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  1. Chad Oftedal

    Nurture Right 360 incubator is reading 82% humidity and its hatch day! HELP

    For my hatch, I took all my readings off of my SensorPush monitor that I had put in the incubator. What I noticed was that the NR360 temp reading was about 1.5 degrees low throughout the 21 days, and the humidity reading was about 5-10% off during days 1-18. At lockdown, the reading was...
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    NR 360 Humidity

    I just finished hatching a batch of eggs a couple weeks ago in an NR360. I used a ThermoWorks sensor to track temp and hummidity. I had my incubator in our store room for the entire hatch. In my observation, the most the humidity swung when I added water in the mornings was about 8%, then...
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    What else should I put in my coop?

    Nice job on the coop! The two biggest things that I did on mine and have never regreted: 1) putting in a poop board that I cover with PDZ and scoop each morning, and 2) framing in the area under the poop board and down to the floor as a brooder/integration pen with doors, etc. I have lights...
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    What sex is this Cream Legbar?

    Going by what mine looked like as chicks and turned out to be, in the photo with the two of them sitting down, the back left chick is female, the front right is male. In my case it was the markings of the full body more than the spot. My boys had that light gray exactly like yours does there...
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    16th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    Up to 5 of 8 eggs hatched. I even got a video of my fifth one! For the data/monitoring folks, thought this was really interesting in what was caught on my SensorPush. You can see when each one hatched.
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    16th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    I had no activity going on at all. No chriping, no rocking, etc. I went into work for the afternoon, came home and this is what I had... First one ever! This day 20 for me, two other eggs that I can see have pipped so far.
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    16th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    I'm in lockdown as of last night. I started with 23 eggs in my NR360 and total of eight have made it to lockdown. These were three different breeds, in groups of eight, ordered off of eBay and shipped to me. Ironically, the gropup of eggs that took the longest to get to me have the most eggs...
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    How to medicate a hen with fluid in crop without causing possible vomiting?

    Hello, I have an older hen (8+ years) that has quickly developed what shows to me to be sour crop, and possibly more. I first observed it around noon yesterday. I didn't know at the time what I was dealing with, so I set up a dog crate I use for treatment and moved her to it for observation...
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    16th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    Yeah, I was really curious if others had used them or not. I have a handful around the property, so it was an easy decision to pick up another one for the incubator. It's been really helpful so far as when I was doing my test setup while waiting for the eggs to arrive, I was able to see that...
  10. Chad Oftedal

    16th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    First time I've ever incubated eggs, should be a lot of fun! I set 23 late Thursday night in my NR 360.
  11. Chad Oftedal

    Have 9 chickens who need proper space. Looking for information

    This is one example of a poop board. Mine happens to be "L" shaped, but a "U" shaped would just have another leg on the left side there. This is in an 8' by 8' coop. That back wall section is 8' and joined by the right leg also being 8' long. The roost bars are 8" above the bottom of the board...
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    Shipping delays with one of my egg orders, thinking through options...

    OK, thanks! That sounds good.
  13. Chad Oftedal

    Shipping delays with one of my egg orders, thinking through options...

    Hello! I ordered three batches of hatching eggs online, each from different sellers (just how it worked out). All sellers shipped last Thursday, and two of my orders arrived yesterday (Monday). Those eggs have been removed from their packing and put in egg cartons next to the incubator and are...
  14. Chad Oftedal

    Re-integrating a hen recovering from a neck wound...

    I'll look at giving this a try. Thanks!
  15. Chad Oftedal

    Re-integrating a hen recovering from a neck wound...

    Hello! I'm trying to decide when to re-integrate one of my hens back into the main flock. Open to ideas and suggestions. The flock is nine birds total, including her. Quick Summary: On December 22nd, she got a wound - basically back of her head/top of her neck area - that was a straight-line...
  16. Chad Oftedal

    Any Cream Legbar experts?

    This is my little CCL roo at 5 1/2 weeks old.
  17. Chad Oftedal

    Any Cream Legbar experts?

    So, I am far from an expert on this breed, but I currently have four CCL chicks that look to be right about the same size as yours. Three of mine are girls, and one is a boy. My boy is much lighter gray and is sprouting a pretty good comb here at a bit over five weeks of age. All three of yours...
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    Crested Cream Legbar - I think it's Patricia and not Pat...

    Great! Thank you for the clarification details! That's great to hear on his markings. I won't be able to keep him, unfortunately, but I'm hoping if he can't go to a friend of mine, that there might be someone else in my area that would be interested. I'll look to find him a good home when that...
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    Crested Cream Legbar - I think it's Patricia and not Pat...

    Hello! I know CCL are auto-sexing, and I'm thinking my chick in question here is a little gal, but I've never had CCL chicks before and wanted to ask the experts. The chick in question has a lot of the "chipmunk" markings of the females and the more distinct coloring, but it also shows some...
  20. Chad Oftedal

    My first broody hen and I think I want to give her some eggs to hatch - is my plan OK?

    Thanks! So, before your reply, I decided to intervene with the lone chick and reached in and picked it up and set it right next to my hen. Within short order, it was back under her. All seems well as she has moved around the pen area (8' long by 2' wide) sitting down in a couple different...
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