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    Thiccccccccc eggs

    I have the same problem with my NR 360 incubators, I select eggs that fit good, that I know will be turned, I just quit putting the larger eggs in mine because I’m not able to turn them by hand because I work full time
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    How many chicks will you hatch in 2026?

    I have never ran my incubators partially empty. When I got guinea eggs I needed 14 eggs to fill the incubators, so in a week I added chicken eggs so they’ll go on lockdown at the same time. Yes I am a hatch-aholic
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    First Time Candling, I'm Not Sure If I did It Correctly

    I always take mine out as soon as they are dry, I just like the chicks that are trying to hatch to be consta Being rolled around.
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    First Time Candling, I'm Not Sure If I did It Correctly

    Have you taken out any chicks?
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    First Time Candling, I'm Not Sure If I did It Correctly

    Since I dry hatch, I never have condensation from on mine.
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    First Time Candling, I'm Not Sure If I did It Correctly

    You could put the egg in something where you could have a free hand to take a picture? Maybe cut down an egg carton down or use the candler on the incubator if it has one? When I candle I like to get it done fast, so I never thought about taking pictures.
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    First Time Candling, I'm Not Sure If I did It Correctly

    I bought an incubrite little flashlight designed for candling eggs, and I bought another just regular little flashlight, they both work, but I prefer the little flashlight, I believe a handheld light would work great, but I have never had someone take a picture while I was doing it?
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    One of my chicks isnt gonna make it !! Does anyone else cry?

    Not absorbing the yolk sack will do it, on my very first batch I decided to try and help one, it didn’t survive, I learned a lesson, I make sure they are at least 48 hours into pipping before I try to help if needed, most of the time they make it on their own. I didn’t cry, but felt awfully bad...
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    First Time Candling, I'm Not Sure If I did It Correctly

    That’s exactly what I use
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    First Time Candling, I'm Not Sure If I did It Correctly

    I never have washed mine before using them, after I use them I wash them, I never had a problem. I have been using the same pieces I cut to fit my incubators for almost a year now.
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    Humidity question

    I open them 1/4 of the way, when they start pipping, I open them all the way. I don’t open the incubator until day 18 when I candle the eggs for the first and only time. We are in a higher humidity area in Texas, and this method works very well for me. My humidity stays in the 30-40% range...
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    Humidity question

    I don’t add any water at anytime, it’s 100% dry hatch, when the chicks start hatching humidity jumps up in the 80’s. I do very well with this method.
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    Will two guinea fowl males in a flock kill each other?

    I’m sorry I did not mean to make that angry face, I just now noticed it, and I must have accidentally hit it.
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    brinsea Mini advance II liner question

    I use shelf liner, like someone already said, you can wash it and reuse it, this May will be a year that I have been using the same ones. I wash them by hand with soap, if I don’t hang them in the sun to dry, I put them in the dryer for a few minutes. Since I use the 100% dry hatch method, I...
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    I want to try and change my city law about having chickens within city limits. Cassopolis Michigan.

    I just can’t phantom someone telling me what I can or can’t raise on my own property that isn’t against the law anywhere else across the country. I don’t live in a city and glad that I don’t.
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