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    Yay! It looks like I have 6 fertile Hamburg eggs after all!

    Quick background: I am new to the hatching thing and I hatched a pair of Golden penciled Hamburgs in July. They were so much fun to watch. We live in town but not near anyone so they mostly ran around the yard coming over to anyone begging for treats. My father-in-law, who grew up on a farm...
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    Collecting eggs from one hen

    Right now I have two eggs from my single hamburg hen that may or may not be fertile. The roo was killed about a week ago. How long should I keep collecting eggs until it is time to put them in the bator? They are in the kitchen which is about 68 degrees F. The garage fluctuates between...
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    6 mo. hamburg laying 4 days after mate died-Are they fertile?

    Or was the roo too young? They mostly free-ranged and I had never seen them mate. The roo was eaten by a hawk 4 days ago. They were both 6 months old and all I managed to hatch from 8 ebay eggs.
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    Wanted to share pics of my Golden Penciled Hamburg pair

    My DH took these pics yesterday. I would be happy for any with breed experience to critique them. With help from reading this site I hatched these Golden Penciled Hamburgs (out of 8 ebay eggs) as a first-timer on July 3. I am now a hatchaholic on hold. We really enjoy these hyper and...
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    So, my blue-legged Golden Penciled Hamburg has pink toes. PICS

    With the help of this site, this newbie hatched 2 Golden penciled Hamburgs (out of 8 ebay eggs) on July 3. The cockerel is starting to get green tailfeathers and will probably be pretty enough, but his pink toes bother me. Does anyone know if this is a fault? I don't have the standard of...
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    Anyone else here with Golden Penciled Hamburgs?

    I am raising my first chickens (a semi-rescued EE roo) and my own two hatched (through the help of this site and a LG still air incubator) Golden Penciled Hamburgs. They are finally growing out of that in-between stage and they are really pretty. (I will try to take pictures of them today to...
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    So, this is flighty, huh? (hatched Hamburg chicks terrified of me.)

    I am not particularly bothered by it, but my 8 day old Golden Penciled Hamburgs, that I hatched in the incubator did not do the "imprint" thing that I thought they might. Every time I go in the brooder box (several times a day for various reasons) they freak (there are just two) and run fast...
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    Aaaaaaah! Egg pipped on bottom! Do I need to turn it?

    My husband just noticed a hole on the bottom of one of my two eggs in the incubator (day 21 for some Hamburg chickens.) I had not planned on intervening at all, but it seems like I read turning them so the hole is right side up is the thing to do. Help!!!
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    Does anyone keep Hamburgs (I have a few in the incubator)?

    I am just curious. I am hoping and praying that the two eggs (day 19) I have in my bator are going to hatch. They are supposed to be golden penciled. I would like to try my hand at hatching a few more of these but I only know my one eBay seller as a source. I was hoping there was someone...
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    Day 18, eggs moving slightly, should I quit turning now?

    I have 2 Golden Penciled Hamburg eggs (left out of 8 ordered off eBay.) They both have been moving ever so slightly. I thought I noticed one doing it last night and I definitely noticed the other doing it today. Is it possible they have developed earlier from being shipped in the heat (95...
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    Day 7, and I only see two eggs with babies in them. 6 infertile?

    This is my first time incubating. I have a still air Little Giant bator and 8 Golden Penciled Hamburg eggs I ordered off of eBay. Last night, I candled them and found two eggs out of eight that had moving embryos inside them. (Which was so exciting it nearly caused me to drop said eggs..) I...
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    Help i.d. "mystery" chick from MMM- mutt (or bad version of hamburg)?

    I hope some of you nice folks can help. I have one chicken right now (and 8 Golden Penciled Hamburg eggs in a Little Giant incubator) and he/she has me confused. I sent a pic to MMM and they said Golden Penciled Hamburg, but now the feathers are coming in on the head very dark and the...
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