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  1. RightFromtheStartDoula

    Do you have to dump out entire feeder?

    We have 4 chicks... I have the small round tin feeder and I wanted to know if I have to dump the entire contense everyday to put new mash in it?.. seems to be a big waste since they only eat off the top.... thanks
  2. RightFromtheStartDoula

    Let's Play: NAME THAT CHICK..HEAVY PICS...

    Name this breed.. Name this breed Name this breed Name this Breed Thanks
  3. RightFromtheStartDoula

    I have sad news to report....all but 1 died on day 19 and 20....

    It is with a very heavy heart that I must report that I ahve lost all but 1 of my first hatch... All was wel and good right up to day 18...all 10 were moving when candled...1 hatched on day 19 and I had 5 shakers all day on day 19 and 20...As of this am I still had 1 mover and he was peeping...
  4. RightFromtheStartDoula

    PLEASE HELP!!...Feet are not working!!!...

    Ok so I taped the toes on a piece of cardboard and bandaids but its not working...the foot seems to be turned in at the "ankle joint" if you will, it's not just the toes.... HELP!!!!..WHAT DO I DO?....he is getting weaker and can't move anywhere and the other chicks are stepping all over...
  5. RightFromtheStartDoula

    PLEASE HELP!!..So why don't the feet work? UPDATED and NOT WORKING!!!

    My new chick that just hatched last nigh can't get his feet out from under him...he is standing on them but the toes are curled under the foot and he can't walk... What do I do?..
  6. RightFromtheStartDoula

    What is that on the back end of the new chick?

    Ok so here we are, morning 21...We had 1 hatch on day 19 and 1 hatch lastnight...the one from last night is having some trouble I believe... There is something on his back end...it looks like a red buld of something...its where the stringy things were attached when it came out... and it also...
  7. RightFromtheStartDoula

    First Hatchling.I need to know if its behavior is normal..WITH PICS!!!

    Hey gang...Here we are at Day 19..We had our first pip this am at 4:30 and it hatched at around 5:30pm... A few minutes after it hatched we had to leave the house and when we returned we looked in on it and it had wrecked the entire bator...all of the eggs are all over the place and the chick...
  8. RightFromtheStartDoula

    Do you think?....

    Do you think that once 1 pips and starts to peep that the others hear it and get motovated to do the same? Do you think that us talking to them works?..I stand at my bator talking to the chickie that is peeping at me!!...Can he hear me?..LOL...
  9. RightFromtheStartDoula

    I heard PEE PEEP...(UPDATE with PICTURE)

    This am at 4:30 I strolled through the kitchen on my way to the bathroom and I heard peep peep...I thought I was having 1 of my dreams again so I didn't pay attention to it....then on the way back I heard it again,so I went to the bator to see and....nothing....?.... Do they peep inside the...
  10. RightFromtheStartDoula

    Ok...So am I crazy?..Or does this happen to everyone...

    Ok so here we are at day 18!!...YEA!!!... I tucked them in last night, put in another rag with water on it to raise humidity...made sure that the heat was right...ducked taped the lid shut..LOL..just kidding... I went and got ready for bed and took 1 last peek at my babies and found 1 of the...
  11. RightFromtheStartDoula

    Ok..they are all tucked in..

    Ok so here we go...It the night of day 17 and I candled again.. Overall things look good...lots of movement and lots of large air cells... Started out with 12 and have 10 left...after candling looks like I may only end up with 6 or 7...not bad I guess for a first timer... During candling...
  12. RightFromtheStartDoula

    What is the correlation between air cell growth and incubation days?

    I have noticed that as the days go on the air cell on most of my eggs is getting quite large...I had circled it in the begining so that I could tell top from bottom...and now the pencil mark is way off ... So what is the correlation between air cell growth and incubation days?.. Is it a good...
  13. RightFromtheStartDoula

    Truly 1 of the coolest things I have ever seen!!

    Beside seeing my own children on ultra sound, 1 of the coolest things I have seen has to be the little foot of 1 of my hatchlings..I was candling today and as soon as I put the flashlight up to the egg, a foot came into view..It was so clear and I saw all toes!!...It's almost as if it was...
  14. RightFromtheStartDoula

    How to take a picture of...

    Hey gang... I candled my 10 eggs last night and got some awsome views of the chicks.. I treid to take pictures to post but couldn't seem to figure out how to do it... If you use flash it doesn't work and if you don't use flash it's black..LOL.. How do I take a picture of my egg candling...
  15. RightFromtheStartDoula

    These are questions I haven't been able to find an answer to...

    1. If an egg has no air cell, what does that mean?..Is it possible that I just can't see it?.. 2. When candling, do you candle on the end with the air cell or the opsite end?..Or hold egg on side as it would lay in bator...? 3. I see that some people have plastic slip resistant matting on top...
  16. RightFromtheStartDoula

    Having a hard time....

    Hello all...here we are at day 10!!...YEA!!... I am having trouble understanding what I am looking at when we candle.. In most of my eggs I see the emybro and I can see them move...but on others it looks as if most of the egg is filled up with something..I can't really describe it...All but 2...
  17. RightFromtheStartDoula

    HELP...

    Hey gang...today is day 8 and all is well so far...we have 10 out of 12 with babies and lots of veins...the other 2 were duds... So the HELP I need is with my humidity...I got my temp to stay between 100.5 and 101.5...but the humidity I can seem to get over 35-36..I have a LG still air and I am...
  18. RightFromtheStartDoula

    YEAAA...We have 10 moving babies!!

    We candled tonite...end of Day 6...and we have 10 out of 12 moving babies!!!....The other 2 were duds...so we opened them and sure enough they were not even fertile...My daughter was so amazed to see them moving!!...I have to admit, I was also!!... This is getting more and more exciting...
  19. RightFromtheStartDoula

    Should there be any smell?..

    Hey gang...here we are at day 5..things are going well...candled last night and have 9 ou of 11 eggs with veins!!...Hoping that is good.... My question is...when I open the bator, self turning, I notice an ordor...its not terrible bad but its there...Is there a normal smell, with the moisture...
  20. RightFromtheStartDoula

    PLEASE set it straight....

    I have been reading almost every post on every topic and the one issue that is confusing the heck out of me is fertilization.... Can someone please tell me, How do you tell if an egg is fertilized with out opening it?...:rolleyes:What is the air sac and what roll does that play in the...
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