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    Propane Heaters with baby chicks?

    Last week we lost electricity for 13 hours and I had eggs in two incubators. They got down to 70 after 4 hours and my husband put on the generator. Well, it looks like we are going to have a bad storm tomorrow night and now I have around 50 to 60 quail chicks from 4 to 1 day old. They are in...
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    First time hatching quail eggs. Need help.

    The Little Giant eggs started hatching the next day and I pulled three sets of chicks that day and I've pulled two sets today. All together I have maybe 60 plus chicks. I've had some die though. I wish I had read up on them before I put them in the incubators because I've had alot of them get...
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    First time hatching quail eggs. Need help.

    Thanks, I was thinking I needed to pull them out. Some will be 24 hours old around 4 or 5 in the morning.
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    First time hatching quail eggs. Need help.

    First time ever with quail eggs. I have several that hatched around 4 or 5 this morning. Around 3 pm I took the plugs out of the incubator to let those dry off, however I still have a couple trying to hatch. Somebody gave me around hundred or so eggs and I divided them up into two incubators...
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    Dead hens !!!

    I'm sorry for your loss. Could it be that they might need to be wormed or perhaps they are getting into some poison of some sort during the day while free ranging? Good luck on finding your solution.
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    Candled Trader Joes Egg Help Plzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!

    Can't you find someone to turn them for you?
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    Can air cells be too big?

    I've only hatched one clutch of eggs. However, I hatched 31 out of 36 eggs. Got a Hovabator still air incubator on sale for 20 bucks and thought what the heck I'll start raising chickens. Well, now I'm hooked. I read everything on here and did everything wrong but still got a good hatch. I...
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    Incubating odors??

    Check to see if one of your eggs has a tiny hole in it or if anything is leaking out of a egg because the smell is not normal. You may have an egg getting ready to burst. Have you candled your eggs? If not then you need to do that.: Wife of an awesome man, have 8 barred rock hens, 1 barred...
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    First Egg Countdown

    Got my first egg today. My barred rocks are 133 days old. It's really small. I am very excited as I am new to all of this. Hurrah for my ladies!
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    Need help in figuring out if theses are RIR or Production Reds

    Thank you guys for your imput. I really appreciate it.
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    Need help in figuring out if theses are RIR or Production Reds

    I hatched these from eggs that I got from a farmer. His breeds were supposedly seperated. Out of eggs I got some EE's, Austrolorps, and these. I had quite a few hatch from the very first hatch I ever tried--I'm new to all this chicken stuff. Had 31 eggs hatch out of 36. Anyway, am confused...
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