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    Ayam Cemani chicks due to hatch April 14!!! Located in NH

    I have seven Ayam Cemani eggs in my Brinsea incubator and all of the eggs are developing and they look great!!! Chicks are due to hatch April 14. I’ve attached pictures of the “parents;” one of the hens and the roo. If there is any interest, please let me know!
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    Help modifying an incubator.....

    I have read that a couple of people have made modifications to styrofoam incubators to make them taller to accommodate emu eggs. I saw some pics of one modified 'bator, but would love to hear form others who have hatched emu eggs successfully in a modified incubator and how the modifications...
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    Hens only laying 1 egg a week!.......

    A friend of mine has 7 hens that are just two years old. For the last few months she has gotten *very* few eggs and the hens used to be great layers! Now, it's down to about one egg a week The hens are healthy, well cared for, and nothing is visibly wrong. They're not molting, are eating...
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    Our missing chick saga.....

    Yesterday afternoon around 2:30, I had the chicks outside in an exercise pen on the grass. I quickly drove to get my kids from the bus stop, came home and let the dogs out. When the dogs came out, they spooked the chicks, and three of them managed to squeeze through the openings of the ex. pen...
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    How can I keep the water in the brooder from filling up with shavings?

    I have a layer of pine shavings in the Rubbermaid tub the chicks are in. I am *constantly* finding their waterer FULL of pine shavings and I'm not sure how to remedy this problem? Any suggestions? Thanks!
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    One of my chicks peeps *incessantly*!!!

    This morning, I jumped out of bed because one of the chicks was peeping so loud I thought for sure something was wrong. The same chick has been peeping very loudly the last few days but otherwise seems fine. It eats and drinks and runs around fine, but constantly peeps.... LOUD! Is it just...
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    It's supposed to be 83 degrees here today! Can I bring the chicks out?

    Some of my chicks are a week old today some will be a week old tomorrow. I have them inside in a brooder with a heat lamp and they're doing great! It is supposed to get up to 83 degrees here today and I was thinking I might bring the chicks outside for the first time I know they're supposed...
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    8 out of 9 hatched so far. The last egg isn't making any progress....

    3 of the chicks hatched yesterday (Day 20), 5 have hatched today, and there is one egg left that has a pip and a bit of shell missing so I can see the white membrane underneath, but it isn't making any progress The chick is still alive; I can hear it peep faintly *very* occasionally. The egg...
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    Day 20! Lots of pips, lots of "peeping"! Won't be long now!......

    I am a bit concerned about humidity; it was nice and steady at about 65-67% but has dropped now to about 62-63%. Hopefully a chick will hatch soon and that will help keep the humidity up. One of the eggs has made a lot of progress very quickly, so I'm crossing my fingers the chick makes it out...
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    May 11 is Day 18 (kind of) when do I do "lockdown"?.....

    I'm second guessing myself and could use some advice. I set the eggs in the bator on Friday April 23 around 5:00 in the evening. The bator didn't get up to temperature until Saturday morning, April 24th. So, I'm counting April 24th as Day 1 which makes May 11 Day 18. Do I turn the eggs one...
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    Thermometer accuracy/placement questions.....

    I have a probe thermometer in the (forced air) incubator I am borrowing to hatch chicken eggs in. I tested the thermometer in boiling water and it registered between 212 and 213 degrees, so it's pretty darn accurate! I placed it in the incubator and it was reading 103-105 degrees! The...
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