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    humidity help

    I am having a horrible time getting my humidity right. I have two containers full of wet paper towel and my humidity is reading at 24%. Any ideas? This is a LIttle Giant incubator. I had to take out the fan to make it easier for me to refill the water containers without opening the...
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    Concerned about one of my Black Sex Linked - HELP!

    I have one of my ladies that is loosing A LOT of feathers. Sometimes I see this if there is a dispute and they gang up on one and start pecking at them, but this is different. Her feathers seem to be breaking off. Every time she stretches her wings there is an explosion of feathers around...
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    exciting news and input on presenation

    I have been doing a blog following the progress of 52 eggs incubating for my Mom's 2nd grade classroom. It has been going really well and the kids are really enthusiastic about it. One of my professors son is in my Mom's class and she's been using it in her Biology class (can you believe that...
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    Tips on PIcs of candling

    So my eggs are developing great. I want to take some pictures of my candled eggs to show the classroom. I have a decent camera but am having a hard time figuring out what the best setting are for getting good pictures. Anyone have advice on how they got good pictures in the past?
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    Compost in the Sping

    I want to start a compost in the spring. We have PLENTY of space, but I want it to be an adequate size that I can still turn it by hand (no machinery). First of all, what all can I put in it as far as animal waste... I have heard that dog waste is not a good thing to mix (too bad, we have a...
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    Picky Nesters

    We have 15 chicken that all want to lay in the same two lay boxes. We have blocked access to these boxes, but then they pick two other boxes and lay there. Anyone else see this? so many chickens laying in just two boxes. We get a lot of broken eggs this way. Any suggestions?
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    not impressed by the LG - need advice

    The thermostat on my LG goes from 86 - 108 on a regular basis. Nothing I do regulates temperature. I went out today and bought materials to make my own styrofoam incubator. I got two smaller styrofoam coolers that I am hoping to cut off one side of both and correct them to make a super...
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    need a reputable resource

    I had a local farmer that was willing to supply me with a mix of fertilized eggs for a school project I am doing for my mom's 2nd grade classroom. I wanted to be able to incubate them as closely to the last set (set October 27/28). The person has dropped off the face of the Earth. I am...
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    Help testing thermometer accuracy

    I just tested the thermometer that came with my LG incubator. I saw it in ice water for about 10 minutes. It quickly moved to 50 degrees and stopped at 40 degrees for the last 5 minutes. So it was showing that my water with ice still floating in it was 40degrees. Is this accurate enough of a...
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    Introduction and Set-Up

    a little prologue: My name is Erin. I own a pet boarding facility and a "petting zoo" as my 8 year old neighbor likes to tell people. We have dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, chickens and pheasant. We started off with Black Sex Linked Chickens because we wanted to be sure that we had hens...
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