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    No eggs in months please help

    Hens lay eggs when they are well fed and are comfortable and sometimes even when they are not so comfortable. My questions would be how old are they? What is the weather like in your area? I assume your 20 x 30 was in feet not inches? All hens take a break from laying once in awhile but not...
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    Dasp 48 Egg Hatchery - 100% Automatic Poultry Incubator

    Looking at it and reading the features it seems to be an awesome incubator. I do wonder how it turns the eggs. But everything else is close to a Brinsea which i also really like.
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    Is this chick in trouble or is this ok? Pictures included.

    Yes that can be normal. Once they break through and can breath they really can go at their own pace. Some may be less than ideal positions in the egg, or a thicker shell or weaker chick. The idea that they all hatch at the same time is really only closely over the 24 hr period. There are to many...
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    Roo or Hen?!?

    Sorry for the news but at the age you describe that is a rooster.
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    Having Problems with Humidity in Cabinet Inubator

    This from their PDF file on the use of this incubator. and also a link.http://www.randallburkey.com/images/1202_1250_Cabinet_model_instructions.pdf The two most common means of controling the humidity in the incubator are by using the VENTS and/or the MOISTURE PAN. New 1202 models 3 inlet vents...
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    Having Problems with Humidity in Cabinet Inubator

    if your pan is dry the humidity is leaking out of the incubator. You mentioned vents in your post are they vents to the water pan or vents to the outside. If they are vents to the outside close them up and then as the humidity rises open them slightly to keep it within the range you want it.
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    Whining Rooster

    Roosters make all kinds of noises all day and even at night if they feel so inclined. I would try to figure out what the noise is in responce to just for peace of mind but it could be as simple as calling to the hens or seeing a mouse. They continually keep the flock informed about food and...
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    Having Problems with Humidity in Cabinet Inubator

    In Florida I would think you would have the opposite problem of to much humidity. I would check to see that whatever you are measuring the levels with is accurate first off.
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    Really Big Chicken Egg

    I bet it has two yolks too, nothing you'll find at the supermarket.
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    Really Big Chicken Egg

    When my hens first started laying, I had a few small eggs and then one or two huge double yolkers and then just normal sizes from then on.
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    Questions about the 50/50 ratio in hatching

    I don't agree with the above in mamals yes, in chickens no. In chickens gender is determined not by X and Y chromosones. But rather by ZZ:ZW chromosone system. That of which is highly affected by the estrogen. The chicken embryo resembles lower vertebrates in that estrogens play a central role...
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    Questions about the 50/50 ratio in hatching

    In my expirience, the Hen makes the difference, some hens lay more female eggs and some lay more males. You just have to find the hen that lays more females. I like what your trying to do with your varibles and taking advantage of them but unless you know who is laying the mostly females and who...
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    Newly hatched chick with yoke sac hanging off?

    Okay, sounds like it is fine, Just let it be for now.
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    Newly hatched chick with yoke sac hanging off?

    Well, I have the same advise as before, let it be it is not ideal but it will continue to soak up nutrients and so i wouldn't do anything except make sure he stays warm. In the photo his legs look like they are still in the egg position is that accurate or has he/she been trying to walk?
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    Newly hatched chick with yoke sac hanging off?

    The picture looks a bit odd, the bird looks really small. almost premature, how many days has it been incubating? I have never seen a hatching set up like you have, the eggs should be on their side and also able to wobble around as needed. I can see that the others have cut out the right area...
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    Newly hatched chick with yoke sac hanging off?

    That is not a problem right now, the body will continue to soak up nutrients from the sack and then it will dry and fall off. Only if it is still there in 24 hrs would i give it a slight pull to remove it. But even then it will eventually just fall off. Just normal some detach quicker than...
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    Injured hen - what to do?

    One of the biggest problems with injured birds is the other hens will take advantage of her weakness and try to bully her and keep injuring her over and over again. Causing her to become afraid and then an outcast. When you explain her inability stand, more details needed to tell what that...
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    boy or girl?

    boy
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