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    Peeping stops... moving too... :(

    I am starting to think they may have died... i don't know. I heard one peeping (out of 6 eggs) yesterday at 10:00am, then at supper he stopped, and never peeped since. Out of the 6 eggs i knew they might not all be good but i felt 2 or 3 move. Now, no movement. One has a blood bubble that...
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    Humidity... I really need to know! I'm confused

    so the past few days i have the bator set at 70 humidity and i try to keep it between 65-70% humidity. Today i hear peeping... (Happy dance). But STILL no pipping going on 12 hours... I read it could take up to 24hrs before pipping starts after peeping? Do i have the humidity set right...
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    Egg Wiggle... no pippin?

    I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. BUT i saw a wiggle! The egg keeps wiggling. Its our first hatching and a home-made incubator. Just want to be sure the egg wiggling is normal. I can't really hear chirping... though i thought i did at one point. But he def. wiggled! No pipping yet...
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    Brooder Temp. and Question

    I have a brooder that is closed all around (4 sides) with top open (grill top), what temp should i set it at? Whats the minimum and maximum temperature it should be set at? Thanks! Natacha and my Cochin Chickens!
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    Cochin Chicks HATCHING! Questions need help please!

    I just went into the barn and one of the chicks is pippin! He is going on about it too! chirping away... I can't wait. There is a hole the size of my thumb right now and his foot is stickig out a little. I have a problem though, the mother hen went broody after 2-3 eggs and then more appeared...
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    Egg cracked... then waxed... now missing/eaten?

    Yesterday i found an egg cracked, i thought it was certainly doomed if not already, but i searched on here and found that people have waxed the crack and successfully hatched the egg. So thats what i did. I did that last night and slipped it back under her wax facing down. Today it's missing...
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    Cochin Broody... 3 weeks now... should i give her eggs?

    I am fairly new to having chickens hatching eggs, we have 7 cochin chickens (3 roosters, 4 hens). One hen is sitting on 13 eggs, but she started brooding after having 2 eggs, the rest came after (i just found out that it must be other hens laying in her box) so now we are going to box her in...
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    First time cochin mother hen egglaying pattern + Questions?

    Hi, My Cochins started laying eggs just recently, and i have since collected the few i've found when they were layed (could be once every 2-3 days). Last week when i went to collect the eggs, one of the Cochin Hens was gaurding her two eggs and i decided to let her hatch them. It has been a...
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