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    Brinsea Mini Advance II

    This has been used once by me - I bought it to hatch chicks at my daughter's preschool. It has the box, the directions, the paperwork, etc. I have pictures if there is interest. If you want to see feedback, I have an Ebay account with 600+ positive transactions. :) $112 to include shipping
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    Duck Housing & Winter

    We live in NE Iowa - it gets COLD. We do not have a barn for our chickens - we have a shed (a large single car garage) that we partitioned and use as a coop for the girls. This year we bought ducks and I *hated* them as babies - always such a mess. However, it's summer, they're bigger, and...
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    Day 23

    I still do nothing, right? 24 eggs went into lockdown. I was pretty sure one wasn't a keeper but not certain enough to toss it. 23 eggs that I felt confident in. Brinsea Octagon - new incubator for me. Perfectly stable temps throughout the incubation and only struggled with humidity at the...
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    Hatching Day! And a question-

    It's hatching day! I've been struggling to get my humidity up and I'm sitting at about 60%. The first chick is out and I can see five pips so I'm assuming it will rise. I've never made it to hatch day with 100% eggs still in the incubator. It's a Brinsea Octagon 20 and they are absolutely...
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    IS: Brinsea Turning Cradle

    Anyone interested in selling theirs?
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    Goats/Sheep and yard destruction...

    So we have about two acres. The house was set far back from the road to be pretty rather than functional. Which means my decorative front yard is about an acre of nothingness and mowing. We are thinking of putting up a cute little goat shack. Years ago (different acreage) we had dairy does...
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    Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco - Adding turning cradle?

    I found one one on Craigslist and I'm pretty excited to set eggs. I have no problem turning them myself the first time around, but my next hatch will be in a classroom and I'd like to have it turn. I assume if I order the non-turning end and the motorized end, the clutch, the motor, etc. (all...
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    Malpositioned Chick - 36+ hours after PIP and still alive. HELP

    This is an updated post and I could use some help on this one. 12 eggs. 5 healthy hatchers. One malpositioned chick - dead Four other eggs - dead / no movement It's Day 23. Last remaining chick pipped this shell approximately 36 hours ago. No progress. Attempted an uneducated "help" last...
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    Hatching problems - help??

    12 candled and healthy eggs in the 'bator. Today is Day 22. 4 hatched yesterday. 1 hatched in the wee hours of the AM. 2 more eggs are pipped but nothing is going on. One has been pipped since last night. Chick is alive and calling but not making any progress at all. Took them out of...
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    I've got an awful lot of chickens dying....

    I'm at a loss. We bought about a dozen chicks at a swap. We had approx. 40 delivered from McMurray's - rare breeds, etc. We mixed them. On Day 1 they started to die. Day 2 they were dropping like flies. McMurray's suspected the problem was that I was using alfalfa. They credited a refund...
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