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  1. Jayson_Black

    New to Postal eggs.

    Hi all. I've been hatching eggs for years. but this month I set down 12 Posted from ebay Australia eggs from Giant Brahma Chickens. At the day 16 candle, I only removed 4 eggs. All the rest are still showing activity. I have on loan my neighbor's Borotto incubator. Seems like a dream compared...
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    Hoping for a miracle

    Recently lost a lot of Chickens and Rooster pets due to a fox attack. I have 3 eggs in the incubator. 2 of them are from two of my chickens that are gone. I think I know who one mum was. But the other one I am hoping against hope is from a chicken that I hand-reared years ago. she was a...
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    Newly hatched chick problem - need advice

    So we've had 4/4 eggs successfully hatch. The very last one seemed to have a lot of difficultymaking the final steps in hatching. It pipped about 36 hours ago, it unzipped extremely slowly over night, the took a very long time to push with its leggs the eggs apart. Just moments ago it broke...
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    First Eggtopsy :(

    Just a heads up, the video does feature a dead Chick. Its not at all gory. no horror. Its a little sad, but I dont hink theres even any blood. But yeh I think it would be naughty if I didnt give a heads up! Greeting Everyone! :) I have uploaded and published a video of the Egtopsy I performed...
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    Day 22 - Nothing :(

    Well, its day 22 and I'm losing hope. We still have observed no movement since day 18 (which turned out to be day 17) So we locked them down a day early. Was that bad? Anyway, Today is most certainly day 22. I will candle them later to look for internal pip & or Movement/condition of veins...
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    Inventions - Ideas for Better Bators

    LOL. That could be a Brand name. "Better Bators" Say it ten times fast! PLEASE PLACE YOUR IDEAS HERE TOO! Anyway. I've been checking on my Incubating eggs all day. They are on Day 20. I would love to have an alarm that could tell me when they are beginning to hatch. Instead of just checking...
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    First time 18th Day - Lock Down!!!

    We are amazed that our 4 eggs are still going at Day 18. the main veins all look strong (artery's?). However, some of the very small (maybe older) vessels are starting to look a little funny. While there is some movement it is not very much. But I have observed movement in all four eggs. Air...
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    About Ducks?

    had plenty of chickens. I feel very confident about bringing home day or two old chicken hatchlings. but what about ducks. I really don't know anything about pet ducks other than I would love some. What age can Duck hatchlings be taken home, and what differences in care would duck hatchlings...
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    Question on the difference in movement over days

    Im a first time incubator-upperer. lol. (thats a joke son!) and I think I first saw/noticed movement on day 6 while candling. They were oscilating pretty quickly, maybe 3 to 4 'jiggles' Per Second. ("Jiggles" for lack of a better word to describe the movement I was oberserving). One in...
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    "We're Here" lol Hi from Finley, Australia

    My Wife and I are avid AnimalLovers with a special love and focus for Birds and Dogs. We have lots of hobbies, but Birds are #1. So we have had a few Chooks (Chooks are an Australian Nick name for Chickens) at a time. Usually about 4 Chooks over the years. We never had too many because we don't...
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