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    Favourites.

    My favorites change all the time.. currently it's last springs "brooder babies" Soleil, Luna, Darkstar (not pictured) and Dawnstar.
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    Switching Roosters for breeding

    I have a good sized flock, mostly mixed but with a core of pure Blue Partridge Brahmas. I hatched out 3 really nice hens and a roo last spring that from an outside breeder. They have been running with the whole flock this whole time and I have a number of roos so it is sort of catch as catch...
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    August Hatch-A-Long

    Hey! It's technically circulated air...I think it may need a larger fan though. And I hand turn. The hardest part is waiting to candle. LOL
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    August Hatch-A-Long

    Since no one has started for August... Let's do it! I've just set 27 Swedish Flower Hen and 5 Olive Eggers in to my DIY tote bator. Away we go!
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    Building my first and worst chicken tractor...

    Building my first and worst chicken tractor...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    So check in here. 13 in the brrooder... all eggs out of the bator but two chicks "recovering" both with curled necks... One to the point where I thought to cull but he spent the hour I was making that decision yelling at me so .. well give it a go and see what happens. The other isn't bad...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    I may have to go read more on that Magic Mushroom Kit... Purely educational of course! ---UPDATE---- Of course there is an Instructable on ow to do this! http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Glove-Box/ And... I really am shocked to have not thought of the upside down method! Although more...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    OK.. so I am going to post this random idea here rather than the DIY incubator area because it applies more to "hands on" than general topic. My incubator is made from a clear tub and fairly deep (I am going to change that next time actually) I've mounted my lights on the lid and have a...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    I had inadvertantly done this by mistake already with my little cracked egg. One of the hatchlings had pulled a bit of the tape off and a part of te shell... it appears it "helped" by nicking a vein. By the time I noticed the blood in the bator Crackers was gone. :( I've pipped into the air...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    That first pic looks like she is saying "I don't always present a problem when hatching... But when I do, I'm darn cute doing it!" Congratulations!
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    Hands on hatching and help

    I knew it.. I knew the chances of making it through my first hatch without being hands on would be well nigh impossible. One of my Swedish Flower Hens decided to come into the world backwards.. or at least try to.. she pipped two days early face down/pointed end....no progress for almost 36...
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    1st time incubating temp drop :(

    I have two 40wts in my clear sided tub incubator. And so far doing great. Ambient temp in cabin is low right now (63) hough and the clear tubs don't hold heat as long and are a lot taller than most styrobators. So yeah up at the top might be in the 100-101 range but egg level is usually 1-3...
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    1st time incubating temp drop :(

    Ambient temp in there is 90. I don't have heat in the cabin and it's only 50 out today. Don't worry, I'm watching closely.
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    1st time incubating temp drop :(

    I do.. with some small, non cat/dog accessible air vents. I'm sure they will be fine.. they can't be tipped.. at worse the tote will be marked for ownership. (Two uncut males in the house. They don't normally do bad things but the whole "This new thing is mine!" "No mine!" type thing can cause...
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    1st time incubating temp drop :(

    My fingers are crossed for you and your little ones too! As of this morning I am at 10...9 of my Blue Partridge Brahmas and the first of the Swedish Flower Hens just a couple of minutes ago. I have movement in some of the remaining brahma eggs. Trying hard to resist pippin for them. Waiting...
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