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    Pipping early

    I've got a dozen eggs in a Brinsea Octagon 20. I put them in on a Sunday afternoon, so I counted that as day 0. So I'm expecting them to hatch on Monday which will be day 21. Which made today day 18. So I came to take it off the cradle and to get ready for locking it down for hatching but I...
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    Egg surface temperature

    I only hatch once a year with an Brinsea Octagon 20 eco on an automatic turner. Unfortunately with only hatching once a year, I forget things! Now last year I was having a bit of a play with the temperature as there is the age old problem of "which thermometer do you trust?". I just can't...
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    Cockerels or pullets?

    My last hatch only had two fertile eggs but they both hatched - they are now 5 weeks old and I'm wondering if anyone can tell if they are boys or girls?! I'm not sure what breed they were, I was told they were leghorn eggs but they don't look anything like leghorns. They may just be a mix...
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    Electric Hen Temperature

    I've got an Electric hen which I've used plenty of times before. I quite often put my hand underneath against the metal surface to check it is on. I've had a bit of trouble with it recently though. I came to it on Friday at the end of the day - none of the chicks were under it and when I...
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    My last 2 chicks - 3 weeks on

    Sorry for the slightly blurred picture but they keep moving :) These are my two that hatched from the last batch (15 eggs - 13 non fertile!) These two were supposed to be leghorns - but no idea what they are. They have very feathered feet. I think the darker one might be a boy as it is going...
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    Incubator temperature

    I've set another batch of eggs in the incubator. During my last post people recommend using an in ear medical thermometer to check the temperature of the surface of the egg. I tried that and the temperature seemed rather low. The temperature was around 32.5*C. The factory fitted thermometer in...
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    Are these fertile eggs?

    Whilst making my dinner today I thought I'd inspect the eggs to look for the sign that they are fertile. I've attached a picture of the yolks. The eggs come from a farm with cockerels so it is likely that they are fertile but I've been told the cockerel is lazy and doesn't do his job very well...
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    When do you first let chicks have a little wander outside?

    My chicks are about 10 days old now. It's been a few years since I last hatched in the incubator and I've forgotten some things / am over thinking some things! When do you first let them have a supervised wander outside? My instincts say it could be any time for short bursts as they would do in...
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    When do you make the decision to dispatch a chick that isn't doing well?

    I've posted about my hatch on another topic, in basic terms I put 15 eggs in. 13 eggs were infertile :( The two fertile eggs have continued to develop. On day 21 I found that they had both pipped but no further progress was made. I kept humidity as high as I could whilst I was awake. On day 22...
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    About to incubate. A few years since I last did!

    I've got one of the octagon incubators on an auto rotater. I've incubated eggs a good few times in the past but not done them for a few years, so just wanted to make sure I wasn't forgetting anything! I picked up some eggs yesterday from a farm that I used to use. I picked up 15 eggs directly...
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    Advice for chicken coop/run

    I've been hatching chicks for our inlaws in an incubator and raising/taming them until they are ready to go and live outside. This time we'd like to keep a couple maybe 3 of the hens. We haven't got a huge garden, so I can't have a huge walk in run etc. What I was thinking of doing is...
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