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    Day 22... When Do I Give Up?

    It is Day 22. Out of 12 eggs, one had a blood ring and never formed and another never formed and was culled at 14 days. Five have hatched already. The other five have done nothing... no pips, zips, nothing. How long should I give them before I open them up? I tried to candle last night...
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    How do I use this waterer?

    I bought a waterer off of Craigslist that looks like this... http://hickory.craigslist.org/grd/1103016836.html The person I bought from said you can attach it to a 5 gallon bucket but... I have no idea how to do that and what parts I need to make that work. Any help would be appreciated.
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    Major Problem With New Hatch... Can't Walk... Video Link Attached

    This chick was born this evening. Kept having trouble getting the top of the shell off after it unzipped. Finally got it off and could not get out of the shell. After a loooong time, I just tipped the bottom and it kinda rolled out. It cannot walk, rolls around and is having real problems...
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    Homemade Incubator and First Hatch Pictures-UPDATE: HE WON 3RD!

    My son (with help) built a homemade incubator for his 5th grade science fair project... The materials assembled... Outside of incubator... Hose for adding water without having to open incubator... Inside of incubator... View from above... Chicks numbered and marked and ready to...
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    Day 8 and we have movement!!!

    My son built an incubator for his 5th grade science project and we have 8 Dominiques and 3 RIR's. We candled today and it was very hard to know what we were looking at but three eggs had definite veins and a little black speck that was moving a bit! Not sure about the other 9 but am pretty...
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    Question about Leaving Chickens

    I have a silly question... We are building a coop and will have a closed in run with a cover. With that type of setup, will we have to close the chickens in the coop each night or can we just leave the coop open and let them go from coop to run at will?
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    1st Time Incubator and Having Problems with Humidity

    Help! My son built an incubator out of a regular cooler and we turned everything on last night. It has been about 12 hours and the temperature is in the low 90's and the humidity has steadily dropped to about 39%. What do we need to do to fix this? It is a regular (not all styrofoam cooler)...
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    These baby chicks are crazy!

    We have one week old baby chicks and we are keeping them in a kennel for the time being... good ventilation, wire so the heat lamp doesn't catch anything on fire, easy to clean... good idea! NOT!!! Today, the chicks have disovered that they fit through the slots and the chicks go in and the...
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    Need Hatching Eggs for a Science Fair Project

    My son is in 5th grade and doing a science fair incubator building project. We need some eggs that could be shipped early next week and be here by the end of next week to go in the incubator. If anyone has some that would fit that need, please let me know. I would need to know shipping costs...
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