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    Miscalculation, Bumbling Lockdown and a Hatch

    Hi Deryk,thanks for the feedback makes sense. Oregonkat, they are Potch Koekoek chickens. I actually went to the farmer and collected the eggs,which was about an hours drive from where I live. This what they look like fully grown.
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    Miscalculation, Bumbling Lockdown and a Hatch

    Thanks noted, will wait a while before I add any more sand.
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    February hatch-a-long 2018

    Hatch is complete, from the 12 eggs 3 were not fertilized. All 9 hatched, pretty stocked but did learn a lot in the process. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/miscalculation-bumbling-lockdown-and-a-hatch.1221775/ Here are a few pics
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    Miscalculation, Bumbling Lockdown and a Hatch

    Hi WVduckchick, The mesh is plastic, very soft and pliable. No sharp edges which makes it ideal for hatching. Well I was left with 9 fertilized eggs and Thursday and Friday morning it was crazy in the coolerbator. They were all pipping like crazy and once the 1st one came out they all started...
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    Miscalculation, Bumbling Lockdown and a Hatch

    Hi WVduckchick , water wells are covered now. It's 4 in the morning here and another chick has hatched. Two eggs are pipping. And the two inside are pretty Vocal. This is so exciting
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    Miscalculation, Bumbling Lockdown and a Hatch

    Regarding advice where did I get my dates mixed up? Secondly the new born chick was dumped twice in the waterCorrected that problem. .It's still very vocal Going forward tonight I'm going to be smacked into the viewing plane observing.damn this is addictive and not like me
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    Miscalculation, Bumbling Lockdown and a Hatch

    By the way the 1st chick out is called " Magic".
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    Miscalculation, Bumbling Lockdown and a Hatch

    Dear Fellow BYCs, Need some advice, I received my fertilized eggs on the 26th January and set them in my cooler bator on the 26th Jan at 12h00. SO from what I have ascertained the first day does not count. So day one will be the 27th Jan. So day that I received them will be day 0, then continue...
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    My universal DIY egg turner (can double as coop door opener)

    Hi Peter, this is brilliant, great concept. Thank you for the share.
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    Crowing Newbie Candling Advice and Home Made Candler

    Thank you for the response. Regarding humidity I came across a wide range of suggestions which was pretty confusing. The egg farmer from whom I obtained the fertilized eggs said that he incubates all his eggs at 70 percent from setting to hatching. I decided to go with 60 percent and will push...
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    Crowing Newbie Candling Advice and Home Made Candler

    Having just joined the BYC Community, which must rank as one of the best decisions I have made in a while, I need some HELP from my fellow BYC friends. As this is my first hatch, built a coolerbator which was awesome until it came to the wiring. With much trial and error and a shock thrown in...
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    February hatch-a-long 2018

    Hi BYC friends, this is my first time incubating chicken eggs in my homemade coolerbator. Due date is 17 February 2018- on day 13 at the moment. Getting excited and anxious at the same time. Not sure what is more nerve wracking getting married, going to the dentist or waiting for the first pip? ?
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    The saddest and most moving story I've ever read about a chicken

    Got a lump in my throat, beautifully told. Loved the images.
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    Greetings

    Thank you, will hopefully be able to post results of the chicks once hatched. Holding thumbs.
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    Greetings

    Thank you Pork Pie, hopefully I did it correctly, also re-uploaded my avatar with my location embeded in the pic
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