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  1. Phoenix5ire

    Cemani farms in Indonesia

    My experience on shipped Ayam Cemani eggs: I've had pretty high success on incubating with my own backyard chicken eggs.., almost 100%. So I was confident enough to buy some Ayam Cemani from Ebay. Long story short, after several hundred $ spent and 21+ days later, I got 20+ rotten eggs and...
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    THE Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco Thread; Hatches, etc. (PICS)

    Yep, that's how I roll. *LOLOLO I think I just stumbled onto that same slippery slope you're on. Well, I wasn't about to pay $2,000 for those Ayam pair from Green Fire Farm. Got my eggs the other day, I've got some challenges with them rupture and damage, I guess I'll pay for it either way...
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    THE Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco Thread; Hatches, etc. (PICS)

    Tonight, I'm putting in some shipped eggs, this is also my first time with shipped eggs. Initial candling of the shipped eggs didn't look good, it's unfortunate. The air cells (ones that can be seen), most of them were distorted; some ruptured and some damaged. Based on observations, almost...
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    THE Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco Thread; Hatches, etc. (PICS)

    Egg info. on the remaining 3 eggs: I actually started with 24 eggs, 12 of them came from my backyard stock and the other 12 came from a friend of mine, who came to visit and drove here. After 1st candling, 4 of the eggs from my friend were not fertilize so they went into the trash. All mine were...
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    THE Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco Thread; Hatches, etc. (PICS)

    Day 22 dilemma: Today marks the 22nd day of incubation and I got 3 eggs that hasn't hatched. Out of 20 fertile eggs, 17 has hatched and these 3 little guys have yet to budge. What are my options left and should I candle them to see if there's sign of life? What can I do to learn from this...
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    Brakel (and related breeds) Thread

    Beautiful birds. Anybody got any hatching eggs for sale? I'm interested. Please PM if you've got some. I'm in the US, zip code 74501. Thank you much.
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    She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

    Solis lumen. Latin for "Sunlight" or "Sunshine".
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    THE Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco Thread; Hatches, etc. (PICS)

    ...little crowded in there so I took all 10 of them out into the brooder and left the 3 that just hatched in the bator to dry/gather their strength. *happy chickee campers. In summary, 13 has hatched by day 20. I got 7 left to go, but they may have hatched by the time I get home this...
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    She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

    Interesting combo; Skinheads with Cyndi Lauper, you might have to put tattoos on the hybrids to keep track of them.
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    She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

    ...humor and great reading, experience outweighs any book imo so keep them coming. My 1st bator batch are due to hatch this coming Monday / Tuesday. *feeling excited... Question for both of y'all: As mentioned, my fist hatching is due this Monday/Tuesday. So this question is really for my own...
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    THE Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco Thread; Hatches, etc. (PICS)

    Great feedback! Well, I guess I don't feel so bad taking them out. Thanks again for the edification.
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    THE Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco Thread; Hatches, etc. (PICS)

    ...I went to candle again and for the most part, 20 out of 24 were solid black, which means the growing chick is filling up that egg pretty solidly. *feeling ecstatic However, the other 4 eggs were a little depressing and puzzling. The #1 egg from above still looks the same, not much has...
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    THE Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco Thread; Hatches, etc. (PICS)

    The great thing about BYC is, there's even a product review forum... I found the comments/ feedback from BYC'ers very useful / informative. https://www.backyardchickens.com/products/brinsea-octagon-20-eco-auto-turn-egg-incubator
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    THE Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco Thread; Hatches, etc. (PICS)

    Charmin' Candler! lol -using a bear to charm a chick. lol I have to agree, hopefully egg #1 will display some signs of life on day 14th. Candling is pretty exciting, I can empathize with that "slippery slope" comment you mentioned earlier. Now if we can just put a fast forward...
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    THE Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco Thread; Hatches, etc. (PICS)

    ...#3) below is an egg that's really developing and you can visibly see, what looks like the head of the chick, which was moving during candling. Can't wait to candle again on day 14th. *psssst.. if you have a must want to know the brand of candler I'm using, I'd be happy to share as well.
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    Nipple watering?

    Just some personal thoughts/experience on water nipples and to ensure your nipples are water-tight to minimize water waste. Mine are setup on a pvc using the vertical nipples, while there will always be some "waste" when the chickens are pecking at it but the waste should be minimize. Unless...
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    THE Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco Thread; Hatches, etc. (PICS)

    Thanks for the quick response. This personal brooding is hazardous to one's health. After watching the RH and temp. swinging back/forth for a week, I was starting to get a little delirious and chick-anxiety. Probably just too much time on my hands... lol. Thanks again for the great knowledge...
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    THE Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco Thread; Hatches, etc. (PICS)

    hi scflock, Tonight is my 7th day so I will be doing some candling to see progress on the eggs. The weather has been a bit bipolar outside so I find it challenging to keep the humidity at a constant %, seems like constant humidity is a challenge for many on the Eco. Not sure on affects it has...
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    Any hope for this chick? Video.

    Eggcessive, anything to help. Great info. to know, I just bought some chicks and they were shipped to me, I had several chicks that were very weak, 2 of them started acting just like the one in the video. The chicks couldn't drink on their own so every 2-3hrs, I manually gave it a 1/2 to 1 ml...
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    Nipple watering?

    I feel your pain, I have kids too. Wife doesn't do anything with the chickens but she likes the eggs. Hope this visual will help you with your 5gal bucket setup: Have fun.
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