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    Air Bubble Too Small. I dont want chicks to drown. Please Help!!

    I just did my day 18 candle of my eggs. Of the eggs I have full chicks in, I believe the air bubbles are to small. In some it seemed hard to see any. They are mostly brown eggs. A few lighter ones I could see a little bit of an air bubble. I hope my chicks don't drown. I thought maybe I would...
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    First Hatch finished. I did Horribly. Why?

    So I just finished my first hatch. Out of 24 eggs, 4 hatched. Though one died. My fault. It was in the egg for 30 some hours. I tried helping and got the top off and top membrane. When it kicked the bottom of the shell off the vessels connected to the yoke broke and it died. I feel bad, but I...
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    My First Hatch- May be problems. Late Hatching

    So first off, I didn't think any of my eggs were fertile. I couldn't see anything on day seven candling. The eggs are cream colored to light brown. My little brother hatched some eggs a few years back and said he had the same thing, but left them in anyways to see if anything hatched. I...
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    7 Day Candling. No Fertile eggs?

    So here is the situation. For a week I would take my Jersey Giant and Faverolles Roosters and stick them with their corresponding hens for a few hours each night. Reason I did this is I don't have enough hens to roosters per breed and I don't want my ladies getting hurt. So one week straight...
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    Is a 2.4 degree temperature variance okay to hatch eggs?

    Hi, I built my own coolerbator following much of the advice on the forums. I used a Hot Water Thermostat I picked up from the local co-op. I found a coleman cooler at walmart for cheap. I wired in two bulbs. Placed the Thermostat about 3/4 of an inch from the lightbulb. The closest I could...
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    Mating Roosters with Hens. Rotating.

    So I have two few hens per rooster per breed. I have RIR Bantam, Silke, Jersey Giant, Faverolles. Each breed has a rooster and a 1-3 hens. I put the rooster with its breed of hens for a few hours every evening. I haven't seen any mating. I know I can break apart an egg to see if it is fertile...
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    New Member From Alberta

    Hey everybody, I raised from the time I was 8 until about 16 when my family moved from northern B.C to Alberta. A decent sized moved, we sold all he animals on the farm. I moved on with life, but now find myself back on a farm and want to get back into my chickens and start up a business...
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