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    Hatching 60 hours early

    Well my last egg has a hole in it now. If this hatches I will have 100% hatch rate!
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    Hatching 60 hours early

    Thank you
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    Hatching 60 hours early

    I done the 4th because it was a week prior to the 11th for the new years hatch along and I was told you can save them for a week. When I first posted one was out walking around. Now there are 5 out. One is kind of upside down with a cord stuck to the shell. I can leave the chicks in there for...
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    Hatching 60 hours early

    Should I be worried. I saved up for 7 days to put these in the incubator on the 4th at midnight
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    6th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2015 Hatch-A-Long

    ? About candling, I have my first batch in from the 4th. So tonight we looked at them and 4 were light, 9 were dark and either moving and or had veins. One was bouncing around like crazy! What does that mean? Also should I toss those 4 plain eggs?
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    6th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2015 Hatch-A-Long

    I will be joining for fun, not I interested in the contest part but will testing out the new incubator. :D
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    Well I been thinking about this water thing. I know it might be hard to see the level in the Reservoir inside the incubator. So maybe put in a mirror or ping pong ball for a visual. Then run a hose to it from my 5 gal water cooler and fill it when needed. Or another idea, drill a hole in the...
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    1502 on the way! So I pulled the trigger and bought it from Cutler today. Have that, 6 trays, and a box of pads. I am going to make my own 5 gallon bucket reserve and save about 30-35 bucks. Next thing is, do I hatch inside the new incubator or buy a $40 incubator from rural king?
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    One more thing, how much time do you have from the time it is laid to the time you put it in the incubator? Can I stock pile them for a few days?
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    I am definitely feeling the wealth of information from this thread. I really appreciate all of your help. I feel spoiled, now just a lazy researcher on this side of the keyboard.
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    As for the roosts I had an idea of a poop guard I could screw underneath the 2x4 and slant it down and back at a angle. Don't know if it will work but all my chickens now face the same way when roosting. This chicken stuff is all trial and error I'm starting to find out. Now I am locked onto...
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    Run is 324sqft plus 48sqft under the coop. Perch space now is only one 2x4 since I only have 7 birds. I will take that one out when I add more perches. I have enough space for 10-6' perches if height isn't and issue and 10 more nest boxes under the 6 I already have. Now I plan on eating 20-30...
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    OK, I'm interested in the octagon 40 advance ex. Anything I should know about with this unit? As for chicken care I have a 6' long horse trough I used for my last batch that I bought from rural king. I have 4 heat lamp bulbs with one lamp. The coop is a 6x8 with 6 nesting boxes and only one of...
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    Help me choose a incubator please

    I been looking off and on for one and choosing one isn't as easy for me. Plus I never done this before. My ideal needs: 25-40 chicks afterwards. automatic Turner and humidity control. Average to easy clean up afterwards. Reliable and accurate. I would say there is no budget but definitely no...
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    Rooster stays in coop and pecks me

    They are all 18-19 weeks old. Its him and 6 hens. They have a 6x8 coop and a 18x18 run plus the underside of the coop. I raised them from a few days old. They are my profile pic. I would love to let them roam but we have alot of hawks, buzzards, owls, foxes, coyotes, possums, raccoons, and...
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    Egg Song! Glorious Egg Song!

    I searched YouTube to hear the egg song. Now I realize what that means. I went up to the coop about 6 times in panic until I dismissed the racket as chickens being chickens. Thanks for sharing, now I know they are not just trying to get cardio out of this fat boy. :D
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    Rooster stays in coop and pecks me

    My BA rooster has yet to leave the coop without grabbing him and putting him out there. I thought he was going to stay by my chickens side in case of predators, but instead is a home body. I don't know if this is normal or if he will run out to their rescue when needed. Also he sometimes pecks...
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    Head tucked bird

    So... to shoot or not to shoot? Still not any better.
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    Head tucked bird

    Also I am feeding country road medicated chick starter grower. They have pine chip and a little bit of straw bedding. Fresh water 3 times a day.
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    Head tucked bird

    I have a 9 week old astralorp that was singled out tonight by herself. She is contorting her head under herself shaking her head almost looked like she was pecking her chest. She walked backwards and keeps sitting down, not making any sounds like she is in pain. She wasn't like this 7 hours ago...
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