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    how long does it take the first egg to zip??

    Ok so I need a little help...today is day 21 for my 9 eggs in lock down. Yesterday around 3:30pm 1 egg started to zip. I was so excited checking on it like every half hour. I figured when I got up this morning I would have at least 1 chick but I don't. The shell is about 1/2 one side cracked and...
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    humidity on non-lock down eggs??

    I have a couple different hatch dates in my incubator...they are at days 16,12 and 8. My question is when I put my first set on lock down in 2 days and then raise the humidity is that going to create a problem for the other eggs? I need to raise it to between 55-65% right?? These are shipped...
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    Chicken exploring the house

    So for a little background...I have 2 boys, 4yrs and 20 months. We just got a chocolate lab puppy on the 23rd of Dec and she's 8 weeks old. We have 17 adult chickens. So this afternoon I was cleaning the house. I left the back door open (which is like french doors that open into the living...
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    Help!!! Silkie chick hatching

    I have an egg under my broody that is at day 23 and has peeped. When I checked at 12:30pm it had just started, the egg was barely cracked. I just got home (4:45pm) and the chick is still trying to get out of the shell. The whole it has made is about the size of a dime. The membrane is completely...
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    Help!!! Silkie chich hatching - Stuck

    I have an egg under my broody that is at day 23 and has peeped. When I checked at 12:30pm it had just started, the egg was barely cracked. I just got home (4:45pm) and the chick is still trying to get out of the shell. The whole it has made is about the size of a dime. The membrane is completely...
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    incubator recommendations

    Ok so I am looking for recommendations on descent and reasonable priced incubators. I think my home made incubator is the reason for my failed eggs on day 18!! So bummed too! At least hopefully I'll get 4 babies from my broody:) Thanks for the input!!
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    Hatch rate???

    I ordered 18 eggs from a breeder on BYC and set them on the 28th. We are at day 10 and when I candled tonight I have 6 definite movement eggs, 1 blood ring and 1 development but no movement and the rest either quit at/before day 3 or are clear. So that's like a 33% hatch rate if all 6 hatch. Is...
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    Should I put a heat lamp in my coop??

    Ok so I am new to chicken life I have inherited 3 silkies, a frizzle, 3 Brahmas, a buff orpington, 2 ameraucanas and a few more. Most are over a year, but a few are about 6 months. My coop is made of chicken wire and plywood. 2 sides are wire and 2 sides are wood. Do I need to put a lamp in...
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