fill 1 water tray up until day 18 where you fill...
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    Borotto Real 24 Automatica + Sirio

    Hey everyone! I just unboxed today my brand new real 24 Borotto incubator. If you are interested in buying one or curious to know how they do, follow along on the progress of my first hatch. I have purchased Sirio as well which is the humidity control pump that Borotto offers. So far I have...
  13. Stephanie Mitchell

    Mosaic Chickens!

    Comb is pretty big for 6 weeks unfortunately but I also am not familiar with raising this breed so you never know! My Easter eggers with red comb by that age were for sure boys, but nowadays that's not such a big deal. You can get a crow collar for noise!
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    Sick chickens- eyes closed but still eating/drinking

    It's funny because they seem fine other than having their eyes closed and the odd sneeze. My hen that had the IB had bubbles and was clearly stuffed up, I could see the swelling from the nasal passage causing her eyes to close. These guys just seem like their eyes that are closed are also itchy...
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    Sick chickens- eyes closed but still eating/drinking

    No bubbles or swelling or odor. I did have one chicken with bronchitis really early in the year, she got through it, may be the reason these guys have it now except the fact that they have lived with that chicken since day 7, and now that they are 3 months old I find it weird they're only...
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