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    Any ideas?

    Brought them home under the impression they were brown egg layers but we have gotten whites eggs 3 days now and never had them before. Any ideas?
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    cleaning eggs

    I know not to wash the eggs but there is some feces on the shell like a cake. I would rather not incubate the waste. Can I rinse it off and still have viable eggs for incubation?
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    The 6 that made it!

    We started with 31 eggs and split them between a Little Giant and a homemade incubator. 8 Made it but due to a miscalculation on my part the temp shot to 105 and the result was 2 died . But we are very happy and proud of our first hatch . We are hooked and as soon as this science fair is over...
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    How long should we wait?

    We set the eggs on the 9th of November. 22 eggs 9 have hatched the remaining ones do not have any pips nor make a noise. How long should we wait before we discard the remaining eggs?
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    First chick

    Hatched in our very own homemade science fair incubator!
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    humidity after hatching

    What temp and humidity should I keep for newly hatched chciks same as eggs? What about mixed with newborn and eggs unhatched?
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    question, first time hatching

    Question this is my first time hatching so I hope this does not sound stupid. Ehen I got home my daughter (9) says we have an egg that has a long crack and blood around it. So when I get to the incubators in the homemade is the egg she was talking about. Now there was no way she could've seen...
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    First lockdown

    First time incubating today is day 18. Started with 31 removed 9 that were not fertile. Crossing our fingers for remaining eggs hoping for at least 50% hatch. Split even between a homemade incubator and a little giant incubator. Results and pics for my daughter's 4th grade science fair project.
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    Mixing breed

    I hope this is the right place to post this so here it goes: I have 2 Blue Ameracauna hens and 1 Blue Am roo, we also have 2 RIR/Barnyard mix hens that lay a light brown egg and 3 RIR that lay a darker brown egg. Now we plan to start incubating tomorrow 11/9/11 with 8 Blue Am eggs and 18 of the...
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    Blue Ameracauna Eggs

    Well it finally happened My daughter found an egg in the nesting box today that was not brown. It appears to be a very pale blue almost white but not. We have only RIR, 5 of them and 2 Blue Am pullets and the only Roo is a Blue Am so we were getting only tan and a brown colored eggs. The Blue...
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    Not laying

    I have 2 Blue Am pullets and 2 RIR's. The Blue Ams born in March, the RIR's are about a year old. The RIR's lay daily the Blue Ams have yet to lay any eggs. They eat the same food sleep on same roost and drink from same waterer. So why no eggs from the Blue Ams? The Blue Am rooster seems to like...
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    Layers

    I am looking for 2-3 dark brown egg layers in the eastern panhandle of WV. Shoot me a note with what you have even you don't have dark brown layers.
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    Newbie

    Well here it goes: I am into chickens now because my daughter is now in 4H, and to be honest I am really concerned about what may be in store bought eggs. We currently have 2 RIR hens and are looking to get into blue eggs as this is my daughter's favorite color. We live in a very rural area of...
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