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    Brinsea Mini Advance- What angle to set it to?

    Hello all. I am a school teacher hatching eggs in my classroom. I've used my Brinsea Mini for years, but had a poor hatch last year with lot of fully developed chicks that didn't make it. I've ujust noticed my incubator has a setting for the angle of the rotation of the eggs, even though the...
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    Free Chicks to a Good Home in DFW

    I am school teacher with 5 eggs due to hatch on Thursday. I am looking for local in the DFW metroplex to take the baby chicks when they hatch. I received them from a local breeder on Creiglist, so I don't have any info about them or their history. Assuming they all hatch on time (I'm hoping...
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    What's the earliest point that you can candle and tell if the eggs are developing?

    I set my eggs about 5 days ago. Before I placed them in my Bresnea Mini, I ran the bator for day, and all looked good. Temps were reading 99.6 and steady, so I placed my eggs in. 5 days later, I went to candle them and the eggs were cold, as in cold like they hadn't been placed in bator at all...
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    Bresnea Mini- Not heating the eggs

    Urgent help needed. I set 7 eggs in my Bresnea Mini 5 days ago. At the time thermometer had read a steady 99.6, and I had it warmed up for the day. Today, I pulled out the eggs to candle them, and they were cold. Cold like they hadn't been incubated at all. I candled about half, and none...
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    Wierd Pips and Zips- Need advise please

    I'm hatching eggs in my classroom, and came in work today to discover we have one fuzzy butt! Most of the rest of eggs are pipped as well, and some look like they are starting to zip, but the zips are in wierd places. If someone could look at these pics and let me know if I should be concerned...
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    Free to Good Local Home In Dallas!

    I am a school teacher hatching out eggs for my class. I have set about 7 Brahma eggs in my Brinsea Mini incubator. They came from a local breeder I found on Creigslist. His birds on his farm appeared to be very well cared for, and he claimed that he raised show birds and that these were show...
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    Please Help! It pipped the wrong end!- I might have made it worse. Not seeing a pip through the memb

    I need help ASAP. I think I might have made things worse for my chick. Yesterday afternoon I had a chick pip the wrong end of the shell. This morning I arrived at work to find that another egg that had pipped in another poor spot had already passed. It's been over 12 hours with the pip in the...
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    I have chick who has been zipped with no progress for at least 4 1/2 hours. Is this too long?

    I can see her banging her head against the shell, and nothing is happening. She's not unzipping more. She's been this way since at least 7:30 this morning, possibly longer. I am a teacher, and we are hatching in eggs in the classroom and when I got to work I found her starting to zip. And was...
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    Saddle shaped air cells - Help! Day 18 and will hatch soon. Saw one moving in bator!

    Yes, I have read this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101 I have been hatching eggs in my classroom for 5 years, and have never assisted before. However, this is my first year to use shipped eggs. I candled yesterday on day 15, and ALL of the eggs have saddle shaped air...
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    Baby Chicks!

    My name is Haley and I am teacher in the Dallas area. We are currently hatching out 7 brahma eggs in our classroom. I got the eggs here from brahamabreeder, and so far they appear to be developing well. When I last candled about 4 days into incubation we looked to 5 eggs eggs that were...
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    Storing shipped eggs- first timer with shipped eggs

    Getting my first shipment of eggs on Monday, setting on Tues. I've read through all the good info on her about candling when I get them, how to store them upright for the 1st 24hrs, and to not turn them for the first 36-48 hrs. Feeling good about all that. :) Question being, I live in Texas...
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    Teacher looking for eggs in the Dallas area

    I am a preschool teacher in the Dallas area looking for eggs for my classroom. In past I've been able to get eggs from my students parents and friends, but those are not options this year. I'd be willing to get buy some shipped eggs, but ideally I'd like to find them locally. I'd like to be able...
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    Cleaning the top of a Breansa Mini

    I just hatched out some eggs from my breansa mini. Alot of the feathers and dust and dirt got trapped up in the top dome, and I dont' know what's the best way to clean it out. Any other mini owners out there with some advice? Thanks
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    HELP Asap! Early Pips before I raised humdity

    I am school teacher and today is day 19 in my hatch. I arrived at work, expecting to raise to raise the humdit in BrisenaMini Advanced this morning, when I found that 3 eggs have already pipped, and chirping and moving. This is my first year to use the mini, and normally I NEVER open the bator...
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    BrinseaMini Timer Question- Need help with this before tomorrow when setiing eggs

    I just got new Brinsea Mini Advanced incubator this year to use in my room. I am very execited and planning on setting my eggs tomorrow. I'm taking advantage of the auto-stop turning feature (as it will be weekend when it's time to stop turning the eggs). I know that the first day you set the...
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    a preschool teacher looking for local eggs nd place to donate chicks too

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    Help! Preschool Teacher Needs Eggs

    I am preschool teacher and for the the past several years we have hatched eggs in my classroom. Each year I have been able to get a few eggs from one of the kiddos here at school. She has a small flock and usually brings me about 7 or eggs, and then takes the chicks home with her when they...
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    Teacher Needs Eggs- help!

    I am preschool teacher and for the the past several years we have hatched eggs in my classroom. Each year I have been able to get a few eggs from one of the kiddos here at school. She has a small flock and usually brings me about 7 or eggs, and then takes the chicks home with her when they...
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    School teacher getting a Hovabator. Help on which one and cost.

    Hello all- I am a preschool teacher. I teach 3 year olds. For the past several years we have been hatching eggs in our classroom in a Little Giant Incubator that was donated to our school. While each year we get chicks, we sadly do not get very many. It's hard to control variables like air...
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    cull viable eggs- Updated- one out and heading home in bator

    I am sadly facing the realistic possiblity that I will have to cull eggs with chicks in the them, and I am wondering what is the most humane way to do it. I am school teacher, and today is day 21, and none of the 4 eggs that I set in my LG have hatched. 2 of them looked good to go at lockdown...
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