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  1. Cntry1958

    Good Morning from Maryland

    Now the broody is the retired hen "Blonde". She is one of the first hens my son was given. She has her own special place but still gets time with the other girls. I love the log cabin look too. Reminds me of my uncles place growing up with all the barns and wood all over the place. Joe didn't...
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    Good Morning from Maryland

    Thank You
  3. Cntry1958

    Good Morning from Maryland

    Thank You
  4. Cntry1958

    Why has my last egg not hatched yet?

    So sorry to hear you lost this last chick.
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    Help!!

    Awww Congratulations on your new hatch. I love when everything goes well.
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    Good Morning from Maryland

    Its been a while since I have been on and had time to chat. Lots have gone on in my life. I have lost some chickens to old age. Some are retired and still around 1 of our originals my son favorite and mine to. Her name is Blonde she is a Orp. She is so loving and now has a hard time standing...
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    Join me on my Classroom Hatch-A-Long, support and advice appreciated!

    I love how well they are doing so far. Great progress I bet the kids are getting so excited now.
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    Join me on my Classroom Hatch-A-Long, support and advice appreciated!

    Your Egg will look almost completely dark inside. It fills about 95% of the egg. You may see the chicks move or even rock the shell as it moves itself into position to pip. It will begin the internal pip around day 19 or 20 and will hatch shortly after it pips the shell and absorbs the yolk...
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    Join me on my Classroom Hatch-A-Long, support and advice appreciated!

    The kids will love having a picture of them with their eggs and or chick. If you make a corner just for this project add a chair and that is where I would take pictures of the kids with the chicks or eggs. They get to sit in that special chair and you give them the chick to hold to have a...
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    Sick chicks- UPDATE

    Look at the glow from your heat lap its almost completely fills each side of the brooder. My guess is its to hot for the chicks in that brooder. Check the heat on each side of your brooder. Then you need to give them a much cooler area to go with a warm area so they can get away from the heat...
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    Join me on my Classroom Hatch-A-Long, support and advice appreciated!

    Yes, they will be loss of some weight just a few ounces. Is the weight the same on the eggs that are clear from the first weight? Keep checking the olive eggers weight and you should tell from the weight as it should be close to the ones you know have chicks in them. The one's that are clear...
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    My first Hatch. Itzy and Ditzy's BBS Cochin eggs

    Junior did you weigh all the eggs before you put them in the incubator? Then weigh them again and compare how the two are doing, have they lost about the same amount of ounces. Has the light color ones lost some weight and they dark ones done nothing. This is how I decide if there is any...
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    Join me on my Classroom Hatch-A-Long, support and advice appreciated!

    If all the kids have their own egg weight's from when you first weighted your eggs you can weigh the eggs now once again to see how many ounces each egg has gained or lost so far. This is one way to tell if any dark eggs are progressing as well as the others. Ask them do they think the egg...
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    My first Hatch. Itzy and Ditzy's BBS Cochin eggs

    LOL Sort of hahaha love it. I am glad you know for sure the wiggler is alive and doing well.
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    Join me on my Classroom Hatch-A-Long, support and advice appreciated!

    Did you weigh the eggs in the beginning? You may put all the letters in something and pull out a letter that person egg gets weighed. Here is something else you can do is ask questions that your students have learned already. Like why did the egg you tossed stop forming? Answer because it had a...
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    My first Hatch. Itzy and Ditzy's BBS Cochin eggs

    You might have a chick forming in the one you see that is half dark and half light in the shell. Just relax a little, yes I know its hard to do. What do you mean when you say the one was dancing all over. Do you see movement inside the egg. If so that may also be a chick that is formed. I will...
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    My first Hatch. Itzy and Ditzy's BBS Cochin eggs

    Momma's know and I bet she is sitting on good eggs. Specially if she has not pushed any out of the nest as they tend to know what is going on. I just saw your post and had to comment. Hope you don't mind me jumping in. Did you mark the eggs so if she lays more or steals some that the ones not...
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    Egg pipping on bottom, do I turn?

    That is good to know as I have always been told never open the incubator on lockdown.
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    Egg pipping on bottom, do I turn?

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    Egg pipping on bottom, do I turn?

    Just leave it be it beginning to try to unzip, the others chicks as they hatch will move the egg. You don't want the chick inside the egg to shrinkwrap by opening the incubator so just keep watching. She will surprise you and be ok. She may even rest for a few hours before she completely unzips...
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