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    Big umbilical attachment

    i just had one hatch that had the same thing.. initially it looked like something stuck in the vent, but then the chick pulled herself free of it, 5 minutes or so after hatching. It has a round, flat end, like I'd expect something that sealed itself off and detatched (like an umbilical cord)...
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    11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

    I think you can still join. I mean, you are "hatching along" no matter what, but joining [send a message to @casportpony with details..] let's your hatch "count" in some contests. The "How many eggs set for EHAL?" contest is closed and done, yours probably cant count there. The "How many will...
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    Can chickens eat cake

    Very nice cake! But, yes, the issue with chocolate is one of its main flavor compounds - theobromine - which is toxic to many animals. Also. I think chickens aren't equipped to digest milk products (milk fats, proteins, sugars) so much of the frosting would pass through them (if they'd even...
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    11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

    As CluckNDoodle said, it's all up to @casportpony - "official" registry is by a PM to them with how many eggs you've set and expected hatch dates for each. I read somewhere that hatches due within 3 days +/- of Saturday 4/11, will count in the contests (how many set, farthest shipped etc..)...
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    11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

    I just paced it off... 11 yards here... (I watched too much "Price is Right" as a kid.....)
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    11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

    That's awesome - I love the clear dome! I went last week to buy a second one, and all they had on the shelves were the "white top, clear belt, hidden rear vent" versions, and I was concerned that I had gotten one of the last of the clear dome type. Glad to hear it's the other way around. The fan...
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    11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

    This photo perfectly illustrates my only complaint with my NR360 (and somehow, though I bought it new 3 weeks ago, it says "ver.1" in the manual and has the clear wrap-over dome with the more visible air vent on the front side (which I prefer anyway..)). My complaint is with the unit's candler...
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    Coop gems -what is the one feature of your coop you couldnt live without?

    For me, its definitely the self filling water bucket hard plumbed into my house water system. Its 4 nipples screwed into a full size 5 gallon food grade bucket, hanging on two shelf brackets, with water supply piped down into the top to a standard toilet fill valve. No more of the daily bucket...
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    11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

    Generally speaking, a given mass of air, with a given mass of evaporated water in it, will have different RH readings at different temperatures, because cooler air can hold less moisture, and RH is "the moisture you have" as a percentage of "the maximum amount that air can hold at a specific...
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    Ended 11th Annual EHAL—Contest #8: Hatching Chick Photography Contest

    This is a frame from video I shot today.. the first hatch I've seen personally...
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    11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

    I've had my 10 chickens for 2 years.. I bought my incubator on 3/14 right after I saw this: That's a Walmart Supercenter egg section sold out - panic buying on 3/13. Less than 12 dozen of the "premium" eggs remain (non-GMO, organic, Omega-3 boosted, whatever..). My birds already lay more eggs...
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    11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

    "Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the Sun... But Mama, that's where the fun is!" I wonder if the intensity of the light could be painful/stressful to the developing chick, or even impair eye development. Most bird species are reported to have excellent eyesight, but chickens...
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    11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

    You have another option..
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    Feeder Build

    They are pushing some out of the ends. If I built another, I'd have the trough end caps about 3" taller, and I'd put 3 dividers the same height along each trough.. I agree with an earlier observation in this thread, that chickens seem to prefer to peck their food out of corners.. it's probably...
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    11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

    I thought you were using a Hovabator, because I found a post where you said so. My plan details (cell addresses, cells per quadrant etc..) were based on the Hovabator egg turner holding 42 eggs in a 7x6 grid...
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